Education is a function and responsibility of the Provincial government. Decisions around funding for the construction of schools and school resources is made at the Provincial level. Municipalities are required to provide the land for school sites.
Similarly, healthcare is a function and responsibility of the Provincial government. Decisions around funding for healthcare resources are also made at the Provincial level.
The City of Airdrie advocates on behalf of residents for the gaps in healthcare needs to be filled, more schools for local students and for more resources in these important sectors to be allocated to our community.
The City collects the Provincial Education Requisition (the education tax portion of your annual property tax bill) on behalf of the province. This year alone, residents of Airdrie will contribute nearly $50 million dollars for school operational funding in Alberta.
The Province provides ongoing support and funding for the operations of Airdrie’s schools. This chart outlines the years that Airdrie was allocated capital funding for school construction, upgrades or pre-construction work.
Year | Provincial funding Commitment |
---|---|
2025 |
Construction funding for SW High School (design funding allocated in 2024) Planning funding for K-9 school in SE - Lanark |
2024 |
Construction funding for two K-9 schools Design funding for SW high school |
2023 |
Construction funding for one school - FrancoSud secondary school (Reunion) Planning funding for one school |
2022 | No funding |
2021 | Funding for upgrades to one school – St. Martin de Porres (Luxstone) |
2020 | No funding |
2019 | No funding |
2018 | No funding |
2017 | Construction funding for two schools – Northcott Prairie School (Hillcrest) and St. Veronica School (Coopers) |
As of June 2025, Airdrie has provincial commitments for construction funding for four new schools, with planning dollars for an additional school. (Planning and design dollars are pre-steps for allocating funding for the construction of new schools.)
While the need for more schools in Airdrie exists now, it takes 3-5 years to build a new school. Modular classrooms help relieve interim space pressures within existing schools and significant provincial funding was allocated towards this type of support for schools. Information about modular classrooms at Rocky View Schools can be found here.
On Friday, June 13, 2025, after significant local community advocacy, Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides announced that additional modular classrooms would be allocated to Airdrie, acknowledging the space pressures in schools throughout the community.
In recent years, the Government of Alberta allocated:
Source: Alberta Medical Association, Communities in Crisis Report, Airdrie.
Our voices are louder together and by working together, we can generate positive change in our community.
Letters to your MLA, Cabinet Ministers, and the Premier are a great way to highlight your concerns about Airdrie's need for new schools and more healthcare resources.
MLA Angela Pitt - Airdrie.East@assembly.ab.ca
MLA Pete Guthrie - Airdrie.Cochrane@assembly.ab.ca
Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides - education.minister@gov.ab.ca
Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange - health.minister@gov.ab.ca
Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Rick Wilson - mha.minister@gov.ab.ca
Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services Matt Jones - matt.jones@assembly.ab.ca
Premier Danielle Smith - premier@gov.ab.ca
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