Canada’s public investment in education trails US expenditure
Source: Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity analysis based on data from Statistics Canada, Consolidated Government Revenue and Expenditures; US Census Bureau - State and Local Government Finances, Office of Management and Budget, Historical Tables, National Academy of Social Insurance, Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs, multiple years.
Notes: Currency converted at PPP. US health spending includes workers' compensation, medical benefit outlays and excludes administrative and other costs; Canada health spending includes all workers' compensation. Values deflated using appropriate deflators.
Notes: Currency converted at PPP. US health spending includes workers' compensation, medical benefit outlays and excludes administrative and other costs; Canada health spending includes all workers' compensation. Values deflated using appropriate deflators.
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Canada’s public investment in education trails US expenditure
Report on Canada 2011 | Pages 33-35
In 1992 in Canada, all levels of government spent $2,500 per capita on education (in 2009 dollars) - 4.4% more than we spent on health care. However, ongoing federal and provincial deficits since 1971 changed the course of our public spending patterns and by 1998, governments in Canada were spending more on healthcare than education.
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