Quick answer: On October 24, 2025, Statistics Canada released the autumn edition of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (catalogue 81-582-X2025002). This edition updates demographic data on educators in Canadian public elementary and secondary schools, including breakdowns by sex, age group, and employment status (full-time vs. part-time) under sections C.2 and C.6 of the report. It is the most complete and most recent pan-Canadian source on the composition of the Canadian teaching workforce.
Last reviewed: June 24, 2026
Twice a year, Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada publish an update of pan-Canadian education indicators. The October 2025 edition differs from the March 2026 edition in its focus: where the March release emphasizes salary tables and credential attainment, the October release centres on educator demographics, specifically who is teaching in Canadian public schools by age, sex, and employment status.
For school administrators, professional development teams, and anyone planning how to reach the Canadian teaching workforce, this is the most current reference available.
What the October 2025 edition contains
The October 2025 PCEIP (catalogue number 81-582-X2025002) is a separate publication from the March 2026 edition (81-582-X2026001). It was released on October 24, 2025 as part of the semi-annual PCEIP series (ISSN 1709-8653).
The most relevant sections for understanding educator composition are:
- Section C.2: Enrolments and educators in public elementary and secondary schools. Provides educator counts by province and territory, with sex breakdowns.
- Section C.6: Teachers, the learning environment, and school organization. Includes educator age group data and the full-time vs. part-time employment split.
Data comes from provincial and territorial administrative sources compiled by Statistics Canada. This methodology enables cross-provincial comparisons on a consistent methodological basis, something that no single provincial administrative source can provide alone.
Teacher age profiles: what the data shows by province
The PCEIP age group tables allow an estimate of the proportion of teachers who are early-career, mid-career, or approaching retirement in each province. These profiles have concrete implications for human resources management in education.
A province with a high proportion of teachers nearing retirement faces predictable departure waves and recruitment pressure within a five-to-ten-year horizon. A province with many early-career teachers has different needs in terms of mentorship and position stability. These profiles are not uniform across provinces, and the PCEIP tables allow that differentiation.
For professional development teams, the age profile by province directly influences format choices. A teaching workforce that is predominantly younger tends to have greater ease with digital tools but more constrained availability outside class hours. A more experienced workforce often prefers less fragmented, more in-depth formats. A decision about when and how to introduce a new communication platform is easier to make with actual workforce age data than without it.
Full-time vs. part-time: an underestimated dimension
The PCEIP employment status data (full-time vs. part-time) illuminates a dimension of teaching work that is often absent from education policy discussions. Outside national statistics, it is difficult to know what proportion of Canadian teachers manage multiple part-time assignments rather than a single full-time position.
This distinction has direct practical implications. A part-time teacher working across two different classes or two different schools has communication and administrative management constraints that tools designed for a single posting do not handle well. The ability to manage multiple communication groups within a single tool, or to clearly separate communications from one context and another, is directly relevant to this employment profile.
The PCEIP tables give this breakdown by province, allowing an assessment of how large this group is within the Canadian teaching workforce.
Sex breakdown: national data for a local reality
Section C.2 of the PCEIP provides educator counts by sex for public elementary and secondary schools. The pan-Canadian data confirm a well-known but rarely precisely quantified trend at the national level: the Canadian teaching workforce is predominantly female, with variation by level of education and province.
For teacher unions, this data supports documentation of pay equity issues and gendered working conditions in a nationally comparable framework. For school boards recruiting staff, it indicates the expected composition of the applicant pool. For developers of school communication tools, it informs how messages are framed and delivered to a predominantly female professional audience.
Using PCEIP October 2025 data for professional development planning
The demographic data from the October 2025 PCEIP has concrete utility for anyone planning professional development activities or introducing new tools in a school or board context.
Calibrating formats. A school board that knows half its teachers have more than fifteen years of experience will plan its professional development differently from one whose workforce is predominantly early-career. The PCEIP age group tables allow any province to be positioned relative to the national picture.
Anticipating turnover. A province with an aging age profile can use PCEIP data to estimate the pace of predictable retirements and plan recruitment accordingly. This planning in turn influences which digital tools to adopt now and train correctly before the experienced cohort departs.
Adapting communications. LinoClass is designed to work for different teacher profiles. Whether a teacher is full-time in a single class or part-time across multiple groups, the platform allows family communications to be managed without duplicating effort. See how groups and announcements work.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the October 2025 and March 2026 editions of the PCEIP?
They are separate publications with different catalogue numbers. The October 2025 edition carries number 81-582-X2025002 and was released on October 24, 2025. The March 2026 edition carries number 81-582-X2026001. Each edition updates a different subset of the available tables. The October 2025 edition focuses particularly on educator demographic data (sections C.2 and C.6), while the March 2026 edition includes statutory salary tables and credential attainment data.
What demographic data do sections C.2 and C.6 of the PCEIP contain?
Section C.2 covers enrolments and educators in public elementary and secondary schools. Section C.6 covers teachers, the learning environment, and school organization. These tables provide breakdowns by sex, age group, and employment status (full-time vs. part-time), with provincial and territorial data.
What school year does the October 2025 PCEIP data cover?
PCEIP data is published with a lag relative to the publication date. The October 2025 edition likely reports data for the 2023-2024 school year, though individual tables may vary. Statistics Canada specifies the reference year for each table. When citing any of these figures, always state the reference year of the data, not the publication year of the report.
How is teacher age data useful for professional development planning?
PCEIP age group tables allow you to estimate the share of teachers who are early-career, mid-career, or approaching retirement in a given province. These profiles have practical implications: early-career teachers tend to be more comfortable with digital tools but have less discretionary time. Teachers approaching retirement represent an imminent loss of institutional knowledge. Calibrating professional development formats to the actual age profile improves uptake and transfer.
What does the full-time vs. part-time split mean for classroom digital tools?
Part-time teachers often manage multiple assignments across different classes or even different schools. For these teachers, the ability to handle multiple communication groups within a single tool is particularly valuable. PCEIP data on part-time employment by province gives an indication of how large this group is within the Canadian teaching workforce.
Last reviewed: June 24, 2026
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