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  1. Independent schools across Canada face diverse regulations

    Canada’s expanding independent school sector is rich in diversity. Not only are parents increasingly choosing from an array of independent schools for their children, but each province regulates and funds independent schools in diverse ...

  2. Improving independent school regulation could improve choice for parents

    The costly government-regulated and government-run school systems inherited from the previous century appear unable to adequately serve modern expectations, prompting many to seek new principles to guide the development of better schools ...

  3. Homeschooling in Canada continues to grow

    Every province in Canada over the 15-year period since 2000 showed a decline in the share of students attending a public school—while at the same time, the share of students attending independent schools increased. But it wasn’t only ...

  4. Catholic schools popular with parents across Canada

    With plenty of recent attention on the question of government funding of Roman Catholic schools, it’s critical to consider the popularity of such schools, as measured by enrolments. A recent Fraser Institute analysis of student enrolment ...

  5. Small schools in small Ontario communities don’t need to close

    Up to 37 communities in rural and small-town Ontario may lose their local schools because the government’s current education funding model does not support the ongoing viability of small schools. Parents, students and community leaders ...

  6. Religious schools dominate independent school landscape in Canada

    Many Canadians “know” that independent schools (a.k.a. private schools) are mostly elite preparatory schools. But this is a common misperception since independent schools in Canada serve a wide range of educational preferences and one, ...

  7. The reality of public education in Canada: spending up, enrolment down

    I regularly receive enquiries about the trends I see emerging in education. I’m not positioned to make predictions, but the work we’ve done in the past year in the Barbara Mitchell Centre does point to some dramatic changes in the last ...