This statistic shows the total number of educators in public elementary and secondary schools in Canada in 2020/21, distinguished by province. Educators includes all employees who belong to one of the three following categories: teachers, school administrators and pedagogical support personnel. In the 2020/21 academic year, there were 159,687 educators employed in public elementary and secondary schools in Ontario.
Number of educators in public elementary and secondary schools in Canada in the academic year 2020/21, by province
Province
Number of educators
Ontario
159,687
Quebec
114,147
British Columbia
40,749
Alberta
40,566
Manitoba
14,064
Saskatchewan
12,327
Nova Scotia
9,924
New Brunswick
8,304
Newfoundland and Labrador
5,403
Prince Edward Island
1,749
Northwest Territories
1,149
Nunavut
825
Yukon
696
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