Table B.2.7
Percentage of households reporting education expenditures and average expenditure per household on education, Canada and jurisdictions, 2000 and 2005 to 2009

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Table B.2.7
Percentage of households reporting education expenditures and average expenditure per household on education, Canada and jurisdictions, 2000 and 2005 to 2009
  Canada1 Newfound-
land and
Labrador
Prince
Edward
Island
Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskat-
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon1 Northwest Territories1 Nunavut1
percent
2009  
Percentage of households reporting expenditures on education 33 24 29 30 29 34 32 32 32 38 35 30 25 F
Supplies, all levels 22 18 20 23 23 24 20 22 23 25 22 21 18 F
Textbooks, all levels 19 12 F 13 13 24 17 15 14 19 19 15 F F
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 9 F F 3 7 14 5 5E 12 17 9 F F F
Tuition, postsecondary 17 12 16 13 13 15 18 16 14 19 19 13E F F
  dollars
Average education expenditure per household reporting such expenditure 3,737 2,350 3,109 3,203 2,977 1,937 4,901 2,698 2,963 3,579 5,055 2,306 1,986E F
Supplies, all levels 207 176 153 221 200 174 224 185 244 244 202 186 217E F
Textbooks, all levels 616 608 F 661 530 363 761 631 F 690 771 624E F F
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 1,906 F F F F 1,122 4,438E 1,487E F 810E 2,569E F F F
Tuition, postsecondary 4,674 3,018 4,399 4,927 5,170 2,013 5,676 3,466 4,606E 4,750 6,346 3,191E F F
  percent
20082  
Percentage of households reporting expenditures on education 36 26 32 33 26 35 36 35 34 41 35 .. .. ..
Supplies, all levels 23 21 23 23 20 25 23 24 26 26 22 .. .. ..
Textbooks, all levels 20 13 14 14 11 24 20 15 14 21 19 .. .. ..
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 10 F 5.2E 4E 6 15 5 7 16 20 7 .. .. ..
Tuition, postsecondary 17 12 14 14 11 17 19 16 14 17 17 .. .. ..
  dollars
Average education expenditure per household reporting such expenditure 3,319 2,414 2,967 2,749 2,757 1,816 4,531 2,338 2,820 3,149 3,582 .. .. ..
Supplies, all levels 215 212 184 190 237E 178 242 234 213 235 198 .. .. ..
Textbooks, all levels 558 601 558 600 599 383 668 532 610 567 627 .. .. ..
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 1,891 F 545E F F 1,028 4,627E 1,898E 419E 1,033E 2,658E .. .. ..
Tuition, postsecondary 4,077 3,285 5,035 4,780 4,648 1,603 5,357 2,934 4,510 4,355E 4,523 .. .. ..
  percent
20073  
Percentage of households reporting expenditures on education 35 28 31 32 31 35 33 35 34 37 39 32 30 F
Supplies, all levels 23 23 21 24 24 24 21 22 24 26 24 19E 19 F
Textbooks, all levels 18 14 10 12 12 22 17 15 14 18 17 F F F
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 9 3E F 3E 7 15 4 6 15 18 8 F F F
Tuition, postsecondary 15 12 13 14 13 14 16 16 13 17 17 F F F
  dollars
Average education expenditure per household reporting such expenditure 2,949 2,107 2,568 3,302 3,232 1,812 3,724 2,488 2,361 3,167 3,147 2,335E 1,699E F
Supplies, all levels 222 170 172 195 226 183 239 196 218 245 252 277E 258 F
Textbooks, all levels 543 590 975E 613 650 372 647 607 591 620 569 F F F
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 1,306 F F 1,412E 256E 1,047 2,481E 1,140E 392E 618 2,303E F F F
Tuition, postsecondary 4,017 3,150 4,493 5,725 6,223 1,832 5,057 3,480 3,846 4,397 4,098 F F F
  percent
2006  
Percentage of households reporting expenditures on education 43 36 40 40 35 42 44 39 38 46 45 .. .. ..
Supplies, all levels 29 29 28 30 26 27 31 27 28 32 28 .. .. ..
Textbooks, all levels 21 21 13 14 14 26 20 14 15 22 20 .. .. ..
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 10 4 5E 5 5 14 5 6 15 21 8 .. .. ..
Tuition, postsecondary 19 15 15 14 14 18 19 15 14 19 21 .. .. ..
  dollars
Average education expenditure per household reporting such expenditure 2,700 1,948 2,299 2,632 2,690 1,593 3,214 2,349 2,265 2,917 3,369 .. .. ..
Supplies, all levels 209 188 170 192 219 175 231 182 203 248 187 .. .. ..
Textbooks, all levels 546 492 698E 563 585 356 685 673 638 579 551 .. .. ..
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 1,351 F F F F 983 2,763E 1,549E 233 554 2,259 .. .. ..
Tuition, postsecondary 3,812 3,070 4,740 5,491 5,397 1,555 4,618 3,759 4,227 4,379 4,665 .. .. ..
  percent
2005  
Percentage of households reporting expenditures on education 44 40 42 39 38 43 46 41 39 45 45 38 35 19
Supplies, all levels 28 31 33 29 28 28 28 30 27 29 28 27 24 F
Textbooks, all levels 20 29 12 11 13 24 20 14 15 19 19 F 9 F
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 9 10 F 3 5 12 4 7 15 19 8 F 14 F
Tuition, postsecondary 20 16 16 13 12 19 21 17 16 21 20 16 10 F
  dollars
Average education expenditure per household reporting such expenditure 2,757 2,124 2,326 2,670 2,014 1,542 3,483 2,296 2,160 2,964 3,257 1,259 1,698 1,219
Supplies, all levels 224 169 179 213 216 171 251 236 190 302 212 150 234 F
Textbooks, all levels 557 461 748 713 515 366 656 673 659 737 562 F 482 F
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 1,850 251 F 1,243 331 847 5,871 1,612 306 788 2,094 F 238 F
Tuition, postsecondary 3,684 3,549 4,525 6,033 4,463 1,608 4,610 3,274 3,332 3,774 4,433 1,671 3,557 F
  percent
2000  
Percentage of households reporting expenditures on education 42 42 35 39 41 40 40 42 41 51 45 .. .. ..
Supplies, all levels 27 36 25 29 32 25 27 30 26 30 25 .. .. ..
Textbooks, all levels 20 34 11 12 14 26 17 14 18 23 19 .. .. ..
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 9 7 F 4 9 13 4 6 14 21 8 .. .. ..
Tuition, postsecondary 17 16 13 14 13 15 16 16 17 20 20 .. .. ..
  dollars
Average education expenditure per household reporting such expenditure 1,976 2,158 2,047 2,032 1,615 1,261 2,554 1,775 1,807 1,933 1,920 .. .. ..
Supplies, all levels 192 160 180 166 203 170 226 170 171 192 163 .. .. ..
Textbooks, all levels 453 400 625 552 462 291 582 548 476 514 485 .. .. ..
Tuition, pre-elementary and elementary-secondary 1,083 650 F 1,305 199 792 2,416 1,155 219 547 1,558 .. .. ..
Tuition, postsecondary 2,922 3,839 4,425 3,944 3,613 1,443 4,104 2,791 2,902 2,841 2,194 .. .. ..
.. not available for a specific reference period
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1. Since 1999, the Survey of Household Spending (SHS) has included households in the territories in every odd-numbered year. The Canada-level averages presented here for 2005, 2007 and 2009 represent data for the 10 provinces and the territories; the Canada-level data for 2000, 2006 and 2008 include the 10 provinces only.
2. The sample size for 2008 is 28% smaller than that used for the 2007 SHS. The reduction of the sample size compared with previous years will have an impact on the data quality; in particular, the variance will, in most cases, be larger than before.
3. In 2007, in order to reduce respondent burden, new screening questions were added to the SHS questionnaire for some categories. For a few categories, including education, this change resulted in a lower than expected percentage reporting and may have affected the average expenditures for some items in those categories.
Notes: To convert this current dollar data to constant dollar amounts for comparison over time, it is recommended that the Consumer Price Index at the Canada level be used, for both national and provincial-level conversions. For the index and further details on converting, see Table F.1.3.
Caution should be exercised when making year-to-year comparisons since changes may not be statistically significant. Special caution is necessary when using estimates from small sub-groups. For more information about data quality, and the survey methodology and concepts, see the User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2009, Statistics Canada Catalogue no.62F0026MWE, no. 6, which is available on the Statistics Canada Web site as part of the Household Expenditures Research Paper Series, /pub/62f0026m/62f0026m2010006-eng.htm).
Beginning with 2006, the Survey of Household Spending (SHS) removed the distinction between "full-year" and "part-year" household members, and information on spending was collected for all household members. To maintain comparability, SHS data for 1997 through 2005 were revised to include both full-year and part-year household members.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada,Survey of Household Spending; data published December 17, 2010.
Updated April 29, 2011.
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