About Us
The Halifax Regional Centre for Education HRCE) was created on April 1, 2018. As an entity, the HRCE operates English public schools throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Serving more than 53,000 children and students in 135 schools, the HRCE is the largest school system in Atlantic Canada.
The HRCE's vision is to provide a high quality education to every student every day.
HRCE by the numbers:*
| Elementary schools | 83 |
| Elementary /Junior High | 18 |
| Elementary/Junior/Senior High | 1 |
| Junior High | 17 |
| Junior/Senior High | 6 |
| Senior High | 10 |
| Children, Pre-Primary | 2,458 |
| Students, Primary to Grade 6 | 26,911 |
| Students, Grades 7 to 9 | 11,217 |
| Students, Grades 10 to 12 | 12,548 |
| Total staff | 11,500 (approx.) |
*Enrolment numbers effective September 30, 2020
What does it cost to run the HRCE?
For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the HRCE will manage a General Fund budget of $617,053,600, of which $447,909,000 comes from the Province of Nova Scotia, $149,609,000 comes from the Halifax Regional Municipality and the remainder from other sources.
The HRCE will also manage a Supplementary Fund budget of $13,742,300 (provided by the HRM) which is spent equitably across the entire region.