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Originally posted by IheartAphi
As a Catholic American, I don't know if I like the idea of the Church funding the schools with state money.
How does Canada set up their school systems? Do they allow other religious schools $? Does it cost to go to school like it does in England?
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Public schools and most Catholic schools are fully funded by the government. All public schools are free until the end of high school, while Catholic schools in some provinces are only funded at the elementary level (until Grade 8). There are also Catholic schools that chose not to join school boards. Toronto has two well known ones, St. Michael's College School and De La Salle. Tuition at these schools are, I believe around the same (maybe slightly lower) than historically Protestant schools that are considered university preparatory, but are more expensive than many other religious schools. Before their defeat, the Conservative government introduced a tax credit for parents who sent their kids to private school, where they could get back as much as $3000 of their tuition (which can be a lot if you attend many religious schools. However, it isn't if your kid is at a prep school where tuition is 18K) The current Liberal government scrapped it, however.