CBE 2022-23 Enrolment Numbers

Dec. 14, 2022


On Dec. 13, 2022, the 2022-2023 School Enrolment Report​ was presented to the Board of Trustees. The report provides enrolment data for CBE schools and programs.

The official Sept. 29 count showed that total student enrolment was 131,215 — an increase of 5,886 students from the previous school year. This is the largest increase experienced in the last 40 years.

Enrolment Comparis​​on of Sept. 29, 2021 to Sept. 29, 2022

Sept. 29, 2021

Sept. 29, 2022

Difference

Pre-K

130

71

-59

Kindergarten

8,878

9,051

173

Grades 1-3

27,859

29,757

1,898

Grades 4-6

27,941

28,855

914

Grades 7-9

27,719

28,860

1,141

Grades 10-12

30,562

32,152

1,590

Subtotal

123,089

128,746

5,657

Self Contained Special Ed.*

2,240

2,469

229

Total

125,329

131,215

5,886


*Self Contained Special Ed represents system classes at the school level such as ACCESS, ALP, CSSI, etc. See report for program descriptions
Report Highlights:

  • 104,941 students enrolled in the regular program (including Home Education, Outreach, Unique Settings, Chinook Learning and CBe-learn), an increase of 5,930 students, or 6 per cent, from the 2021-22 school year.
  • 26,274 students enrolled in alternative programs, a decrease of 44 students, or 0.2 per cent, from the 2021-22 school year.
  • 3,084 students enrolled in complex learning needs classes (excluding Unique Settings), an increase of 91 students, or 3.1 per cent, from the 2021-22 school year.
  • The CBE Welcome Centre tracks student registrations from July 1 to June 30 of each year. After two years of declining enrolment of non-Canadians due to of global lockdowns and restricted travel that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, 5,734 students registered through the CBE Welcome Centre between July 2021 to June 2022. An additional 3,458 students were processed from July 1 to October 25, 2022.