Families are sensitive to the price of education, which is why provinces that do not provide funding generally have much lower rates of independent school enrolment.
Education
October 5, 2018
6:20PM
Quebecers elected the Coalition Avenir Québec with an overwhelming majority.
January 15, 2018
10:30AM
Ontario has a higher percentage of students in independent schools than Alberta and Saskatchewan.
January 9, 2018
5:00AM
Alberta currently offers the greatest degree of school choice in Canada.
January 2, 2018
5:30AM
Alberta is currently the only province to offer charter schools.
December 14, 2017
10:14AM
Now that sick days are use-it-or-lose-it, it’s much more rational to take the day at home instead.
November 16, 2017
5:02AM
Most separate schools are Roman Catholic.
November 9, 2017
10:28AM
In eight out of 10 provinces, enrolment in francophone schools, measured as a share of total enrolment, increased.
October 31, 2017
2:42PM
Other than Quebec, Ontario has the lowest rate of public anglophone enrolment at 62.6 per cent.
October 16, 2017
2:26PM
About half of Canada’s independent schools are religion-oriented.
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