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Table 6
Nominal investment in education per student in Canada, by gender and education
level, 1976 to 2005
Year Total Male Female Grades
0 to 8
High school College or
above
thousands of current dollars
1976 33.9 36.0 31.6 14.7 60.2 58.2
1977 36.1 38.7 33.3 15.5 65.1 57.9
1978 36.9 39.8 34.0 16.2 64.5 59.6
1979 37.7 41.5 33.8 17.1 65.3 58.5
1980 39.8 42.5 37.0 18.4 70.7 57.0
1981 46.5 49.2 43.8 21.2 83.7 68.0
1982 50.6 52.4 48.7 22.7 89.0 76.5
1983 47.0 48.4 45.7 23.0 76.3 70.4
1984 50.1 54.1 46.1 24.7 80.5 75.3
1985 49.2 54.2 44.2 26.2 75.1 73.2
1986 53.9 57.8 50.0 27.7 83.2 79.3
1987 56.2 59.6 52.7 29.2 89.8 79.8
1988 55.4 58.4 52.5 30.9 86.2 77.0
1989 60.9 66.8 55.0 32.9 98.0 83.8
1990 78.6 87.0 70.4 37.4 124.0 122.6
1991 80.5 85.8 75.2 39.5 115.9 131.8
1992 76.4 81.3 71.4 39.5 111.5 118.4
1993 70.3 78.6 62.0 38.7 100.3 106.4
1994 68.7 75.1 62.3 38.1 96.8 105.3
1995 71.2 74.7 67.7 38.7 100.9 110.7
1996 69.9 77.2 62.6 39.1 97.0 109.8
1997 69.1 77.8 60.5 40.3 93.9 108.1
1998 69.8 78.6 61.2 41.6 92.0 109.8
1999 70.8 78.9 62.9 42.6 94.6 107.8
2000 74.1 80.1 68.3 43.2 103.6 109.5
2001 74.9 80.4 69.5 44.9 99.3 113.0
2002 78.1 88.2 68.2 45.2 111.1 111.3
2003 78.7 85.9 71.7 45.1 117.1 106.3
2004 76.9 81.7 72.2 47.2 98.7 110.6
2005 76.6 83.5 69.9 49.5 93.0 109.0
Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations.
Economic Analysis Research Paper Series - 22 - Statistics Canada – Catalogue no.11F0027M, no. 080