In 2021, the instructional and educational services were the highest source of expenditures for the Canadian school boards at 51.4 billion Canadian dollars. The second highest was the capital outlay expenditures at 7.3 billion Canadian dollars
School board expenditures in Canada in 2021, by function
(in Canadian dollars)
Characteristic
Expenditure in Canadian dollars
Instruction and educational services expenditures
51,447,615
Capital outlay expenditures (non-allocable)
7,250,136
School facilities service expenditures
5,962,868
Transportation expenditures
2,902,627
Food services expenditures
2,527,589
Business administration expenditures
1,874,903
Adult education expenditures
956,951
Debt charges on capital expenditures (non-allocable)
School boards represent schools which are a part of the elementary and secondary public school system.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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