funded partially throughprovincialgrants and partially through municipal taxes. Public schools, “separate” schools for Roman Catholics, a small number of Francophone schools, and independent (mostly religious or special-purpose) schools all receive funding from the provincial government. Private, for-pro...
While the provinces are an important level of government in Canada, there are limits on their powers and jurisdictions. To begin, the Constitution grants the federal government exclusive jurisdiction in several areas of public policy, such as foreign affairs, national defence, First Nations, criminal...
Some of Canada’s other nine provinces use a formula method to determine the share of the total monies allocated to university operating grants to each institution. The methods differ in detail with some provinces, such as Alberta, placing more emphasis on responding to market demand for programs...