Alberta’s Spending on Education (per student) is the lowest in the Canada.

This information is supplied on the Alberta Teacher's Association website:


The data shows that school boards would need at least a 13 per cent boost in funding to bring education spending to the Canadian national average. This is equivalent to about $10 per student per day of school.

“The advanced education and K-12 education budgets are set to increase by 4.4 per cent this year, but the government estimates population growth plus inflation will amount to 7.2 per cent. This is an austerity budget and these are stealth cuts”


“The K-12 education operating budget, which includes public, francophone, separate and charter schools, as well as 70 per cent of costs for accredited private schools, increased $393 million to $9.3 billion, a 4.4 per cent increase from 2023. 


That figure includes $408 million for accredited private schools and child care facilities, a 13 per cent increase from private school funding in 2023—nearly triple the overall K-12 education funding increase.”


“K-12 enrollment increased by 28,000 kids last year and is projected to increase by 29,000 this year. 


“This budget is shortchanging our kids,” Support Our Students executive director Madeanna Moussa said in a statement. 


“When you have massive enrollment growth, but funding doesn’t follow every student entering the system, what they're really doing is cutting the pie into smaller pieces and asking each of our kids to make do with less. We see the results: ballooning class sizes, schools over capacity, fewer supports for students with special needs.”

Worldwide trends in Math and reading, including Canada


This graph shows how grade 9 Canadian students perform in reading, math, and science vs students from around the world. In mathematics and reading, average performance was lower in 2022 than in any previous assessment. Both subjects show a steady decline and the Canadian average in 2022 is below the OECD world average.


This is information obtained from PISA (PISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges.)

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