The total expenditures for public and private elementary and secondary education in Canada rose 1.0% from a year earlier to $58.6 billion in the 2018/2019 academic year, partly because of higher spending on salaries and benefits for educators in public schools. Expenditures by provincial and territorial governments accounted for just over two-thirds (68.3%), or $39.6 billion of this direct source of funds.
Local taxation and other taxes levied by the school boards and local governments accounted for 19.7% of funding, while the remaining funding included student fees and tuition (3.6%), amounts from federal departments (2.8%), and all other private sources, such as revenues from ancillary operations (5.6%).
