High School Enrolment by Post-Secondary Service Region in Alberta

Student cohort enrolment data for public, separate, Francophone, charter, provincial, federal, and accredited private schools in Alberta. The dataset is published by the Government of Alberta under the OGL-CA-2.0 license and was last updated on April 2, 2026. Service regions are defined areas drawn based on Dissemination Area boundaries and the area served by Comprehensive Community Institutions.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional student distribution based on defined service region boundaries.
• Model educational resource allocation based on cohort enrolment numbers.
• Compare enrolment trends across different school types (public, separate, Francophone, charter, private).

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Government of Alberta.
• Service regions are defined using a specific framework based on Dissemination Area boundaries.
• Covers multiple school types including public, separate, Francophone, charter, and private.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Likely administrative data from school registrations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-02 12:42:44.267863; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada