2025/26 Estimated Operating Grants
Last updated on March 13, 2025Government is providing an additional $124 million in operating grants to school districts in 2025/26 that total an estimated $7.251 billion.
The ministry is increasing the basic per-student allocation for standard, alternate and continuing education schools by 1.1% for 2025/26.
Other changes include:
- An additional $35.1 million for students with disabilities or diverse abilities, a 3.6% increase.
- An additional $0.5 million in the Indigenous Education Targeted Funding, a 0.5% increase.
- An additional $1.5 million for English and French Language Learners (ELL/FLL), a 1.0% increase.
| Supplement | 2025/26 Rate Increase |
2025/26 Rates |
| Basic Allocation (standard, continuing education and alternate schools) |
$100 | $9,015 |
| Basic Allocation (online learning) |
$80 | $7,280 |
| Inclusive Education ‒ Level 1 | $570 | $51,300 |
| Inclusive Education ‒ Level 2 | $270 | $24,340 |
| Inclusive Education ‒ Level 3 | $140 | $12,300 |
| English / French Language Learners | $20 | $1,815 |
| Indigenous Education | $20 | $1,790 |
| Non-graduated Adult Education | $65 | $5,755 |
| Summer Learning (Gr 1-9) |
$5 | $260 |
| Summer Learning (Gr 10-12) |
$5 | $510 |
| 2025/26 Operating Grants Manual | ||
| Overview of the 2025/26 Operating Grant Allocation Formula (March 2025) |
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| 2025/26 Operating Grant Tables (March 2025) |
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| Summary of Grants to Date, 2025/26 (March 2025) |
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| Summary of 2025/26 Operating Grant Announcement (March 2025) |
2025/26 Estimated Operating Grants Summary by School District
(March 2025)
- School District 5 (PDF)
- School District 6 (PDF)
- School District 8 (PDF)
- School District 10 (PDF)
- School District 19 (PDF)
- School District 20 (PDF)
- School District 22 (PDF)
- School District 23 (PDF)
- School District 27 (PDF)
- School District 28 (PDF)
- School District 33 (PDF)
- School District 34 (PDF)
- School District 35 (PDF)
- School District 36 (PDF)
- School District 37 (PDF)
- School District 38 (PDF)
- School District 39 (PDF)
- School District 40 (PDF)
- School District 41 (PDF)
- School District 42 (PDF)
- School District 43 (PDF)
- School District 44 (PDF)
- School District 45 (PDF)
- School District 46 (PDF)
- School District 47 (PDF)
- School District 48 (PDF)
- School District 49 (PDF)
- School District 50 (PDF)
- School District 51 (PDF)
- School District 52 (PDF)
- School District 53 (PDF)
- School District 54 (PDF)
- School District 57 (PDF)
- School District 58 (PDF)
- School District 59 (PDF)
- School District 60 (PDF)
- School District 61 (PDF)
- School District 62 (PDF)
- School District 63 (PDF)
- School District 64 (PDF)
- School District 67 (PDF)
- School District 68 (PDF)
- School District 69 (PDF)
- School District 70 (PDF)
- School District 71 (PDF)
- School District 72 (PDF)
- School District 73 (PDF)
- School District 74 (PDF)
- School District 75 (PDF)
- School District 78 (PDF)
- School District 79 (PDF)
- School District 81 (PDF)
- School District 82 (PDF)
- School District 83 (PDF)
- School District 84 (PDF)
- School District 85 (PDF)
- School District 87 (PDF)
- School District 91 (PDF)
- School District 92 (PDF)
- School District 93 (PDF)
- Provincial Total (PDF)
Funding Estimator Program for 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28
Funding and Allocation makes available to boards a tool to assist in estimating their funding for the next three years.
The Estimator is in the form of an Excel workbook and can be input with a district's projected enrolments to estimate a particular year's funding.
A customized Estimator for a district will be provided on request by e-mail to Michael Lebrun.