Notes

^1.

Unless otherwise indicated, all gross capital stock estimates are reported in 2002 constant dollars.

^2.

See Mychèle Gagnon, Valérie Gaudreault and Donald Overton, "Age of Public Infrastructure: A Provincial Perspective," Analysis in Brief, no. 67, February 2008, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-621-M, /pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2008067-eng.htm, Ottawa.

^3.

Institutional buildings include schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, health centers, clinics and other health care, nursing homes, homes for the aged, daycare centers, churches and other religious buildings, libraries, historical sites, penitentiaries, detentions centres, courthouses, museums, science centres, public archives, fire stations and halls, armouries, barracks, drill halls, and other military structures.

^4.

All enrolment data in this study were produced by the Economic Analysis Group. For more details on the methodology to estimate enrolment by levels of education, see text box "Estimation of education enrolment."

^5.

Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 281-0024.

^6.

See Valérie Gaudreault and Patrick Lemire, "The Age of Public Infrastructure in Canada," Analysis in Brief, no. 35, January 2006, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-621-M, /pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2006035-eng.htm, Ottawa and Francine Roy, "From Roads to Rinks: Government Spending on Infrastructure in Canada, 1961 to 2005," Insights on the Canadian Economy, no. 19, February 2008, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-624-M, /pub/11-624-m/11-624-m2008019-eng.htm, Ottawa.

^7.

In practice, if no new or discarded investments are recorded in a given year, the average age will increase by one year. The amount of new or discarded investments that would be required to hold the average age of the capital gross stock constant can only be determined by accounting for the actual distribution of investments made over the years. For the purpose of this paper, changes in the average age are mainly analyzed in terms of the size of new and discarded investments on an annual basis.

^8.

Source: Statistics Canada, Building Permits Survey, /cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=2802&lang=en&db=imdb&adm=8&dis=2.

^9.

The Government of Quebec's credits for capital investments in education increased 7.8% a year on average between fiscal year 2000-2001 and fiscal year 2008-2009 (see Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor, 2009-2010 Expenditure Budget,http://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/en/budget/09-10/index.asp (accessed August 26, 2009)). For initiatives related to universities, see Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, Financement et mesures budgétaires et fiscales,http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ens-sup/ens-univ/finances-univ.asp (accessed August 26, 2009).

^10.

See Klarka Zeman, "If you build it, they will come: The impact of new university on local youth," Education Matters: Insight on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 81-004-X, vol. 3, no. 5, February 2007, /pub/81-004-x/2006005/9589-eng.htm, Ottawa.

^11.

It should also be mentioned that the federal government supports the provinces and territories in matters of public infrastructure through fiscal transfers and other national programs. It also carries direct responsibility for Indian and Inuit schools and provides direct grants to universities for research laboratories.

^12.

There is only one university in Newfoundland and Labrador which offers a full range of academic programs.

^13.

There is only one university in Prince Edward Island which offers a basic range of academic programs.

^14.

P3 arrangements are public-private partnerships. See Honourable William Gillis, Budget Address, Province of Nova Scotia, www.gov.ns.ca/finance/site-finance/media/finance/Address_1997.pdf (accessed July 30, 2009).

^15.

Quebec had a 2.1% decline in the value of gross stock in elementary and secondary schools from 2000 to 2008. Manitoba (-6.2%) and Saskatchewan (-0.5%) are the only other two provinces that also declined.

^16.

The Government of Quebec's credits for capital investments in education increased 7.8% a year on average between fiscal year 2000-2001 and fiscal year 2008-2009 (see Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor, 2009-2010 Expenditure Budget,http://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/en/budget/09-10/index.asp (accessed August 26, 2009)). For initiatives related to universities, see Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, Financement et mesures budgétaires et fiscales, http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ens-sup/ens-univ/finances-univ.asp (accessed August 26, 2009).

^17.

See Statistics Canada, "Age and sex, 1996 Census,"The Daily, July 29, 1997, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-001E, /daily-quotidien/970729/dq970729-eng.htm, Ottawa.

^18.

See Klarka Zeman, "If you build it, they will come: The impact of new university on local youth," Education Matters: Insight on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 81-004-X, vol. 3, no. 5, February 2007, /pub/81-004-x/2006005/9589-eng.htm, Ottawa.