List of school districts in Ontario

This is a list of school districts in Ontario.

There are 73 public school boards in Ontario, including 35 public secular boards (31 English boards and 4 French boards (ACÉPO)), 38 public separate boards (29 English Catholic boards, 8 French Catholic boards and 1 English Protestant board), and 6 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres.[1]

School Boards

School Board Type Language Headquarters Census Division(s) Served Number of Elementary Schools Number of Secondary Schools
Algoma District School Board Public English Sault Ste. Marie Algoma 39 15
Avon Maitland District School Board Public English Seaforth Huron, Perth 36 9
Bluewater District School Board Public English Chesley Bruce, Grey 41 11
District School Board of Niagara Public English St. Catharines Niagara 96 20
District School Board Ontario North East Public English Timmins Cochrane, Timiskaming 25 9
Durham District School Board Public English Whitby Durham 108 20
Grand Erie District School Board Public English Brantford Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk 60 14
Greater Essex County District School Board Public English Windsor Essex 59 17
Halton District School Board Public English Burlington Halton 85 19
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Public English Hamilton Hamilton 95 18
Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board Public English Belleville Hastings, Prince Edward 46 8
James Bay Lowlands Secondary School Board Public English Moosonee Town of Moosonee 0 1
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Public English Peterborough Northumberland, Peterborough, Durham (Municipality of Clarington) 76 15
Keewatin-Patricia District School Board Public English Kenora Kenora 17 6
Lakehead District School Board Public English Thunder Bay Thunder Bay 25 4
Lambton Kent District School Board Public English Sarnia Chatham-Kent, Lambton 54 13
Limestone District School Board Public English Kingston Frontenac, Lennox/Addington 51 11
Moose Factory Island District School Area Board Public English Moose Factory Town of Moose Factory 1 0
Moosonee District School Area Board Public English Moosonee Town of Moosonee 1 0
Near North District School Board Public English North Bay Nipissing, Parry Sound, Muskoka (Northern section) 35 7
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Public English Ottawa Ottawa 117 25
Peel District School Board Public English Mississauga Peel 202 37
Rainbow District School Board Public English Sudbury Manitoulin, Sudbury 35 10
Rainy River District School Board Public English Fort Frances Rainy River 11 3
Renfrew County District School Board Public English Pembroke Renfrew, Nipissing (Southern section) 23 7
Simcoe County District School Board Public English Midhurst Simcoe 87 17
Superior-Greenstone District School Board Public English Marathon Thunder Bay (Eastern) 12 5
Thames Valley District School Board Public English London Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford 138 28
Toronto District School Board Public English Toronto Toronto 451 102
Trillium Lakelands District School Board Public English Lindsay Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Muskoka 41 7
Upper Canada District School Board Public English Brockville Lanark, Leeds/Grenville, Prescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry 65 21
Upper Grand District School Board Public English Guelph Dufferin, Wellington 64 11
Waterloo Region District School Board Public English Kitchener Waterloo 104 16
York Region District School Board Public English Aurora York 171 31
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario Public French Ottawa Frontenac, Northumberland, Ottawa, Prescott/Russell, Renfrew, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry 23 11
Conseil scolaire Viamonde Public French North York Durham, Essex, Halton, Hamilton, Lambton, Niagara, Peel, Simcoe, Toronto, Wellington, Waterloo, York 31 13
Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario Public French Sudbury Algoma, Sudbury, Thunder Bay 10 8
Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l'Ontario Public French North Bay Cochrane, Nipissing, Timiskaming 7 5
Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board Catholic English Napanee Frontenac, Hastings, Lennox/Addington 36 5
Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board Catholic English Brantford Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk 30 4
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board Catholic English Hanover Bruce, Grey 11 2
Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario Catholic English Kemptville Lanark, Leeds/Grenville, Prescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry 31 10
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Catholic English Mississauga Peel, Dufferin 120 26
Durham Catholic District School Board Catholic English Oshawa Durham 39 7
Halton Catholic District School Board Catholic English Burlington Halton 41 8
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Catholic English Hamilton Hamilton 50 7
Huron Perth Catholic District School Board Catholic English Dublin Huron, Perth 16 2
Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board Catholic English Sault Ste. Marie Algoma 21 3
Kenora Catholic District School Board Catholic English Kenora Kenora 4 1
London District Catholic School Board Catholic English London Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford 45 9
Niagara Catholic District School Board Catholic English Welland Niagara 51 8
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board Catholic English North Bay Nipissing, Parry Sound 12 1
Northeastern Catholic District School Board Catholic English Timmins Cochrane, Timiskaming 13 1
Northwest Catholic District School Board Catholic English Fort Frances Rainy River, Kenora (Western) 6 0
Ottawa Catholic School Board Catholic English Ottawa Ottawa 67 15
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board Catholic English Peterborough Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Peterborough, Durham (Clarington) 31 6
Renfrew County Catholic District School Board Catholic English Pembroke Renfrew 20 2
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board Catholic English Barrie Muskoka, Simcoe 44 8
St. Clair Catholic District School Board Catholic English Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent, Lambton 26 2
Sudbury Catholic District School Board Catholic English Sudbury Sudbury 19 4
Superior North Catholic District School Board Catholic English Terrace Bay Thunder Bay (Northern & Eastern) 9 0
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board Catholic English Thunder Bay Thunder Bay 18 2
Toronto Catholic District School Board Catholic English Toronto Toronto 169 31
Waterloo Catholic District School Board Catholic English Kitchener Waterloo 45 6
Wellington Catholic District School Board Catholic English Guelph Wellington 17 3
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board Catholic English Windsor Essex 38 9
York Catholic District School Board Catholic English Aurora York 88 15
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est Catholic French Ottawa Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Leeds/Grenville, Ottawa, Renfrew 39 11
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Catholic French Toronto Brant, Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Peel, Peterborough, Simcoe, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington, York 43 10
Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien Catholic French L'Orignal Prescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry 29 7
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales Catholic French Thunder Bay Kenora, Thunder Bay 9 1
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières Catholic French Timmins Cochrane, Timiskaming 32 8
Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario Catholic French Sudbury Algoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury 27 10
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord Catholic French North Bay Nipissing 12 3
Conseil scolaire catholique Providence Catholic French Windsor Chatham-Kent, Essex, Grey, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford 23 7
Penetanguishene Protestant Separate School Board Protestant English Penetanguishene Town of Penetanguishene 1 0
Campbell Children's School Authority Public (Children's Treatment Centre) English Oshawa Durham (Oshawa) 1 0
Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre School Authority Public (Children's Treatment Centre) English St. Catharines Niagara 1 0
Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre School Authority Public (Children's Treatment Centre) English Ottawa Ottawa 1 0
Provincial Schools Branch (Ontario Ministry of Education) Public (Schools for Deaf, blind, deafblind, and/or severely learning disabled students) English/French Milton Brant (Brantford), Halton (Milton), Middlesex (London), Ottawa 8 0
The KidsAbility School Authority Public (Children's Treatment Centre) English Waterloo Waterloo (Cambridge and Waterloo) 2 0

Former School Districts

There were a number of schools governed by "school authorities," which managed schools in remote and sparsely populated regions. Effective September 1, 2009, 20 isolated school authorities were amalgamated with district school boards.

See also

References

  1. "Ministry of Education". The Ontario education system. The Ministry of Education.