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Public schools: Canadian provinces ranked (2023–24)

Measure: Public schools. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Public, private and home-schooled students by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023/2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0109-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 90.7 (Canada).

Lowest: 86.2 to 90.2 %
Group 2: 90.2 to 94.8 %
Group 3: 94.8 to 95.3 %
Group 4: 95.3 to 98.2 %
Highest: 98.2 to 100 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nunavut	100
2	Northwest Territories	98.5
3	Newfoundland and Labrador	98.2
4	New Brunswick	96.8
5	Prince Edward Island	96.6
6	Nova Scotia	95.3
7	Saskatchewan	94.9
8	Yukon	94.8
9	Ontario	92
9	Alberta	92
11	Manitoba	90.2
12	Quebec	87.5
13	British Columbia	86.2

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0109-01: Number of students in elementary and secondary schools, by school type and program type. Reference period: 2023/2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by public schools (2023/2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0109-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-public-schools/

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