Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table C.2.1
Organization of teachers' working time in public institutions, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017

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Table C-2-1
Organization of teachers' working time in public institutions, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017. Number of weeks of instruction, Number of days of instruction, Net teaching time, Working time required at school, Total statutory working time, Primary, Lower secondary and Upper secondary, general programmes, calculated using weeks, days and hours units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C-2-1 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C-2-1 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C-2-1 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C-2-1 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C-2-1 Note 4}
	Number of weeks of instruction^{Table C-2-1 Note 1}			Number of days of instruction^{Table C-2-1 Note 1}			Net teaching time^{Table C-2-1 Note 2}			Working time required at school^{Table C-2-1 Note 3}			Total statutory working time
	weeks			days			hours
OECD average^{Table C-2-1 Note 5}	38	38	37	183	181	180	784	703	657	1,184	1,178	1,135	1,622	1,645	1,640
Canada^{Table C-2-1 Note 6}	37	37	37	183	183	183	798	745	746	1,228	1,233	1,236	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Mandated teaching and working time
Quebec	36	36	36	180	180	180	738	615	615	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,280
Alberta^{Table C-2-1 Note 7}	37	37	37	184	184	184	905	905	905	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
Estimated teaching and working time^{Table C-2-1 Note 8}
Newfoundland and Labrador	37	37	37	187	187	187	860	823	804	1,147	1,147	1,147	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island	36	36	36	181	181	181	769	755	679	1,182	1,231	1,247	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	37	37	37	187	187	187	795	842	842	1,130	1,130	1,130	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick	37	37	37	185	185	185	700	854	910	1,105	1,197	1,253	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan	38	38	38	190	190	190	874	874	874	1,200	1,200	1,200	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Yukon	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Other^{Table C-2-1 Note 9}
Ontario	37	37	37	187	187	187	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba	37	37	37	185	185	185	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,073	1,073	1,073	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia	37	37	37	180	187	180	868	971	934	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories^{Table C-2-1 Note 7}	37	37	37	186	186	186	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
.. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable Note 1 The number of weeks and days of instruction is mandated in all reporting jurisdictions; that is, it is established by collective agreement or provincial/territorial regulation/law. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 "Net teaching time" refers to the number of hours per year that a full-time teacher teaches. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 "Working time required at school" refers to the number of hours that a full-time teacher is expected to work, excluding overtime, non-specified preparation time, and days that the school is closed for holidays (both public holidays and seasonal school holidays/vacations). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 General programmes cover education that was not designed explicitly to prepare participants for a specific class of occupations or trades, or for entry into further vocational or technical education programmes. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 The OECD data can be found at http://stats.oecd.org/, Education at a Glance Database (accessed September 18, 2018). Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Canada figures are weighted averages based on the number of full-time educators, and reflect public institutions in submitting jurisdictions, as reported in the 2016/2017 Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES). Data for Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are excluded from the Canadian average. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Alberta's and Northwest Territories' net teaching time and “working time required at school” reflect the maximum time a full-time teacher can be assigned to teach or to work and may not necessarily be the actual hours a teacher is assigned. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Jurisdictions in this subgroup, in which net teaching time and total working time are not mandated in collective agreement or regulation, estimated teaching time based on mandatory instruction time, as follows: mandatory instruction time (see indicator C1) minus marking and preparation time equals "net teaching time"; mandatory instruction time plus supervision and meeting time plus time for professional development equals "working time required at school". Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 "Other" jurisdictions could not report all categories and so are not included in the Canada average, which is consistent with Canada's reporting to the OECD. In Manitoba, and British Columbia, teaching time and/or working time are estimated consistently with estimation methods of those who reported both (see note 8). Return to note 9 referrer Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-Indicators of Educational Systems (INES), 2017 Survey on Teacher's Salaries and Working Time.

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Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table C.2.1
Organization of teachers' working time in public institutions, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017

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Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018 Table C.2.1 Organization of teachers' working time in public institutions, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017

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Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table C.2.1
Organization of teachers' working time in public institutions, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017