This is a list of school districts in Ontario. There are 76

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ACÉPO The Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l'Ontario (Ontario French-language Public School Boards' Association in English), or ACÉPO, is an educational organization with its headquarters on University Avenue, in Toronto, Ontar ...

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separate boards (29 English

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boards, 8 French Catholic boards and 1 English

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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 it ...

- 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 Collins may refer to: People Surname Given name * Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat * Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration * Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle- ...

- merged with Lakehead DSB *Connell and Ponsford District School Area Board,

Pickle Lake Pickle Lake is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the most northerly community in the province that has year-round access by road. Located north of Thunder Bay, highway access is via Highway 599, the only access road to the t ...

- merged with Keewatin-Patricia DSB *Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Dubreuilville,

Dubreuilville Dubreuilville is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District. Established as a company town in 1961 by the Dubreuil Brothers lumber company, Dubreuilville was incorporated as a municipality in 1977. The town i ...

- merged with CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario *Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Foleyet, Foleyet - merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières *Foleyet District School Area Board, Foleyet - merged with DSB Ontario North East *Foleyet Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Foleyet - merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières *Gogama District School Area Board, Gogama - merged with DSB Ontario North East *Gogama Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Gogama *Hornepayne Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Hornepayne - merged with Huron-Superior DSB and CDSC du Nouvel-Ontario *Ignace Roman Catholic Separate School Board,

Ignace Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of ...

- 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 Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, inside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A designated place served by a local services board ...

- merged with Algoma DSB *Moosonee Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Moosonee - 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 - merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB *Northern District School Area Board,

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and Savant Lake - merged with Lakehead DSB and Keewatin-Patricia DSB *Parry Sound Roman Catholic Separate School Board,

Parry Sound Parry Sound is a sound or bay of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sound from Georgian B ...

- 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 *

Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto The Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto, commonly known as CÉFCUT (English: Metropolitan Toronto French School Board), is a former public secular French first language school district. The school board was establ ...

- merged into

Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre-Sud-Ouest The Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) is a public-secular French first language school board, and manages elementary and secondary schools in the Ontario Peninsula and the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board operates 41 elementary schools and ...

*Conseil de la ville de Hamilton - merged into

* East York Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board *

Etobicoke Board of Education The Etobicoke Board of Education (EBE commonly known as School District 12), officially known as the Board of Education for the City of Etobicoke is the former public-secular school board administering the schools of Etobicoke, Ontario, headquarte ...

- merged with the Toronto District School Board *Metropolitan Separate School Board - split into the

Toronto Catholic District School Board The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB, known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 40 prior to 1999) is an English-language public-separate school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, headquartered in North York. I ...

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Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir ( en, My Future Catholic School Board) is a Roman Catholic French first language public- separate school board that manages elementary and secondary schools in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board o ...

North York Board of Education The North York Board of Education (NYBE, commonly known as School District 13), officially the Board of Education for the City of North York is the former public school board for the former city of North York in Ontario, Canada. In 1998, the pro ...

- merged with the Toronto District School Board *

Scarborough Board of Education The Scarborough Board of Education (SBE, commonly known as School District 16), formally the Board of Education for the City of Scarborough is the former public-secular school district serving Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. The board was founded ...

- merged with the Toronto District School Board *

Toronto Board of Education The Toronto Board of Education (TBE; commonly known as School District 15), officially known as the Board of Education for the City of Toronto, is the former secular school district serving the pre-merged city of Toronto. The board offices were l ...

- merged with the Toronto District School Board *

Board of Education for the City of York The Board of Education for the City of York (YBE), also known as the York Board of Education is the former school district serving the Toronto suburb of York, Ontario. In 1998, it became part of the Toronto District School Board and the headquart ...

- merged with the Toronto District School Board *York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board - split into the

York Catholic District School Board The York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB, known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 42 prior to 1999) is the English-language public-separate school district authority for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canad ...

and

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.

References

{{Canada topic, List of school districts in

External links

Ontario Ministry of Education Quick FactsFacts about School Districts in Ontario

School boards A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...

Ontario school districts

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Former school districts

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