Education in Toronto
Education in Toronto is primarily provided publicly and is overseen by Ontario's Ministry of Education. The city is home to a number of elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions. In addition to those institutions, the city is also home to several specialty and supplementary schools, which provide schooling for specific crafts or are intended to provide additional educational support.
Four
Elementary and secondary education
Public education
Four
The number of school boards based in Toronto and the kinds of institutions that they operate are a result of constitutional arrangements found in the Constitution of Canada. Separate schools in Ontario are constitutionally protected under Section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867, and is further reinforced by Section 29 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. French language schools in Toronto are constitutionally protected under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In 1980 there were 7 French schools (secular and separate) in Metropolitan Toronto. Maurice Bergevin, the vice principal of the Etienne Brule School, stated that a study from Montreal in 1971 noted that if francophones in Toronto had the same proportion of schools that anglophones had in Montreal, there would be 31 francophone schools in Metropolitan Toronto. According to a 1971 Canadian federal census, Toronto had 160,000 francophones.
Several alternative schools in Toronto are also operated by Toronto's public school boards.[3] The oldest is ALPHA Alternative School, which opened in 1972.[4] The first conference for publicly funded alternative schools in the Greater Toronto Area happened in November 2012.[5] Ontario's Ministry of Education distance education program, the Independent Learning Centre, is also headquartered in Toronto.
Secular
Two public secular school boards operate in Toronto, the
Both school boards were created in 1998, as a result of the Fewer School Boards Act, 1997. Prior to 1998, each municipality in Metropolitan Toronto had a public English language school board. The six school boards, the Board of Education for the City of York, the East York Board of Education, the Etobicoke Board of Education, the North York Board of Education, the Scarborough Board of Education, and the Toronto Board of Education, all operated under the Metropolitan Toronto School Board umbrella. The Metropolitan Toronto School Board served as the umbrella organization for the municipally-based school boards of Metropolitan Toronto from 1953 to 1998. As a result of the Fewer School Boards Act, and the amalgamation of Metropolitan Toronto, the six municipally based school boards were amalgamated to form TDSB. The assets of the former Metropolitan Toronto School Board were also amalgamated into TDSB.
Prior to 1998, public French language schools were operated by the Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto (CÉFCUT). As a part of the Fewer School Boards Act, CÉFCUT was merged with other school boards from the Greater Golden Horseshoe and the Ontario Peninsula in 1998, forming CSV.
Separate
Two public separate school boards operate in Toronto, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir, and the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB). The former operates French first-language schools in Toronto, whereas the latter operates English first-language schools in the city. TDSB only operates schools in Toronto, whereas MonAvenir operates as the school board for Toronto and the larger Greater Golden Horseshoe region.
Prior to the amalgamation of Toronto in 1998, English and French separate schools in Metropolitan Toronto were managed by the Metropolitan Separate School Board (MSSB; Les Conseil des écoles catholiques du Grand Toronto in French). French separate schools in Metropolitan Toronto were operated by Section de langue française, a French language unit of MSSB. In 1998, MSSB was reorganized, with its English and French components split. MSSB's English component formed TCDSB, whereas its French component merged with several other French separate school boards in the Greater Golden Horseshoe to form Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir.
Private education
Toronto is also home to a number of private/
Non-denominational
- Blyth Academy
- Bond Academy
- Branksome Hall
- Brighton School
- Crescent School
- Crestwood Preparatory College
- Dragon Academy
- German International School Toronto
- Giles School
- Greenwood College School
- Halton High School
- Hudson College
- Kingsway College School
- Linden School
- Lycée Français Toronto
- Metropolitan Preparatory Academy
- Montcrest School
- Nile Academy
- Toronto French School
- Toronto Prep School
- Toronto Waldorf School
- University of Toronto Schools
- Upper Canada College
- WillowWood School
- The York School
Faith-based
There are several private elementary and secondary religious institutions based in Toronto. In addition, there are two privately managed religious school boards that operate schools in Toronto; the
Christian
Hindu
- Sathya Sai School of Canada[6]
Islam
- Abu Bakr Education Academy
- Abu-Huraira Islamic School
- Al Ashraf Islamic School
- Al Azhar Islamic School
- Al-Azhar Academy Of Canada
- Alashraf Islamic School
- Amanah Islamic Academy
- Baitul Mukarram Academy[7]
- Gibraltar Leadership Academy
- Islamic Community School
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto
- Madinatul-Uloom Academy Of Canada
- Madrasatul-Banaat Islamic School
- Mariyah Islamic School
- Salahedin Islamic School
- Tayyibah Islamic academy
- Um al-Qura Islamic School
Jewish
- Associated Hebrew Schools
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School
- Bialik Hebrew Day School
- Bnei Akiva Schools of Toronto
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School
- Eitz Chaim Schools
- Leo Baeck Day School
- Robbins Hebrew Academy
- Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT)
- The Toronto Cheder
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov
- Yeshiva Darchei Torah
- Yeshiva Yesodei HaTorah
- Yeshivas Nachalas Tzvi (Kaplans)
- Yeshivas Zichron Shmaryahu (Mesivta)
Defunct institutions
Toronto Academy was a former secondary school located on Front Street between Bay and York Streets[8] and had ties to Knox College, Toronto. Established in 1846 as an alternative to provincial schools, it severed ties with Knox College in 1849, and was closed shortly afterwards in 1852.[9] William Lyon Mackenzie's son, future Chief Justice Thomas Moss as well as first African Canadian doctor Anderson Ruffin Abbott.
Before 1987, a number of private Roman Catholic high schools were operated by several religious orders across Toronto. In 1987, a number of these schools joined the public Metropolitan Separate School Board after the funding was announced beginning in 1985. They included:
- Society of Jesus (1963-1984) and Presentation Brothers(1984-1987))
- Basilian Fathers)
- Francis Libermann Catholic High School (Scarborough, 1977 - Congregation of the Holy Spirit)
- John J. Lynch High School (North York, 1963 - Congregation of Christian Brothers and Daughters of Wisdom)
- Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School (North York, 1847 - Sisters of Loreto)
- Loretto College School (Toronto, 1915 - Sisters of Loreto)
- Basilian Fathers)
- Neil McNeil High School (Scarborough, 1958 - Congregation of the Holy Spirit)
- Congregation of Notre Dame)
- Basilian Fathers)
- St. Joseph's College School (Toronto, 1850 - Sisters of St. Joseph)
- St. Joseph's Commercial School (Toronto, 1880 - Sisters of St. Joseph)[10]
- St. Joseph High School (Etobicoke, 1949 - Sisters of St. Joseph)
- St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School (Toronto, 1960 - Sisters of St. Joseph)
Post-secondary education
Toronto is home to a number of post-secondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and vocational schools.
Universities
There are five
There are two
Several universities based outside of Toronto also operate
Colleges
In Canada, the term college typically refers to a technical, applied art, or applied science school. Four public colleges have their principal campuses located in Toronto,
Faith-based
Toronto holds five faith-based private colleges and
Vocational schools
A number of private post-secondary vocational schools or career colleges operate in Toronto, including the Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, the National Academy of Health & Business, the Oxford College of Arts, Business and Technology, Randolph College for the Performing Arts, the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, the Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, and TriOS College. Vocational programs at private career colleges based in Toronto are approved through the provincial Private Career Colleges Act.
Specialty
Toronto is home to a number of
Specialty schools located in Toronto include:
- Canadian Film Centre
- National Ballet School
- Royal Conservatory of Music
- The Second City Training Centre
- Japanese weekend supplementary school
See also
- Collegiate institute
- Education in Canada
- Education in Ontario
- List of educational institutions in Etobicoke
- List of educational institutions in Scarborough
References
- Montreal Gazette. Wednesday May 21, 1980. p. 66. Retrieved from Google News(66 of 141) on July 24, 2013.
- ^ "Early French Immersion". Toronto District School Board. 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "TDSB alternative schools". Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ Toronto Star article: School marks 40 years
- ^ The GTA Conference on Alternative Public Schooling
- ^ "Home". sathyasaischool.ca.
- ^ "Baitul Mukarram Academy (BMA) - Baitul Mukarram Islamic Society". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ^ "Redirecting your request to eMuseum host".
- ISBN 9780889209794.
toronto academy was founded in 1846.
- ^ Renamed to Thomas Merton Academy in c. 1985 and is now part of Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School.
- ^ "Degree Authority in Ontario". www.tcu.gov.on.ca. Queen's Printer for Ontario. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Private postsecondary schools". www.ontario.ca. Queen's Printer for Ontario. 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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