How we built this site

Schools in Toronto brings together open data about Toronto schools so you can look them up, compare them and see how they’re doing. Not affiliated with the City of Toronto, the Province of Ontario or any school board.

Where the data comes from

Ontario Ministry of Education: school information and student demographics, French programs, Specialist High Skills Major programs, private school contacts and enrolment by gender, college and university enrolment, and college key performance indicators. Open Government Licence – Ontario.
City of Toronto: school locations, neighbourhood boundaries and the Toronto Centreline (streets). Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Toronto Police Service: Major Crime Indicators. Open Government Licence – Toronto Police Service.

The site is rebuilt every night, and most school data changes once a year. Every number shows its school year.

Test results

Results come from EQAO (Ontario’s testing agency), as published by the Ministry of Education: the share of students who met the provincial standard. Some results aren’t published: Not published: too few students wrote the test, so the result was withheld for privacy. No result: the school had no students in that grade, or no data was reported.

Safety counts

We count Toronto Police major-crime reports recorded at a school within 250 m of each school, from January 2023. Police place each report at the nearest intersection, so a count can include reports from another school close by; we name any other school within 250 m. Each offence counts once, so one event can count more than once.

Maps

Street maps are drawn from the City of Toronto’s centreline data. Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3 at 80 m a minute.

Guides

Guides are written with help from AI and checked by a person before they’re listed in search engines.

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