List of school districts in Ontario


This is a list of school districts in Ontario.
There are 76 public school boards in Ontario, including 38 public secular boards, 38 public separate boards, and 7 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres.

School Boards

School BoardTypeLanguageHeadquartersCensus Division ServedNumber of Elementary and Intermediate SchoolsNumber of Secondary Schools
Algoma District School BoardPublicEnglishSault Ste. MarieAlgoma4112
Avon Maitland District School BoardPublicEnglishSeaforthHuron, Perth3810
Bluewater District School BoardPublicEnglishChesleyBruce, Grey4211
District School Board of NiagaraPublicEnglishSt. CatharinesNiagara9020
District School Board Ontario North EastPublicEnglishTimminsCochrane, Timiskaming2611
Durham District School BoardPublicEnglishWhitbyDurham10720
Grand Erie District School BoardPublicEnglishBrantfordBrant, Haldimand, Norfolk5914
Greater Essex County District School BoardPublicEnglishWindsorEssex5917
Halton District School BoardPublicEnglishBurlingtonHalton8517
Hamilton-Wentworth District School BoardPublicEnglishHamiltonHamilton9521
Hastings & Prince Edward District School BoardPublicEnglishBellevilleHastings, Prince Edward409
James Bay Lowlands Secondary School BoardPublicEnglishMoosoneeTown of Moosonee01
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School BoardPublicEnglishPeterboroughNorthumberland, Peterborough, Durham 7316
Keewatin-Patricia District School BoardPublicEnglishKenoraKenora176
Lakehead District School BoardPublicEnglishThunder BayThunder Bay265
Lambton Kent District School BoardPublicEnglishSarniaChatham-Kent, Lambton5513
Limestone District School BoardPublicEnglishKingstonFrontenac, Lennox/Addington5312
Moose Factory Island District School Area BoardPublicEnglishMoose FactoryTown of Moose Factory10
Moosonee District School Area BoardPublicEnglishMoosoneeTown of Moosonee10
Near North District School BoardPublicEnglishNorth BayNipissing, Parry Sound, Muskoka 368
Ottawa-Carleton District School BoardPublicEnglishOttawaOttawa11831
Peel District School BoardPublicEnglishMississaugaPeel21342
Rainbow District School BoardPublicEnglishSudburyManitoulin, Sudbury3811
Rainy River District School BoardPublicEnglishFort FrancesRainy River113
Renfrew County District School BoardPublicEnglishPembrokeRenfrew, Nipissing 259
Simcoe County District School BoardPublicEnglishMidhurstSimcoe8723
Superior-Greenstone District School BoardPublicEnglishMarathonThunder Bay 125
Thames Valley District School BoardPublicEnglishLondonElgin, Middlesex, Oxford13330
Toronto District School BoardPublicEnglishTorontoToronto477123
Trillium Lakelands District School BoardPublicEnglishLindsayHaliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Muskoka408
Upper Canada District School BoardPublicEnglishBrockvilleLanark, Leeds/Grenville, Prescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry8324
Upper Grand District School BoardPublicEnglishGuelphDufferin, Wellington6614
Waterloo Region District School BoardPublicEnglishKitchenerWaterloo10317
York Region District School BoardPublicEnglishAuroraYork17533
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'OntarioPublicFrenchOttawaFrontenac, Northumberland, Ottawa, Prescott/Russell, Renfrew, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry3214
Conseil scolaire ViamondePublicFrenchTorontoDurham, Essex, Halton, Hamilton, Lambton, Niagara, Peel, Simcoe, Toronto, Wellington, Waterloo, York4714
Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'OntarioPublicFrenchSudburyAlgoma, Sudbury, Thunder Bay159
Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l'OntarioPublicFrenchNorth BayCochrane, Nipissing, Timiskaming96
Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishNapaneeFrontenac, Hastings, Lennox/Addington376
Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishBrantfordBrant, Haldimand, Norfolk304
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishHanoverBruce, Grey112
Catholic District School Board of Eastern OntarioPublic CatholicEnglishKemptvilleLanark, Leeds/Grenville, Prescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry4110
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishMississaugaPeel, Dufferin12326
Durham Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishOshawaDurham388
Halton Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishBurlingtonHalton4510
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishHamiltonHamilton488
Huron Perth Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishDublinHuron, Perth162
Huron-Superior Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishSault Ste. MarieAlgoma203
Kenora Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishKenoraKenora51
London District Catholic School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishLondonElgin, Middlesex, Oxford469
Niagara Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishWellandNiagara518
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishNorth BayNipissing, Parry Sound121
Northeastern Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishTimminsCochrane, Timiskaming132
Northwest Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishFort FrancesRainy River, Kenora 60
Ottawa Catholic School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishOttawaOttawa6617
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishPeterboroughKawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Peterborough, Durham 316
Renfrew County Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishPembrokeRenfrew222
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishBarrieMuskoka, Simcoe419
St. Clair Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishWallaceburgChatham-Kent, Lambton262
Sudbury Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishSudburySudbury174
Superior North Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishTerrace BayThunder Bay 90
Thunder Bay Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishThunder BayThunder Bay183
Toronto Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishTorontoToronto16729
Waterloo Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishKitchenerWaterloo466
Wellington Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishGuelphWellington174
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishWindsorEssex3910
York Catholic District School BoardPublic CatholicEnglishAuroraYork9016
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-EstPublic CatholicFrenchOttawaFrontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Leeds/Grenville, Ottawa, Renfrew5010
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenirPublic CatholicFrenchTorontoBrant, Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Peel, Peterborough, Simcoe, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington, York5510
Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarienPublic CatholicFrenchL'OrignalPrescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry328
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréalesPublic CatholicFrenchThunder BayKenora, Thunder Bay102
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes RivièresPublic CatholicFrenchTimminsCochrane, Timiskaming3411
Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-OntarioPublic CatholicFrenchSudburyAlgoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury2910
Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-NordPublic CatholicFrenchNorth BayNipissing133
Conseil scolaire catholique ProvidencePublic CatholicFrenchWindsorChatham-Kent, Essex, Grey, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford268
Penetanguishene Protestant Separate School BoardPublic ProtestantEnglishPenetanguisheneTown of Penetanguishene10
Bloorview School AuthorityPublic EnglishTorontoToronto10
Campbell Children's School AuthorityPublic EnglishOshawaDurham 10
John McGivney Children's Centre School AuthorityPublic EnglishWindsorEssex10
Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre School AuthorityPublic EnglishSt. CatharinesNiagara10
Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre School AuthorityPublic EnglishOttawaOttawa10
Provincial Schools Branch Public English/FrenchMiltonBrant, Halton, Middlesex, Ottawa1111
The KidsAbility School AuthorityPublic EnglishWaterlooWaterloo 10

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.
Prior to 1998, Ontario had 124 school districts within the province in addition to the list above
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.