Summary public school indicators for the provinces and territories, 1997-1998 to 2003-2004

Standards of service to the public Statistics Canada is committed to serving its clients in a prompt, reliable and courteous manner and in the official language of their choice. [...] The number of students declined in all other provinces and territories, ranging from a drop of 12.8% in the Yukon to 0.7% in the Northwest Territories. [...] The number of educators increased 8% in Alberta and 17.3% in the Northwest Territories, and fell 12.5% in Newfoundland and Labrador. [...] The number of educators increased 5.4% in the Northwest Territories and fell 3.3% in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1.7% in Nunavut and 1.6% in British Columbia (Chart 4, Table 9).