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How does education in BC compare to the rest of Canada?

British Columbia spent $1,200 less per student than the Canadian national average

In 2000–01, BC spent significantly more than the national average on K–12 education funding per student. From 2001–02, cuts to public education funding reversed that trend. In 2014–15, BC’s K–12 per-student spending was almost $1,200 less than the national average.¹

This trend is also reflected in the percent of GDP spent on education. While education funding has remained at roughly 3.3% on average in Canada, BC's education spending has fallend from 3.6% of GDP to merely 2.5%.

One of the outcomes of this disparity is a heavier workload for BC's public school teachers with larger ratios of students: educators²

Educators in BC are responsible for more children on average, than educators in the rest of Canada, and the gap is widening.

References

¹ Statistics Canada. (2017). Table 478-0014 Public and private elementary and secondary education expenditures annual (dollars x 1,000). Ottawa: CANSIM.
Statistics Canada. (2016). Table 477-0025 Number of students in regular programs for youth, public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and sex, Canada, provinces and territories - annual (number). Ottawa: CANSIM.

² Statistics Canada. (2016). Table 477-0028 Number of full-time and part-time educators in public elementary and secondary schools, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces and territories - annual (number). Ottawa: Government of Canada.
Statistics Canada. (2016). Table 477-0025 Number of students in regular programs for youth, public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and sex, Canada, provinces and territories - annual (number). Ottawa: CANSIM.