Table 13
Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006/2007 to 2010/2011

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Table 13 Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006/2007 to 2010/2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 13 student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools. The information is grouped by (appearing as row headers), canada, n.l., p.e.i., n.s., n.b., que., ont., man., sask., alta., b.c., y.t., n.w.t. and nvt. (appearing as column headers).
  Canada N.L. P.E.I.Note 1 N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask.Note 1 Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt.
2006/2007 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.4 14.9 13.5 14.5 14.2 14.0 16.8 16.6 10.6 15.5 13.8
Percentage change -3.5 -2.5 -3.6 -4.8 -4.1 -4.0 -4.6 -1.2 -4.6 0.6 -2.6 -6.8 0.6 0.5
2007/2008 14.4 12.5 14.3 14.0 14.2 13.2 14.0 14.1 14.3 17.2 16.5 10.6 14.1 13.8
Percentage change -2.0 -4.2 -3.9 -2.9 -4.9 -2.2 -3.4 -1.0 1.7 2.1 -0.8 0.6 -9.1 -0.4
2008/2009 14.1 12.1 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.0 13.8 13.9 14.1 16.5 16.4 10.1 13.6 13.9
Percentage change -1.8 -3.5 -5.6 -2.6 -3.9 -1.7 -1.7 -1.3 -1.3 -3.8 -0.3 -4.8 -3.6 1.2
2009/2010 13.9 11.9 13.1 13.2 13.5 12.8 13.6 13.7 13.9 15.7 16.6 10.0 13.6 13.6
Percentage change -1.3 -1.4 -3.3 -3.0 -0.9 -1.1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.5 -5.1 1.0 -1.4 0.2 -2.3
2010/2011 13.8 11.8 12.8 12.9 13.6 12.7 13.5 13.7 13.6 15.9 16.8 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 13.8 13.1
Percentage change -0.6 -1.0 -1.6 -2.8 0.6 -1.4 -1.1 -0.1 -2.1 1.0 1.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 1.2 -4.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Excludes Educational assistants.
Note: Table 13 = Table 2.1 (Full-time equivalent enrolments) divided by Table 12.1 (Full-time equivalent educators).
Care should be taken with cross jurisdictional comparison. The proportion of educators (comprising a mix of teachers, administrators and pedagogical support) and their respective remuneration differs in each jurisdiction.
Source: Statistics Canada, Elementary-Secondary Education Survey.
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