This is a list of school districts in Ontario.
There are 76
public school boards in
Ontario
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, including 38
public
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secular boards (34
English boards and 4
French
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boards (
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public
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separate boards (29 English
Catholic
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boards, 8 French Catholic boards and 1 English
Protestant
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board), and 7 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres.
School boards
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.
*Airy & Sabine District School Authority - merged with Renfrew County DSB
*Atikokan Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Atikokan
Atikokan (, Ojibwe for ' caribou bones') is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes ...
- merged with Northwest CDSB
*Asquith-Garvey District School Authority,
Shining Tree - merged with Rainbow DSB
*Caramat District School Area Board,
Caramat - merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB
*Collins District School Area Board,
Collins - merged with Lakehead DSB
*Connell and Ponsford District School Area Board,
Pickle Lake - merged with Keewatin-Patricia DSB
*Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Dubreuilville,
Dubreuilville - merged with CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario
*Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Foleyet,
Foleyet
Foleyet is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, midway between Chapleau and Timmins on Highway 101. The town was created during the construction of the Canadian Northern ...
- merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières
*Foleyet District School Area Board,
Foleyet
Foleyet is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, midway between Chapleau and Timmins on Highway 101. The town was created during the construction of the Canadian Northern ...
- merged with DSB Ontario North East
*Foleyet Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Foleyet
Foleyet is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, midway between Chapleau and Timmins on Highway 101. The town was created during the construction of the Canadian Northern ...
- merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières
*Gogama District School Area Board,
Gogama
Gogama is a Northeastern Ontario community that is situated on Lake Minisinakwa, 580 kilometres north of Toronto, 191 km north of Sudbury, and 114 km south of Timmins. In the Canada 2011 Census, a population of 277 people was recorded. ...
- merged with DSB Ontario North East
*Gogama Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Gogama
Gogama is a Northeastern Ontario community that is situated on Lake Minisinakwa, 580 kilometres north of Toronto, 191 km north of Sudbury, and 114 km south of Timmins. In the Canada 2011 Census, a population of 277 people was recorded. ...
*Hornepayne Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Hornepayne
Hornepayne is a township of 980 people (Canada 2016 Census) in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada. The town was established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area. It was ren ...
- merged with Huron-Superior DSB and CDSC du Nouvel-Ontario
*Ignace Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Ignace- merged with CSDC des Aurores boréales
*Mine Centre District School Area Board,
Mine Centre - merged with Rainy River DSB
*Missarenda District School Area Board,
Missanabie - merged with Algoma DSB
*Moosonee Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Moosonee
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- merged with Northeastern CDSB and CDSC des Grande Rivières
*Murchison and Lyell District School Area Board,
Madawaska - merged with Renfrew County DSB
*Nakina District School Area Board,
Nakina
Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian Census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers .
The town was formed in 2001, as part ...
- merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB
*Northern District School Area Board,
Armstrong and
Savant Lake
Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
History
Town was originally named after a civil engineer in charge of building the railroad, Bucke. In 1928, another town ...
- merged with Lakehead DSB and Keewatin-Patricia DSB
*Parry Sound Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Parry Sound - merged with Simcoe-Muskoka CDSB
*Red Lake Area Combined Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
Red Lake - merged with Kenora Catholic DSB and CSDC des Aurores boréales
*Upsala District School Area Board,
Upsala - merged with Keewatin-Patricia DSB
Prior to 1998, Ontario had 124 school districts within the province including the list above
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Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto - merged into
Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre-Sud-Ouest
*Conseil de la ville de Hamilton - merged into
Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre-Sud-Ouest
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East York Board of Education
East York Board of Education (EYBE), officially the Board of Education for the Borough of East York is a former school board which administered the school district of the Toronto suburb of East York, Ontario. As of 1990, it was the smallest schoo ...
- merged with the Toronto District School Board
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Etobicoke Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
*Metropolitan Separate School Board - split into the
Toronto Catholic District School Board and
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
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North York Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
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Scarborough Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
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Toronto Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
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Board of Education for the City of York - merged with the Toronto District School Board
*York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board - split into the
York Catholic District School Board and
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
School sections
From 1846 to the late 1800s schools were assigned to school districts or School Sections.
Instead of names for each school, they were assigned numbers, e.g. SS No 11.
See also
*
List of high schools in Ontario
The following is a list of secondary schools in Ontario. Secondary education policy in the Canadian province of Ontario is governed by the Ministry of Education. Secondary education in Ontario includes Grades 9 to 12. The following list includes ...
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Education in Ontario
References
{{Canada topic, List of school districts in
External links
Ontario Ministry of Education Quick FactsFacts about School Districts in Ontario
School boards
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