Table B.2.1
Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2010

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Table B.2.1
Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP ISCED 0
(Pre-primary education, children aged 3 and older) , Primary, secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary education, Tertiary education, All levels of education combined (including undistributed programmes), All primary and secondary , ISCED 1/2
(Primary and lower secondary) , ISCED 3
(Upper secondary) , ISCED 4
(Postsecondary non-tertiary) , Total tertiary , ISCED 5B
(Type B) , ISCED 5A/6
(Type A and advanced research programmes), Column 1, Column 2, Column 3, Column 4, Column 5, Column 6, Column 7, Column 8 and Column 9, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  ISCED 0
(Pre-primary education, children aged 3 and older)		 Primary, secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education All levels of education combined (including undistributed programmes)
All primary and secondary ISCED 1/2
(Primary and lower secondary)		 ISCED 3
(Upper secondary)		 ISCED 4
(Postsecondary non-tertiary)		 Total tertiary ISCED 5B
(Type B)		 ISCED 5A/6
(Type A and advanced research programmes)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9
percent
OECD averageNote 1, Note 2 0.6 3.8 2.5 1.2 [2] 1.6 0.2 1.4 6.1
CanadaNote 2 [2] 3.7 [2] [2] [7] 2.7 0.9 1.7 6.4
Newfoundland and Labrador [2] 3.0 [2] [2] [7] 2.3 0.7 1.7 5.3
Prince Edward Island [2] 4.5 [2] [2] [7] 3.9 1.7 2.2 8.4
Nova Scotia [2] 4.2 [2] [2] [7] 3.8 0.9 2.9 8.0
New Brunswick [2] 4.3 [2] [2] [7] 3.1 1.0 2.2 7.4
Quebec [2] 3.7 [2] [2] [7] 2.8 1.1 1.7 6.5
Ontario [2] 4.1 [2] [2] [7] 2.8 1.0 1.8 6.9
Manitoba [2] 4.7 [2] [2] [7] 2.6 0.8 1.8 7.3
Saskatchewan [2] 3.5 [2] [2] [7] 2.4 0.8 1.6 5.8
Alberta [2] 3.0 [2] [2] [7] 2.0 0.7 1.2 5.0
British Columbia [2] 3.3 [2] [2] [7] 2.9 1.0 1.9 6.2
Yukon [2] 4.7 [2] [2] [7] 2.5 2.5 0.0 7.2
Northwest Territories [2] 4.3 [2] [2] [7] 1.3 1.3 0.0 5.6
Nunavut [2] 7.2 [2] [2] [7] 2.7 2.7 0.0 9.9
Note 1.

These averages are from Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators, Table B2.1, Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education (2011), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.

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Note 2.

Canada classifies expenditure by education level in a way that differs slightly from that of most other countries; that is, expenditure on pre-elementary education is grouped with expenditure at the elementary and secondary levels, while expenditure on postsecondary non-tertiary education (essentially technical and vocational training) is grouped with tertiary-type B expenditure. This should not affect international comparability, however, since expenditure at the elementary and secondary levels is dominant. The most recent data available for Canada, the provinces and territories are for 2010; these estimates were submitted to the OECD and are included in its average figures for 2011.

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Note: [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets.
Sources: Statistics Canada: Elementary-Secondary Education Survey; Survey of Uniform Financial System - School Boards; Survey of Financial Statistics of Private Elementary and Secondary Schools; Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey; Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education; Provincial Expenditures on Education in Reform and Correctional Institutions; and Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools; and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators.
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