Table B.2.13
University expenditures, by type of expenditure, Canada and provinces, 1999/2000 and 2005/2006 to 2009/2010

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Table B.2.13
University expenditures, by type of expenditure, Canada and provinces, 1999/2000 and 2005/2006 to 2009/2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of university expenditures total capital expenditures, total operating expenditures, distribution of operating expenditures, academic salaries, other salaries and wages, benefits and total compensation, calculated using thousands of current dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Total capital expenditures Total operating expendituresNote 1 Distribution of operating expenditures
Compensation Other operating expenditures
Academic salaries Other salaries and wagesNote 2 BenefitsNote 3 Total compensation
thousands of current dollars
2009/2010  
Canada 3,938,027 26,792,358 7,910,394 6,465,410 2,617,318 16,993,122 9,799,236
Newfoundland and Labrador 32,237 487,272 123,701 148,636 48,729 321,066 166,206
Prince Edward Island 14,120 115,896 28,261 34,741 13,518 76,520 39,376
Nova Scotia 125,553 1,008,915 290,331 235,945 79,038 605,314 403,601
New Brunswick 76,274 504,846 164,109 117,976 42,478 324,563 180,283
Quebec 719,612 5,350,083 1,605,537 1,282,211 600,596 3,488,344 1,861,739
Ontario 1,246,944 10,547,756 3,064,138 2,422,220 1,063,410 6,549,768 3,997,988
Manitoba 99,540 847,664 264,545 197,149 68,422 530,116 317,548
Saskatchewan 216,430 956,088 275,211 259,278 64,515 599,004 357,084
Alberta 873,111 3,358,038 955,970 856,601 303,521 2,116,092 1,241,946
British Columbia 534,206 3,615,800 1,138,591 910,653 333,091 2,382,335 1,233,465
2008/2009  
Canada 3,458,255Note  r: revised 25,849,083Note  r: revised 7,428,114 6,049,238Note  r: revised 2,380,658Note  r: revised 15,858,010Note  r: revised 9,991,073Note  r: revised
Newfoundland and Labrador 31,462Note  r: revised 457,164 108,674 140,383 43,143 292,200 164,964
Prince Edward Island 25,096Note  r: revised 108,348 24,884 31,465 12,123 68,472 39,876
Nova Scotia 89,353Note  r: revised 972,537 277,142 225,010 75,170 577,322 395,215
New Brunswick 44,726Note  r: revised 497,817 160,035 114,143 41,310 315,488 182,329
Quebec 707,748Note  r: revised 5,372,338 1,534,223 1,200,102 529,753 3,264,078 2,108,260
Ontario 1,117,848Note  r: revised 10,388,242 2,962,539 2,385,151 993,440 6,341,130 4,047,112
Manitoba 89,427Note  r: revised 819,961Note  r: revised 247,885 190,481Note  r: revised 70,638Note  r: revised 509,004Note  r: revised 310,957Note  r: revised
Saskatchewan 178,128Note  r: revised 908,263 251,575 243,356 59,338 554,269 353,994
Alberta 640,206Note  r: revised 2,861,880 778,800 679,756 246,515 1,705,071 1,156,809
British Columbia 534,261Note  r: revised 3,462,533 1,082,357 839,391 309,228 2,230,976 1,231,557
2007/2008  
Canada 3,324,824Note  r: revised 24,250,161 7,051,916 5,591,118 2,254,206 14,897,240 9,352,921
Newfoundland and Labrador 19,290Note  r: revised 421,104 99,820 123,239 38,571 261,630 159,474
Prince Edward Island 19,597Note  r: revised 97,987 22,707 28,985 11,647 63,339 34,648
Nova Scotia 77,529Note  r: revised 920,208 266,177 215,938 69,300 551,415 368,793
New Brunswick 38,693Note  r: revised 482,340 152,549 107,194 40,116 299,859 182,481
Quebec 758,859Note  r: revised 5,055,754 1,506,670 1,143,685 505,706 3,156,061 1,899,693
Ontario 1,119,816Note  r: revised 9,884,249 2,823,959 2,226,545 968,805 6,019,309 3,864,940
Manitoba 114,254Note  r: revised 772,192 235,376 179,039 65,398 479,813 292,379
Saskatchewan 142,048Note  r: revised 794,334 241,879 218,728 53,265 513,872 280,462
Alberta 443,415Note  r: revised 2,598,395 703,695 633,054 230,043 1,566,792 1,031,603
British Columbia 591,323Note  r: revised 3,223,598 999,084 714,711 271,355 1,985,150 1,238,448
2006/2007  
Canada 2,820,176Note  r: revised 22,777,780 6,585,081 5,258,260 2,091,873 13,935,214 8,842,566
Newfoundland and Labrador 25,027Note  r: revised 389,854 95,483 111,414 35,750 242,647 147,207
Prince Edward Island 17,424Note  r: revised 93,449 21,976 27,390 11,132 60,498 32,951
Nova Scotia 75,069Note  r: revised 891,931 259,236 207,116 69,927 536,279 355,652
New Brunswick 35,094Note  r: revised 462,812 148,385 103,891 38,184 290,460 172,352
Quebec 547,474Note  r: revised 4,806,546 1,432,716 1,101,464 473,977 3,008,157 1,798,389
Ontario 826,279Note  r: revised 9,219,650 2,589,966 2,084,776 887,495 5,562,237 3,657,413
Manitoba 84,283Note  r: revised 733,644 234,180 170,328 58,431 462,939 270,705
Saskatchewan 155,237Note  r: revised 756,871 235,404 207,126 55,577 498,107 258,764
Alberta 399,250Note  r: revised 2,387,508 648,320 556,026 202,830 1,407,176 980,332
British Columbia 655,039Note  r: revised 3,035,515 919,415 688,729 258,570 1,866,714 1,168,801
2005/2006  
Canada 2,724,789Note  r: revised 21,679,049 6,207,712 4,971,029 1,938,075 13,116,816 8,562,233
Newfoundland and Labrador 23,276Note  r: revised 381,333 90,040 107,942 34,162 232,144 149,189
Prince Edward Island 9,747Note  r: revised 91,988 19,854 25,294 10,257 55,405 36,583
Nova Scotia 68,456Note  r: revised 850,023 249,441 199,568 67,093 516,102 333,921
New Brunswick 28,783Note  r: revised 446,364 145,183 98,441 36,435 280,059 166,305
Quebec 441,267Note  r: revised 4,652,909 1,395,662 1,039,036 457,493 2,892,191 1,760,718
Ontario 893,385Note  r: revised 8,639,764 2,366,069 1,944,399 789,662 5,100,130 3,539,634
Manitoba 127,288Note  r: revised 727,610 225,062 158,986 59,389 443,437 284,173
Saskatchewan 103,443Note  r: revised 724,307 229,830 194,309 50,545 474,684 249,623
Alberta 353,113Note  r: revised 2,222,357 606,805 514,556 190,726 1,312,087 910,270
British Columbia 676,031Note  r: revised 2,942,394 879,766 688,498 242,313 1,810,577 1,131,817
1999/2000  
Canada 827,251 13,183,006 4,027,506 3,219,014 1,022,651 8,269,171 4,913,835
Newfoundland and Labrador 13,273 234,541 71,612 66,801 19,457 157,870 76,671
Prince Edward Island 1,574 53,718 14,121 17,179 3,231 34,531 19,187
Nova Scotia 25,778 597,199 181,675 140,558 38,783 361,016 236,183
New Brunswick 13,055 302,412 94,469 71,896 25,101 191,466 110,946
Quebec 357,357 2,926,188 976,003 686,282 245,547 1,907,832 1,018,356
Ontario 211,751 5,011,824 1,437,136 1,233,673 357,812 3,028,621 1,983,203
Manitoba 18,989 486,975 154,773 105,234 35,312 295,319 191,656
Saskatchewan 21,199 529,626 170,947 133,429 38,687 343,063 186,563
Alberta 86,096 1,327,440 381,041 314,689 113,286 809,016 518,424
British Columbia 78,179 1,713,083 545,729 449,273 145,435 1,140,437 572,646
r revised
1. Operating expenditures include the following funds: general operating; special purpose and trust; sponsored research; and ancillary enterprises.
2. Includes payments to all full- and part-time non-instructional (support) staff, including, among others, technicians, teaching and research laboratory technicians, clerical and secretarial, professional and managerial, janitorial, trades and maintenance.
3. Includes the costs of institutions' contributions (with respect to salaries) for pensions (including payments for actuarial deficiencies and past service liability), group life insurance, salary continuance insurance, dental plans, Workers' Compensation, health taxes, tuition remission, Employment Insurance, and other costs of employee benefit programs.
Notes: To convert this current dollar data to constant dollar amounts for comparison over time, it is recommended that the Implicit Price Indexes, gross domestic product (GDP), be used for national and provincial-level conversions. For the index and further details on converting, see Table F.1.2.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey, data released October 15, 2012.
Updated December 13, 2012.
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