About PublicSchools.ca
PublicSchools.ca is a directory of Canadian public schools and school boards. We normalize official records from every province and territory into a common schema and publish them as a searchable, map-based site.
Current Coverage
The directory includes 14,776 schools across 808 boards in every province and territory.
| Province/Territory | Boards | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 443 | 2,302 |
| British Columbia | 60 | 1,914 |
| Manitoba | 49 | 963 |
| New Brunswick | 7 | 350 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 | 255 |
| Northwest Territories | 9 | 49 |
| Nova Scotia | 8 | 372 |
| Nunavut | 25 | 44 |
| Ontario | 83 | 4,943 |
| Prince Edward Island | 2 | 49 |
| Quebec | 92 | 2,783 |
| Saskatchewan | 27 | 722 |
| Yukon | 1 | 30 |
Data Quality by Province
Coverage of key fields across provincial datasets. Wikipedia-sourced provinces have lower contact-detail coverage because the source lists do not include full addresses or phone numbers.
| Province | Address | Phone | Website | Postal | Grades | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 99.2% | 95.6% | 82.8% | 98.5% | 97.7% | 69% |
| British Columbia | 100% | 80.4% | 0% | 80.5% | 100% | 98.7% |
| Manitoba | 100% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 90.7% |
| New Brunswick | 74.9% | 0% | 71.1% | 74.6% | 94.6% | 79.7% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 100% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| Northwest Territories | 83.7% | 0% | 0% | 83.7% | 98% | 12.2% |
| Nova Scotia | 100% | 100% | 0% | 99.2% | 100% | 98.9% |
| Nunavut | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 79.5% |
| Ontario | 99.9% | 95% | 96% | 99.9% | 100% | 99.9% |
| Prince Edward Island | 95.9% | 0% | 0% | 95.9% | 100% | 95.9% |
| Quebec | 100% | 0% | 80.8% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Saskatchewan | 100% | 96.8% | 0% | 99.9% | 100% | 95.6% |
| Yukon | 80% | 0% | 0% | 80% | 100% | 80% |
Limitations
- Coordinates are sourced from OpenStreetMap Nominatim when not provided by the original dataset.
- Schools from Wikipedia-sourced provinces may lack full addresses, postal codes, and phone numbers.
- Enrollment, grade ranges, and school type are shown when available in the source data.
- We display official provincial assessment results where available, such as EQAO (Ontario) and FSA (British Columbia), as reported by the province.
- Fraser Institute report card rankings are shown for Ontario elementary schools where available.
- Not all provinces and territories publish comparable standardized test data.
Found an error? Use the Report an error link on any school or board page.