[devonin]

In Canada Public Schools are funded by the government, which are in turn funded by Canadian Tax Dollars. So I mean in one sense, no everybody communally pays for public school, but in the sense of "Do you, seperate from normal expenses, also pay for education" no, Canada has free public education. Just like our healthcare. I mean, "Canada has free healthcare" insofar as when you go recieve medical care, you don't pay anything at that time, but since healthcare is funded by taxes, it isn't "free" in the literal sense either.

As an aside, a leftover from the BNA act in the late 1800s, the province of Ontario also has government funded Catholic seperate school, and Quebec the same for Protestants. I imagine it won't be more than 10 or 15 years before that goes away, and all religious-based schools will be private like the majority already are.