:You're not citing legislation that says charter schools aren't deemed "public schools".  Rather, your doing your own interpretation of legislation.  In Wikipedia, we try to use secondary sources (like the guide) over primary sources (like legislation) when determing things.  We shouldn't be interpreting/debating law (I'm not conceding your interpretation of the law, just saying its irrelevant, right or wrong, so I don't really need to argue it).  Rather, we should see how a reliable source/authority interprets the matter.  Clearly the province, in the guide, has said charter schools are a type of "public school".  If the province used the term "public school", we should use that term.  If you object to the term "public school" being used for charter schools, then you should go to the province, get them to change it, and then we at Wikipedia can update the relevant articles.  Charter legislation is over a decade old.  We're not talking about an accidental mistake by civil servants in the guide.  I challenge you to find provincial references that explcitly refer to charter schools as a type of "private school".  Seriously, if you're right, why no examples?  How about a published quote from a charter-era Minister of Education.  Frankly, what you're arguing here with me, the districts tried arguing over a decade ago, when they insisted charter schools were not public schools, and took money out of the public system.  That opinion was rejected by lawmakers.  If lawmakers shared your opinions on charter schools, we wouldn't have any charter schools.   Virtually everybody who supports charter schools, including all of the lawmakers who passed the legislation, call them "public schools".  

 :Now, some of my comments were subjective, but that was just to show that there's an open debate on what people think is public.  I probably shouldn't have gone off on a tagent.    What I think is a "public school" is unimportant.  Rather, it only matters what is called a "public school" by the province.  

 :Note, my comments above about asking the province to change the guide's wording were actually serious.  Based on your bio, it sounds like you know the system, and who to talk to.  Surely, you can get it fixed if its an error.  If you're right, then the guide has a rather enormous blatant error, and every single charter school in the province, is engaged in wanton false advertising.