by Riley Brockington Over 5.11 million students were enrolled in
public schools in the academic year 2007/2008, a 4.5% decrease
from 2001/2002. This continued a downward trend which has seen
declines every year since 2002/2003. Alberta and Nunavut were
the only two jurisdictions that experienced enrolment increases
since 2001/2002. Alberta’s enrolment was just over 559,000 in
2007/2008, up 2.0% from 2001/2002. Nunavut’s enrolment stood
just over 9,000, up 3.3% from 2001/2002. The only province to
record an enrolment increase from 2006/2007 to 2007/2008 was
Saskatchewan, where enrolment increased 1.2%. With the exception
of Saskatchewan, all provinces and territories experienced
decreases in their enrolment levels between 2006/2007 and
2007/2008. The largest decreases occurred in Prince Edward
Island, 3.9%, Newfoundland and Labrador, 3.0% and the Northwest
Territories, 3.0% (Chart 1.1 and Table A.1). Alberta, which
experienced steady enrolment increases from 2004/2005 through
2006/2007, experienced a slight de