Table C.2.4
Full-time educators1 (headcount) in public elementary-secondary schools, number and percentage distribution by sex and age group, Canada and provinces, 2001/2002 and 2008/2009

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Table C.2.4
Full-time educators1 (headcount) in public elementary-secondary schools, number and percentage distribution by sex and age group, Canada and provinces, 2001/2002 and 2008/2009
  Canada2 Newfoundland and Labrador3 Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia4 New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba5 Saskatchewan6,7 Alberta7,8 British Columbia
2001/ 2002 2008/ 20095 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009 2001/ 2002 2008/ 2009
  number of full-time educators
Both sexes  
All ages 285,763 294,998 6,267 5,573 1,555 1,384 9,634 10,064 7,040 7,745 63,081 62,437 115,912 127,659 11,043 11,643 10,324 10,291 30,956 30,006 29,951 28,196
Less than 30 38,064 35,781 502 752 155 143 817 1,366 859 1,153 5,914 3,930 18,735 16,835 1,496 1,727 1,715 1,650 5,181 5,701 2,690 2,524
30 to 39 75,766 95,373 1,979 1,510 393 473 1,968 3,025 1,971 2,685 16,711 21,976 33,301 44,447 2,501 3,135 2,693 2,892 7,562 8,411 6,687 6,819
40 to 49 83,158 84,037 2,604 2,228 476 367 3,458 2,636 2,178 2,248 16,740 19,302 31,832 35,160 3,604 3,396 3,544 3,039 9,571 7,678 9,151 7,983
50 to 59 84,778 70,869 1,174 1,046 517 360 3,342 2,830 1,998 1,579 22,864 15,576 30,521 27,082 3,301 3,016 2,296 2,503 7,909 7,215 10,856 9,662
60 and over 3,997 8,938 8 37 14 41 49 207 34 80 852 1,653 1,523 4,135 141 369 76 207 733 1,001 567 1,208
Male  
All ages 94,288 86,722 2,437 1,661 515 419 3,200 2,747 2,132 1,996 19,478 16,271 35,987 37,138 4,233 4,013 3,749 3,262 10,601 9,132 11,956 10,083
Less than 30 8,289 6,957 113 138 36 27 198 262 171 219 753 605 4,142 3,240 432 418 477 383 1,240 1,084 727 581
30 to 39 24,591 26,794 677 412 125 132 607 844 519 665 4,135 4,549 10,762 12,606 995 1,143 1,110 1,023 2,790 2,750 2,871 2,670
40 to 49 27,901 27,227 1,049 723 147 132 1,027 752 662 606 5,148 5,479 10,451 11,600 1,358 1,189 1,229 1,004 3,247 2,577 3,583 3,165
50 to 59 31,994 22,821 598 379 204 113 1,351 824 773 480 9,104 5,068 10,121 8,384 1,378 1,115 908 782 3,018 2,377 4,539 3,299
60 and over 1,513 2,923 x 9 x 15 17 65 7 26 338 570 511 1,308 70 148 25 70 306 344 236 368
Female  
All ages 191,475 208,208 3,830 3,912 1,040 965 6,434 7,317 4,908 5,749 43,603 46,166 79,925 90,521 6,810 7,630 6,575 7,029 20,355 20,806 17,995 18,113
Less than 30 29,775 28,795 389 614 119 116 619 1,104 688 934 5,161 3,325 14,593 13,595 1,064 1,309 1,238 1,267 3,941 4,588 1,963 1,943
30 to 39 51,175 68,553 1,302 1,098 268 341 1,361 2,181 1,452 2,020 12,576 17,427 22,539 31,841 1,506 1,992 1,583 1,869 4,772 5,635 3,816 4,149
40 to 49 55,257 56,802 1,555 1,505 329 235 2,431 1,884 1,516 1,642 11,592 13,823 21,381 23,560 2,246 2,207 2,315 2,035 6,324 5,093 5,568 4,818
50 to 59 52,784 48,044 576 667 313 247 1,991 2,006 1,225 1,099 13,760 10,508 20,400 18,698 1,923 1,901 1,388 1,721 4,891 4,834 6,317 6,363
60 and over 2,484 6,014 8 28 11 26 32 142 27 54 514 1,083 1,012 2,827 71 221 51 137 427 656 331 840
  percentage distribution of full-time educators
Both sexes  
All ages 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Less than 30 13.3 12.1 8.0 13.5 10.0 10.3 8.5 13.6 12.2 14.9 9.4 6.3 16.2 13.2 13.5 14.8 16.6 16.0 16.7 19.0 9.0 9.0
30 to 39 26.5 32.3 31.6 27.1 25.3 34.2 20.4 30.1 28.0 34.7 26.5 35.2 28.7 34.8 22.6 26.9 26.1 28.1 24.4 28.0 22.3 24.2
40 to 49 29.1 28.5 41.6 40.0 30.6 26.5 35.9 26.2 30.9 29.0 26.5 30.9 27.5 27.5 32.6 29.2 34.3 29.5 30.9 25.6 30.6 28.3
50 to 59 29.7 24.0 18.7 18.8 33.2 26.0 34.7 28.1 28.4 20.4 36.2 24.9 26.3 21.2 29.9 25.9 22.2 24.3 25.5 24.0 36.2 34.3
60 and over 1.4 3.0 0.1 0.7 0.9 3.0 0.5 2.1 0.5 1.0 1.4 2.6 1.3 3.2 1.3 3.2 0.7 2.0 2.4 3.3 1.9 4.3
Male  
All ages 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Less than 30 8.8 8.0 4.6 8.3 7.0 6.4 6.2 9.5 8.0 11.0 3.9 3.7 11.5 8.7 10.2 10.4 12.7 11.7 11.7 11.9 6.1 5.8
30 to 39 26.1 30.9 27.8 24.8 24.3 31.5 19.0 30.7 24.3 33.3 21.2 28.0 29.9 33.9 23.5 28.5 29.6 31.4 26.3 30.1 24.0 26.5
40 to 49 29.6 31.4 43.0 43.5 28.5 31.5 32.1 27.4 31.1 30.4 26.4 33.7 29.0 31.2 32.1 29.6 32.8 30.8 30.6 28.2 30.0 31.4
50 to 59 33.9 26.3 24.5 22.8 39.6 27.0 42.2 30.0 36.3 24.0 46.7 31.1 28.1 22.6 32.6 27.8 24.2 24.0 28.5 26.0 38.0 32.7
60 and over 1.6 3.4 x 0.5 x 3.6 0.5 2.4 0.3 1.3 1.7 3.5 1.4 3.5 1.7 3.7 0.7 2.1 2.9 3.8 2.0 3.6
Female  
All ages 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Less than 30 15.6 13.8 10.2 15.7 11.4 12.0 9.6 15.1 14.0 16.2 11.8 7.2 18.3 15.0 15.6 17.2 18.8 18.0 19.4 22.1 10.9 10.7
30 to 39 26.7 31.0 34.0 28.1 25.8 35.3 21.2 29.8 29.6 35.1 28.8 37.7 28.2 35.2 22.1 26.1 24.1 26.6 23.4 27.1 21.2 22.9
40 to 49 28.9 27.4 40.6 38.5 31.6 24.4 37.8 25.7 30.9 28.6 26.6 29.9 26.8 26.0 33.0 28.9 35.2 29.0 31.1 24.5 30.9 26.6
50 to 59 27.6 24.4 15.0 17.1 30.1 25.6 30.9 27.4 25.0 19.1 31.6 22.8 25.5 20.7 28.2 24.9 21.1 24.5 24.0 23.2 35.1 35.1
60 and over 1.3 2.2 0.2 0.7 1.1 2.7 0.5 1.9 0.6 0.9 1.2 2.3 1.3 3.1 1.0 2.9 0.8 1.9 2.1 3.2 1.8 4.6
.. not available for a specific reference period
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
1. The term "educators" includes teachers, school administrators and pedagogical support.
2. Excludes the territories; detailed data by age and sex are not available for the territories.
3. In Newfoundland and Labrador, data for 1997/1998 through 2008/2009 include the School for the Deaf and the Whitbourne Youth Centre.
4. Data for Nova Scotia combine full-time and part-time educators.
5. Data exclude publicly funded hospital and provincial schools, care, treatment and correctional facilities. The increase in 2007/2008 is partially due to the inclusion of "long-term occasional teachers"; prior to 2007/2008, these were not counted.
6. Includes educators in provincially funded schools (including "associated independent" and "historic" high schools) and excluding "independent" First Nations schools and postsecondary sites.
7. All educators in Lloydminster are included in Saskatchewan's counts and none of them are captured in the counts for Alberta.
8. Data for Alberta prior to 2004/2005 are not comparable with more recent data due to a change in methodology. Some of the total values for Alberta may not match the sum of the individual values, as an "unknown category" was removed from the table to ensure the confidentiality of responses.
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]), data published December 20, 2010.
Updated April 29, 2011.
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