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.

K12 school boards

English language public school boards

French language public school boards

Religious non-public school boards

Board of Jewish Education of Toronto

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
Amanah Islamic Academy
Islamic Foundation of Toronto
Islamic Institute of Toronto
Madinatu Uloom Islamic School

Private K12 schools

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

Universities and colleges

Toronto is home to a number of educational institutions, including the largest university in Canada, the University of Toronto

Universities

The City of Toronto has three major degree-granting universities with student populations of more than 20,000:

University of Toronto, the largest university in Canada and often referred to as Canada's 'Harvard', has a student population of more than 60,000 at three principal campuses: downtown Toronto (St. George Campus), plus one in Scarborough, and another in Mississauga
York University, the second largest university in Canada, has a student population of more than 50,000 students across two campuses. It houses Glendon College, one of the only two post-secondary educational institutions in the country where all students are taught in both English and French (the other being the University of Ottawa). Osgoode Hall Law School is a branch of York University and serves as the largest law faculty in Ontario.
Ryerson University, which is located in downtown Toronto, has a student base of 20,000 full-time students, and 60,000 continuing education students.

Two degree-granting institutions with student populations under 20,000 are:

Ontario College of Art and Design, a highly respected and fourth-largest art school in North America
Tyndale University College and Seminary, began as a bible college and seminary and was given university and degree granting status in 2003 by the Government of Ontario^[1]

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:

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

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

Toronto also has several private and independent schools, at the secondary and post-secondary levels, including:

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.