Adult education expenses in Canada has experienced an increase of 35% between 2006 and 2016, whereas the overall education expenditure increased 43%. Education as a whole has been expanding continuously at a faster pace than the Canadian economy, which grew 17% in the period of 2006-16.

Everything with the exception of Business Administration (weighted 2.6% in 2016) and Debt Charges (1.3% in 2016) have far outpaced the Canadian GDP. Questions may rise as to whether previous expenditure rates were appropriate, or if education should be a larger part of the country’s GDP. One thing is clear, baring exceptional economic growth or an increase in revenue receipts, a continuous growth in education expenditures at this rate, will likely force provinces/territories and the federal government in Canada to either abruptly cut down costs or reallocate budget from other areas.