School closings

What does the research say?

School boards may decide to close a school due to declining enrolment, because it requires extensive, costly repairs, or because a program is being reorganized or eliminated. In this section, you can find information and research about the impact of school closings on communities and lists of schools closed in Ontario over the past 10 years.

  • 2012

    People for Education accommodation reviews and school closings list 2012

    People for Education compiles all data regarding current accommodation reviews for each board, identifying all potentially affected schools, from all boards across the province. Information reported in this list includes.

  • 2012

    Declining enrolment/school closings report

    Enrolment continues to decline at a dramatic rate in Ontario, and the effects of the decline are felt in school budgets, school closings and students’ access to rich educational choices. See also: ARC Reviews.

  • 2010

    Accommodation reviews, 2010

    People for Education, 2010. The results of a survey of Ontario’s school boards, this list includes all schools under review by Accommodation Review Committees, the status of the reviews and the committees’ recommendations.

  • 2010

    A new goal for public education: Schools at the centre
    Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools 2010

    People for Education, 2010. Using data from the People for Education Annual School Survey, as well as information from the EQAO, Statistics Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Education, this.

  • 2009

    Report of the Declining Enrolment Working Group

    Report to the Government of Ontario, 2009 This report provided advice to the provincial government and school boards on how best to change to deal with economic and social pressures.

  • 2009

    School closings and declining enrolment in Ontario

    People for Education, 2009 This report, based on a survey of the province’s 72 school boards, contains updates on school closings, Accomodation Reviews, and the impact of declining enrolment. At the.

  • 2009

    School closings and declining enrolment in Ontario schools, 2009

    People for Education, 2009. This chapter from the Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools 2009, includes research and analysis on school closings and declining enrolment.

  • 2009

    Accommodation reviews, 2009

    People for Education, 2009. The results of a survey of Ontario’s school boards, this list includes all schools under review by Accommodation Review Committees, the status of the reviews and the committees’ recommendations.

  • 2008

    Accommodation reviews, 2008

    People for Education, 2008. From a survey of Ontario’s 72 school boards, this review includes a list of Ontario schools currently undergoing Accommodation Reviews, as well as the review committees’.

  • 2008

    Declining enrolment in Ontario’s schools, 2008

    People for Education, 2008. Based on data from Statistics Canada and People for Education’s Annual School Survey, this excerpt from the Annual Report on Ontario’s Public Schools 2008, shows that across Canada,.

  • 2005

    Ontario School Closing and Opening List, 2005

    People for Education, 2005. The results of a survey of Ontario’s school boards, this list includes all schools under review by Accommodation Review Committees, the status of the reviews and the committees’ recommendations.