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List of school districts in Ontario

List of school districts in Ontario

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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

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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 - 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]

School sections

From 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

References

  1. [1]
    "School board and school authority contact information". School Information Finder. The Ministry of Education.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    "Early Ontario School History". Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
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