Finance and Statistics
Funding of Schools 2026/27 School Year
This year, the Manitoba government is supporting student needs by increasing operating funding for kindergarten to Grade 12 public schools by 3.5 per cent or $51 million.
The total funding increase in 2026-27 for all Manitoba schools is $79.8 million, which includes:
- $51.0 million in operating costs for public schools;
- $3 million to continue the smaller class sizes; and $30 million to continue nutrition programming;
- $15.2 million for capital support, which includes principal and interest costs related to building schools; and
- $16.6 million to independent schools as per their funding agreement.
This brings the total investment in the 2026-27 school year to $2.0 billion, which addresses growing enrolment and supports classroom needs.
For the 2026-27 school year, the province is also investing in a new Harmonization Grant to support school divisions with salary harmonization costs related to the provincial-wide teachers’ collective agreement.
The Funding of Schools 2026/27 School Year document provides details on how this year’s funding has been allocated for school divisions.
Funding of schools booklet
Funding of Schools 2026/2027 School Year (
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This booklet is intended to be an easy-to-read reference guide describing funding for the 2026/2027 school year.
For funding of schools report from 2025/2026 school year:
Funding of Schools 2025/2026 School Year ( 459 KB)
