Table C.2.3
Student-educator ratio1 in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001/2002 to 2008/2009

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Table C.2.3
Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001/2002 to 2008/2009
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan2 Alberta3 British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
ratio
2001/2002 15.9 13.3 13.9r 16.5 16.9 14.5 16.2e 15.0 15.7 17.7 16.8 11.9 16.2e 17.5
2002/2003 15.8r 13.3 16.1r 16.2 16.6 14.2 16.2 14.9 13.2r 18.2r 17.6 12.1 16.3e 17.8
2003/2004 15.7r 13.3 15.7r 16.0 16.2 14.1 16.0 14.8 12.4r 18.2r 17.7 12.0 15.4 18.6
2004/2005 15.4r 13.5 15.4r 15.7 15.9 14.2 15.6 14.6 12.0r 17.0 17.5 11.5 15.2 16.2
2005/2006 15.0r 13.4 15.4r 15.1 15.5 14.1 15.2 14.4 11.4r 16.8 17.0 11.0 15.2 13.8
2006/2007 14.5r 13.0 14.9r 14.4 14.9 13.5 14.5 14.2 11.2r 16.8 16.6 10.6 15.3 13.9
2007/2008 14.2r 12.5 14.3r 14.0 14.2 13.2r 14.0 14.1 11.0r 17.2 16.5 10.6 13.9 13.8
2008/2009 14.0 12.1 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.0 13.8 13.9 10.6 16.5 16.4 10.1 13.4 14.0
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1. Full-time equivalent enrolment (from Table C.2.1) divided by full-time equivalent educators (from Table C.2.2). The student-educator ratio is not the same as the student-teacher ratio. The student-educator ratio includes teachers and non-teaching staff (personnel outside of the classroom, such as principals, counselors and specialists).
2. In Saskatchewan, figures for full-time equivalent educators include "historic high schools", but the figures for full-time equivalent enrolments do not.
3. Data for Alberta prior to 2004/2005 are not comparable with more recent data due to a change in methodology.
Notes: Due to the nature of the Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES) data collection, these data are updated on an ongoing basis and are therefore subject to further revisions. These data are for publicly funded schools only and do not include private schools and federal schools.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES) (previously the Elementary-Secondary Education Statistics Project [ESESP]), Summary Public School Indicators for the Provinces and Territories, 2002/2003 to 2008/2009, Table A.14, Catalogue no.81-595-MWE2010083, published December 20, 2010, and Pan-Canadian Education Indicators (PCEIP) Tables C.2.1 and C.2.2.
Updated April 29, 2011.
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