independent schools

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Independent schools are populated by students from families with diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, not just the super-rich.


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Unlike all four western provinces and Quebec, Ontario offers no funding for independent schools.


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In Ontario, independent school enrolment grew by 9.4 per cent between 2000-01 and 2012-13.

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Ontario is the only non-Atlantic province that doesn’t financially support independent schools.


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Almost half of Ontario’s non-government schools have fewer than 50 students.


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Without government funding in provinces such as Ontario, lower-income families face financial barriers to enrolling in independent schools.