ONTARIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL STATISTICS |
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Context |
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| There is very little current information available about the “private school sector” in Ontario. The Ministry of Education records are incomplete and dated. This Bulletin lists the basic variety and types in Ontario as per 2006-2007 in relation to governance structure and ownership. | ||||||||
Categories |
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| NOTE: Some student numbers are estimates. | ||||||||
| 1. | Church owned/controlled schools | |||||||
# of schools |
# of students |
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| a) | Seventh Day Adventist | 9 |
1,500 |
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| b) | Mennonite | 78 |
3,000 |
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| Amish | 22 |
2,000 |
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| c) | Penetcostal - ACE | 65 |
4,000 |
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| d) | Muslim/Sikh | 38 |
2,000 |
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| e) | Free Reformed - Rehoboth C.S. | 3 |
1,400 |
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| f) | Private Catholic | 18 |
2,000 |
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| 2. | Independent or Incorporated Organizations | |||||||
# of schools
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# of students |
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| a) | Conference of Independent Schools | 42 |
25,000 |
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| b) | Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools | 80 |
13,000 |
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| c) | Association of Christian Schools Int. | 62 |
8,000 |
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| d) | Jewish Day Schools | 43 |
10,000 |
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| e) | League of Canadian Reformed Schools | 12 |
1,500 |
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| f) | Unaffiliated | 25 |
2,000 |
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| 3. | Proprietary or Owned by Individual or Business | |||||||
# of schools
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# of students |
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| a) | Montessori | 115 |
15,000 |
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| b) | Waldorf | 10 |
1,500 |
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| c) | Business Schools (adult education) | |||||||
| d) | Trade Schools (adult education) | |||||||
| e) | Opera/Ballet | 3 |
300 |
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| 4. | TOTAL for 2006-2007 (870 schools) (125,000 students) or 5% of the school population. | |||||||
| 5. | Homeschooling Groups – 25,000 students | |||||||
Talking Points |
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| 6. | Some of the numbers do not add up because some schools fit in several categories. | |||||||
| 7. | The religious affiliation of the population according to Statistics Canada is as follows: | |||||||
| a) | Protestant | 36% |
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| b) | Catholic | 35% |
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| c) | No Religion | 16% |
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| d) | Other Religion | 10% |
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| e) | Muslim | 3% |
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| 8. | The two political categories of students are Academic Schools: 50,000 students; Religious Schools 53,000 students. | |||||||
