Ontario New Brunswick. British Columbia. Prince Edward Island Provinces. Ontario.. Quebec Nova Scotia.. Year. Provinces. 1867 1872 1877 1882 1887 1892 1897 1901 1902 Highest paid. $1,350 1,100 1,100 1,450 1,500 1,550 1,550 1,600 Income-Sources and amounts. $346 360 398 415 425 421 391 421 436 Male. Female. Total. 2,294 1,319 Number of teachers. 274 In province. Male. 298 Female. $226 294 306 313 Legislative grant. $383,666 192,735 191,991 473, 802 Teachers' salaries. $261 305 Percentage 379 385 398 383 347 359 372 47.9 $436.00 7,073 9,367 24.49 a The average salary in these cases is given in the official reports for each class or grade of teachers; the amounts tabulated are the highest and lowest averages given. For full details see pp. 6, 7. By reason of a clerical error the averages given for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in the Report of the Commissioner for 1902, page 426, are incorrect. TEACHERS' SALARIES. The financial status of the teachers of public elementary schools is just now exciting great attention throughout our country. The moment is therefore opportune for considering the salaries paid in other countries, particularly in those most like our own in their regard for education. The statements which follow in respect to salaries in Canada are taken from the official reports of the several provinces. Ontario. The following table shows the present rates of teachers' salaries in Ontario in comparison with the same at stated intervals for a period of thirty years: In counties, etc. Male. $189 213 251 248 271 269 254 262 271 Male. Average salary. a 187.87 to Other local sources. (42,698) Average annual salaries of teachers. In cities. Female. Male. Female. $532 (338.00) 325.80 894 892 915 935 $243 245 307 331 382 402 425 470 479 Total. Female. $313.00 a 113.00 to 391.00 a 167.00 to 457.00 a 186.30 to 328.81 $5,766, 502 3,414, 061 936, 458 661,900 1,588, 954 604, 357 166,617 a 144.29 to 196. 28 With respect to the foregoing presentation, the minister of education observes that while the average salaries for teachers in the province are higher for both men and women than at any previous period and while the salaries in the cities and towns are considerably higher, the salaries in the counties, etc., or rural and village sections, are not as high as formerly. When these salaries are considered in connection with the increased cost of living and of obtaining the necessary qualifications, it will be seen that they are still very low. [Report of the Minister of Education, 1903, p. ix.] Quebec.—According to the report of the superintendent of public instruction for 1902-3 the average salaries of teachers in the elementary schools are as follows: Roman Catholic elementary schools: Average salary of male lay teachers with diplomas- In towns In the country- - -- Average salary of female lay teachers with diplomas In towns In the country-- Protestant elementary schools: Average salary of male lay teachers with diplomas- In the country Average salary of female lay teachers with diplomas- In the country Roman Catholic model schools and academies : Average salary of male lay teachers with diplomas--- In the country xii.] $340 238 $158 113 1,168 415 369 153 602 345 Average salary of female lay teachers with diplomas- In the country-- Protestant model schools and academies: Average salary of male lay teachers with diplomas- In the country---. Average salary of female lay teachers with diplomas In towns.. 391 In the country-- 255 [Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1902-3, tables, pp. x, xi, 164 138 1.054 627 Nova Scotia. The teachers of public schools in Nova Scotia are divided into four classes, according to the grade of license held. The average salaries and the percentage of teachers in each class are shown in the following table: First. Class. Common schools. First. The superintendent of education states that male teachers are now only about one-fifth of the whole number, the female teachers numbering 2,053 to 441 male teachers. The teachers of Class A form no more than 5 per cent of the teachers of the province. However, 71 of these are male and only 24 female. All these are engaged as a rule in high school work, either in the academies or other high schools, and a few in the superior common schools. [Report of the Superintendent of Education, 1903, tables, pp. xv and xvi, also p. xxii.] New Brunswick.-The following tabulation shows the average annual salaries of teachers for the year 1903: Class of teachers. Class of teachers. 8457 293 230 167 Average salaries. Men. Women. In the superior schools (common schools with advanced classes) the average salary was $570.96 and in the grammar schools (county high schools) salaries ranged from $600 to $2,400. [Report of the Chief Superintendent of Education, 1903, Table VIII, p. A 23, and Table XIII, p. A 35.] $522.86 $328.21 291.22 237.34 186.30 199.77 British Columbia.-The report of the superintendent of education for 1902-3 contains a complete list of teachers and salaries, from which it appears that the range of salaries in the schools below the high school grade is from $40 to $105 a month. Only one salary is given at the latter figure, and only a small proportion of salaries fall as low as $40. The usual salary is $50, $55, or $60 a month. In the high schools the salaries for principals range from $100 to $140 a month, and for assistants from $50 to $90. [Report 1902–3, pp. xlvi-lx.] Prince Edward Island.-The classification and average salaries for teachers in Prince Edward Island for 1903 were as follows: [Estimated from Table XVIII, Report of the Chief Superintendent of Education, 1903.] Colleges. St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario St. Francis-Xavier College, Antigonish, Nova Knox College, Toronto, Ontario Music, Halifax, Nova Scotia Date of foun dation. 1790 1800 1818 1827 1838 1841 1843 1848 1852 1852 1862 1877 1836 1887 1864 1852 1853 1844 1854 1867 1820 1873 1888 1866 1818 1858 1877 1854 1872 1854 1890 1887 1891 1879 1865 1873 1894 1889 Church School for Girls, Windsor, Nova Scotia Montreal Diocesan Theological College. From statistical yearbook of Canada, 1903. Buildings destroyed by fire December 2, 1903. 1889 1881 1829 1899 1839 1863 1871 1860 Endow- $140,000 b 8.964 2,074,504 420,000 3,700,000 241,970 192,918 490,000 None. 120,000 ƒ 159,000 487,455 None. 50,000 300,000 278,000 165,000 110,000 75,000 186,000 200.000 100,000 31,000 15.000 10,000 None. 150,000 115,000 120,000 d Quebec Seminary, an ecclesiastical organization, defrays all expenses. The Quebec branch has 425 students; the remainder are connected with the Montreal branch. f Acres of land. No statement received from the authorities. The classical colleges in Quebec are a combination of school and college, attended by both boys and young men. They confer certain degrees, and are mostly affiliated with Laval University. It not being possible to separate them, the pupils in these colleges are counted twice over, viz, in this table and in the one in the preceding table. Includes value of furniture. There are good ladies' colleges in the Province of Quebec, but the returns of the superintendent of education for the Province of Quebec are so incomplete that no satisfactory analysis can be made. d Government grant. |
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