Education in Toronto

In 2007, the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada was home to four publicly funded K12 school boards, one non-publicly funded religious K12 school board, a variety of K12 private and preparatory schools, plus a diversity of other religious, cultural, vocational, career and specialty schools/institutions.

As a global city, the City of Toronto is also home to a number of post-secondary educational institutions, comprising five degree granting institutions of university status, plus the principal campuses of four publicly funded Ontario colleges as well as the campus of one other publicly funded Ontario college.

School boards

The TDSB Education Centre, located at 5050 Yonge Street, is the headquarters of the Toronto District School Board.

English language public school boards

• Toronto District School Board
• Toronto Catholic District School Board

French language public school boards

• Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
• Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

Religious non-public school boards

• Board of Jewish Education of Toronto
• Toronto Adventist District School Board

Religious schools

Full time Islamic schools include (partial list):

• Al Ashraf Islamic School
• Al Azhar Islamic School
• Al-Azhar Academy Of Canada
• Alashraf Islamic School
• Salahedin Islamic School
• Amanah Islamic Academy
• Islamic Foundation of Toronto
• Islamic Institute of Toronto
• Madinatu Uloom Islamic School

Full time Christian schools include:

• Peoples Christian Academy
• Yorkland School

Private and/or independent K-12 schools

A partial list of well-known private and/or independent elementary, high school and university-preparatory schools includes:

• Upper Canada College (UCC)
• Branksome Hall
• College of Toronto (CofT)
• Columbia International College (CIC)
• St. Michael's College School (SMCS)
• Havergal College
• Hawthorn School for Girls (HSG)
• Independent Learning Centre (ILC)
• Bishop Strachan School (BSS)
• De La Salle College
• Bayview Glen School (BVG)
• Crescent School
• Montcrest School
• Royal St. George's College (RSGC)
• St. Clement's School
• University of Toronto Schools (UTS)
• The York School (TYS)
• Greenwood College School (GCS)
• Toronto French School (TFS)
• The Giles School
• FutureSkills High School

Universities and colleges

University College at the University of Toronto.

Vari Hall at York University

Toronto is home to a number of educational institutions, including the largest (University of Toronto) and third largest (York University) universities in Canada.

Universities

• University of Toronto, the largest and one of the oldest universities in Canada, which acquires the highest annual financial endowment and commonly ranked among the top universities in the world, with its main campus in Downtown Toronto and two satellite campuses in Scarborough and Mississauga
• York University, the third largest university in Canada which also contains Glendon College and the Osgoode Hall Law School, which contains the largest law library in the Commonwealth of Nations
• Ryerson University, located in Downtown Toronto, has a student base of 20,000 full-time students, and 60,000 continuing education students.
• University of Guelph-Humber, a satellite campus of the University of Guelph
• OCAD University, fourth-largest art school in North America
• Tyndale University College and Seminary, a private degree granting institution which began as a Bible college and seminary

Colleges

Toronto has the principal campuses of four post-secondary Ontario college, as well as the campus of one other Ontario college, scattered across the city in 29 campuses:

• Centennial College
• George Brown College
• Seneca College
• Humber College
• Collège Boréal (francophone)

Recently, Toronto's community colleges have begun offering their own bachelor's degree programmes, as well as joint degree programmes with neighbouring universities.'

Other

• University of Guelph-Humber is a University-College Partnership between University of Guelph and Humber College. Graduates receive a degree from Guelph as well as a diploma from Humber.

Speciality

Other schools include the:

• Royal Conservatory of Music and its associated Glenn Gould School, which are internationally recognised centres for musical training
• Ontario Science Centre Science School
• National Ballet School

Toronto, like many other Canadian cities, hosts a growing number of publicly funded and private English as a Second Language (ESL) schools and is home to as many as 10,000 ESL students at a time. These are either visa students primarily from Latin America, Asia and Europe, or newly arrived landed immigrants and Canadian citizens.

There is also a strong alternative school movement, many of which are associated with the Toronto District School Board or private organizations.

Historical list of defunct institutions

• Collège des Grands-Lacs (publicly funded francophone Ontario college, 1995–2002)