This is a list of school districts in Ontario.
There are 76 public school boards in Ontario, including 38 public secular boards (34 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 7 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres.[1]
School boards
editThis section needs to be updated. (April 2015) |
Former school districts
editThere 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 - 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 - 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- 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 - 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, Armstrong and Savant Lake - 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.[2]
- 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
- East York Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
- 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
- North York Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
- Scarborough Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
- Toronto Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
- 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
editFrom 1846 to the late 1800s schools were assigned to school districts or school sections.[3] Instead of names for each school, they were assigned numbers, e.g. SS No 11.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "School board and school authority contact information". School Information Finder. The Ministry of Education.
- ^ MacLennan, Duncan (June 1, 2007). "The Fewer Schools Boards Act and the Toronto District School Board: Educational Restructuring 1997- 2003" (PDF). Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Early Ontario School History". Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society. Retrieved February 9, 2022.