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Research data and attribution
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Datasets
| Dataset | Rows | CSV | JSON | SHA-256 (CSV) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public, independent and home-schooled enrolment by province, 2006/07 to 2024/25statcan-open-series | 266 | CSV16 KB | JSON | 11eb0ef64338b061… |
| Key figures weighed across sources: best estimate, range and confidencetriangulation | 29 | CSV17 KB | JSON | 404a843016e4fe3a… |
| Independent-school funding model by provincefunding-model-by-province | 10 | CSV1.8 KB | JSON | d5ef536f257c265b… |
| Public spending per student, 2022/23public-per-student-spending | 11 | CSV257 B | JSON | d2d20a408f34b86e… |
| Manitoba enrolment, October 1, 2025manitoba-enrolment-2025 | 4 | CSV169 B | JSON | ace4a2286c89392c… |
| Source list with required citationssources | 46 | CSV21 KB | JSON | deb633f9d9496778… |
Full checksums: SHA256SUMS.txt. Verify with sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt. Each chart also has its own CSV button.
The report PDF
A print-ready PDF of the full report, generated from the same content as the web page (1.9 MB, 31 pages).
SHA-256: ed00cf4cb50f52f9bf9cc214f0a47bd5d010033033bc74e9552b54d8e04b3bf8
Attribution strings
Use the string that matches what you reuse. Estimates stay labelled as estimates.
- Statistics Canada data or our derived shares and charts
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0109-01, 2006/2007 to 2024/2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
- Statistics Canada table, as published
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0109-01, 2006/2007 to 2024/2025 (released 4 November 2026).
- Qentak Research
Qentak Research, The State of Independent & Home Education in Canada, 2026 Edition. Published November 2026. Free to share with attribution.
- Fraser Institute figures
Fraser Institute, Where Our Students Are Educated: Measuring Student Enrolment in Canada, 2026 Edition (September 2026). Cited only.
- Funding model chart
Qentak Research, from provincial government sources and the Fraser Institute. Alberta and Quebec rates are approximate (secondary sources).
Rights and reuse
- Our charts and text. Qentak's own text and charts are free to read, share and cite with attribution.
- Statistics Canada. Our charts are our own recomputation from Statistics Canada open data, used under the Open Licence. Always carry the attribution string below. Use of this data is not an endorsement by Statistics Canada, and no logos are used.
- Fraser Institute. All rights reserved by the publisher. We cite and link to Fraser work and quote short, attributed figures. Fraser tables and charts are not reproduced.
- Cardus. Cited and linked. Cardus's 2023 report is CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, so no table or figure of it is reproduced or adapted. Estimates attributed to Cardus are labelled as theirs.
- Vendor market estimates. Commercial market-size estimates (for example MarketsandMarkets) are not quoted: their reports are commercial and may need written consent to disclose. The report describes the range qualitatively.
- Provincial governments. Crown copyright or open-government licences; pages and dates are cited on the methodology page.