Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table B.2.1
Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015/2016

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Table B.2.1
Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of gross domestic product, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of gross domestic product, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015/2016. All primary and secondary education, Postsecondary education, All levels of education combined (including undistributed programmes), All postsecondary, Short cycle tertiary (college) and post-secondary non-tertiary and Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral or equivalent, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  All primary and secondary educationTable B-2-1 Note 1 Postsecondary education All levels of education combined (including undistributed programmes)
All postsecondaryTable B-2-1 Note 2 Short cycle tertiary (college) and post-secondary non-tertiaryTable B-2-1 Note 3 Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral or equivalent
percent
OECD averageTable B-2-1 Note 4 3.5 1.6 0.2 1.4 5.1
Canada 3.4 2.4 0.9 1.5 5.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.0 2.4 0.7 1.7 5.5
Prince Edward Island 4.0 3.4 1.5 1.9 7.5
Nova Scotia 4.1 3.7 0.9 2.8 7.8
New Brunswick 4.0 2.5 0.9 1.6 6.5
Quebec 3.7 2.6 1.0 1.6 6.3
Ontario 3.7 2.6 1.0 1.6 6.2
Manitoba 4.6 2.6 1.0 1.6 7.2
Saskatchewan 3.9 2.1 0.8 1.4 6.0
Alberta 2.8 1.9 0.8 1.1 4.6
British Columbia 2.7 2.6 1.0 1.6 5.3
Yukon 5.5 2.1 2.1 Note ...: not applicable 7.7
Northwest Territories 4.5 1.4 1.4 Note ...: not applicable 5.9
Nunavut 6.2 2.6 2.6 Note ...: not applicable 8.8
... not applicable
Note 1

Includes kindergarten in Canada.

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Note 2

Includes post-secondary non-tertiary for Canada. The OECD average excludes postsecondary non-tertiary.

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Note 3

Includes college diploma programs and the college portion of apprenticeship programs.

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Note 4

The OECD data can be found at http://stats.oecd.org/, Education at a Glance Database (accessed September 17, 2018).

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Sources: Statistics Canada: Elementary-Secondary Education Survey; Survey of Uniform Financial System - School Boards; Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey; Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education; Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools; and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2018: OECD Indicators.
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