Education in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Thunder Bay has 38 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 8 secondary schools, 2 private schools, a university, two colleges, a medical school, and an adult education facility. The school boards offer education programmes for people with special needs or who are in trouble with the law, as well as night school. The city also has several other private for-profit colleges and tutoring programmes.

School Boards

The main school boards serving the Thunder Bay area are the Lakehead District School Board, the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales.

The Lakehead District School Board is the largest, with 22 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and a centre for adult studies. The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board is the second largest with 16 elementary schools, 3 middle schools and 2 high schools. CSDC Aurores boréales operates one elementary and one high school in Thunder Bay, and an additional six schools throughout the Thunder Bay District.

List of Schools

Public Elementary Schools
  • Agnew H. Johnston Public School (French Immersion)
  • Algonquin Avenue Public School
  • C.D. Howe Public School
  • Claude E. Garton Public School (French Immersion)
  • Crestview Public School (Murillo)
  • Ecole Gron Morgan Public School (French Immersion)
  • Edgewater Park Public School
  • Five Mile Public School
  • Gorham and Ware Public School (Gorham and Ware)
  • Kakabeka Falls Public School (Kakabeka Falls)
  • Kingsway Park Public School (4 to 8)
  • Kingsway Park Public School - Hyde Park Campus (K-3)
  • McKellar Park Public School
  • McKenzie Public School (Shuniah)(K-6)
  • Nor'wester View Public School
  • Ogden Community Public School (K-6)
  • St. James Public School (K-6)
  • Sherbrooke Public School
  • Valley Central Public School
  • Vance Chapman Public School
  • Westmount Public School
  • Whitefish Valley Public School (Whitefish Valley)
  • Woodcrest Public School
Public Secondary Schools
Adult Education
  • Lakehead Adult Education Centre

Catholic K-6 Schools
  • Corpus Christi
  • Holy Cross
  • Holy Family
  • Our Lady Of Charity
  • St. Ann
  • St. Bernard (French Immersion)
  • St. Elizabeth
  • St. Francis
  • St. Jude
  • St. Margaret
  • St. Martin
  • St. Paul
  • St. Pius X
  • St. Thomas Aquinas
  • St. Vincent
Catholic 7/8 Schools
  • Bishop E. Q. Jennings
  • Bishop Gallagher
  • Pope John Paul II
Catholic Secondary Schools
CSDC Aurores Boréales
Private Schools


Post-Secondary Institutions

For-Profit Institutions


See also

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