In 2007, the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada was home to four publicly funded K12 school boards, one non-publicly funded religious K12 school board, a variety of K12 private and preparatory schools, plus a diversity of other religious, cultural, vocational, career and specialty schools/institutions.
As a global city, the City of Toronto is also home to a number of post-secondary educational institutions, comprising five degree granting institutions of university status, plus the principal campuses of four publicly funded Ontario colleges as well as the campus of one other publicly funded Ontario college.
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Full time Islamic schools include (partial list):
Full time Christian schools include:
A partial list of well-known private and/or independent elementary, high school and university-preparatory schools includes:
Toronto is home to a number of educational institutions, including the largest (University of Toronto) and third largest (York University) universities in Canada.
Toronto has the principal campuses of four post-secondary Ontario college, as well as the campus of one other Ontario college, scattered across the city in 29 campuses:
Recently, Toronto's community colleges have begun offering their own bachelor's degree programmes, as well as joint degree programmes with neighbouring universities.'
Other schools include the:
Toronto, like many other Canadian cities, hosts a growing number of publicly funded and private English as a Second Language (ESL) schools and is home to as many as 10,000 ESL students at a time. These are either visa students primarily from Latin America, Asia and Europe, or newly arrived landed immigrants and Canadian citizens.
There is also a strong alternative school movement, many of which are associated with the Toronto District School Board or private organizations.