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 4French 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 board | Type | Language | Headquarters | Census division(s) served | Number of elementary and intermediate schools | Number of secondary schools | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | English | 28 | 9 | ||||
| Public | English | 31 | 9 | ||||
| Public | English | 40 | 9 | ||||
| Public | English | 79 | 16 | ||||
| Public | English | 26 | 11 | ||||
| Public | English | 107 | 20 | ||||
| Public | English | 59 | 14 | ||||
| Public | English | 59 | 17 | ||||
| Public | English | 85 | 17 | ||||
| Public | English | 95 | 21 | ||||
| Public | English | 40 | 9 | ||||
| Public | English | Town of Moosonee | 0 | 1 | |||
| Public | English | Northumberland, Peterborough, Durham (Municipality of Clarington) | 73 | 16 | |||
| Public | English | 17 | 6 | ||||
| Public | English | 26 | 5 | ||||
| Public | English | 55 | 13 | ||||
| Public | English | 53 | 12 | ||||
| Public | English | Town of Moose Factory | 1 | 0 | |||
| Public | English | Town of Moosonee | 1 | 0 | |||
| Public | English | Nipissing, Parry Sound, Muskoka (Northern section) | 36 | 8 | |||
| Public | English | 118 | 31 | ||||
| Public | English | 213 | 42 | ||||
| Public | English | 28 | 10 | ||||
| Public | English | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Public | English | Renfrew, Nipissing (Southern section) | 25 | 9 | |||
| Public | English | 87 | 23 | ||||
| Public | English | Thunder Bay (Eastern) | 12 | 5 | |||
| Public | English | 131 | 27 | ||||
| Public | English | 473 | 105 | ||||
| Public | English | 40 | 8 | ||||
| Public | English | 83 | 24 | ||||
| Public | English | 66 | 14 | ||||
| Public | English | 103 | 17 | ||||
| Public | English | 175 | 33 | ||||
| Public | French | 32 | 14 | ||||
| Public | French | Toronto | 47 | 14 | |||
| Public | French | 15 | 9 | ||||
| Public | French | 9 | 6 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 37 | 6 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | Lanark, Leeds/Grenville, Prescott/Russell, Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry, Cornwall | 41 | 10 | |||
| Public Catholic | English | 125 | 26 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 38 | 8 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 45 | 10 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 48 | 8 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 20 | 3 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 46 | 9 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 51 | 8 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | Rainy River, Kenora (Western) | 6 | 0 | |||
| Public Catholic | English | 66 | 17 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Peterborough, Durham (Clarington) | 31 | 6 | |||
| Public Catholic | English | 22 | 2 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 41 | 9 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 26 | 2 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | Thunder Bay (Northern & Eastern) | 9 | 0 | |||
| Public Catholic | English | 18 | 3 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 167 | 29 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 46 | 6 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 39 | 10 | ||||
| Public Catholic | English | 90 | 16 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 50 | 10 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 55 | 10 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 32 | 8 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 34 | 11 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 29 | 10 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 13 | 3 | ||||
| Public Catholic | French | 26 | 8 | ||||
| Public Protestant | English | Town of Penetanguishene | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bloorview School Authority | Public (Children's Treatment Centre) | English | 1 | 0 | |||
| Campbell Children's School Authority | Public (Children's Treatment Centre) | English | Durham (Oshawa) | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McGivney Children's Centre School Authority | Public (Children's Treatment Centre) | English | 1 | 0 | |||
| Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre School Authority | Public (Children's Treatment Centre) | English | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre School Authority | Public (Children's Treatment Centre) | English | 1 | 0 | |||
| Provincial Schools Branch (Ontario Ministry of Education) | Public (Schools for Deaf, blind, deafblind, and/or severely learning disabled students) | English/French | 11 | 11 | |||
| The KidsAbility School Authority | Public (Children's Treatment Centre) | English | Waterloo (Cambridge and Waterloo) | 1 | 0 |
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 including the list above.[2]
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.