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4,940 schools and 30,541 charities in Ontario. Counts of records, not rates.
Schools
4,940
about 2,085,195 pupils - 29% of Canada
Charities
30,541
37% of Canada
By registered addressCounts organisations by registered address, not where they work. Head offices and trustees inflate some areas.
Hospitals and health bodies
791
with boards on file

What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from Canada, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

EducationHigh confidence

Larger schools on average

The average school here has about 422 pupils, compared with about 180 across Canada (4,940 schools with a pupil count).

422 Ontario180 Canada
How do we know this?
Method
Pupils summed over schools that report a pupil count, divided by the number of those schools, for this area and for the whole country.
Limitations
  • Schools without a pupil count are left out.
  • Pupil counts are from different years in different countries.
  • This describes school size, not quality.
EducationHigh confidence

More elementary schools than usual

82% of schools here are listed as "Elementary", compared with 31% across Canada.

82% Ontario31% Canada
How do we know this?
Method
Share of schools in this phase, for this area and the whole country.
Limitations
  • School phases are named differently by each national or regional list.

Education

4,940 schools with about 2,085,195 pupils. Provincial school lists. Pupil numbers and school types, never league tables.

Elementary4,031
Secondary909

Largest schools by pupil numbers

Bishop Paul Francis Reding Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary - Milton2,660 pupils
St Mary's High SchoolSecondary - Kitchener2,240 pupils
White Oaks Secondary SchoolSecondary - Oakville2,180 pupils
Earl Haig Secondary SchoolSecondary - North York2,175 pupils
Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary - Hannon2,115 pupils
John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational InstituteSecondary - Guelph2,115 pupils
Northern Secondary SchoolSecondary - Toronto2,075 pupils
Bill Hogarth Secondary SchoolSecondary - Markham2,055 pupils
Michael Power/St Joseph High SchoolSecondary - Toronto2,035 pupils
J Clarke Richardson Collegiate InstituteSecondary - Ajax2,010 pupils

People and organisations

iShare of charities here, with the share across Canada after "vs". Only organisations with a recorded type are counted (30,541 of 30,541).Largest here (largest boards first (income is not held here))

30,541 charities are registered here. Source: Canada Revenue Agency charities listings already on this site.

Charitable Organization85% vs 86%
Private Foundation10% vs 8.1%
Public Foundation5.3% vs 5.5%
Green Municipal FundPrivate Foundation76 board members
Canadian Water Resources Association (Association Canadienne des Ressources Hydriques)Charitable Organization52 board members
Vankleek Hill Agricultural SocietyCharitable Organization52 board members
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchCharitable Organization50 board members
St. Michael's and Providence FoundationPublic Foundation49 board members
The Governing Council of the University of TorontoCharitable Organization47 board members
Stamford Lane United ChurchCharitable Organization45 board members
Arthritis Research FoundationPublic Foundation44 board members
Hennick Bridgepoint FoundationPublic Foundation44 board members
Old Order Mennonite ConferenceCharitable Organization44 board members
Sinai Health FoundationPublic Foundation44 board members
The Baycrest Centre FoundationPublic Foundation44 board members

Forward sortation area areas in Ontario

The 60 biggest by number of charities.

Downtown Toronto (M5H)330 charitiesQuinte Shores, East Northumberland County & Prince Edward County (K0K)310 charitiesHuron (N0G)267 charitiesWellington (N0B)238 charitiesThornhill West (L4J)222 charitiesDowntown Toronto (M5V)220 charitiesMarkham Outer Southwest (L3R)220 charitiesPeterborough County and North Hastings County (K0L)207 charitiesEast Haldimand County (L0R)199 charitiesNational Capital Region (K0A)197 charitiesMiddlesex (N0M)196 charitiesNorth York (M6A)195 charitiesDowntown Toronto (M5S)190 charitiesWillowdale South (M2N)180 charitiesKent (N0P)179 charitiesToronto (M5A)174 charitiesOttawa (K1N)164 charitiesGuelph Northwest (N1H)163 charitiesRenfrew County and Lanark Highlands Township (K0J)160 charitiesDowntown Toronto (M4W)157 charitiesCentral Toronto (M5R)155 charitiesPeterborough South (K9J)155 charitiesStormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties (K0C)154 charitiesBruce Peninsula (N0H)152 charitiesNiagara Regional Municipality (L0S)151 charitiesEtobicoke Northwest (M9W)150 charitiesNorth York (M6B)150 charitiesDowntown Toronto (M5T)143 charitiesNorth York (M3H)142 charitiesBarrie South (L4N)141 charitiesKawartha lakes and Haliburton County (K0M)141 charitiesCentral Toronto (M4T)140 charitiesNorth York (M3J)139 charitiesElgin (N0L)134 charitiesKingston (K7L)129 charitiesDowntown Toronto (M5J)128 charitiesMississauga (L5N)127 charitiesFrontenac County, Addington County, Loyalist Shores and Southwest Leeds (K0H)124 charitiesOakville North (L6H)122 charitiesLondon North (N6A)118 charitiesNewmarket Northeast (L3Y)118 charitiesRideau Lakes area (K0G)117 charitiesOttawa (K1S)116 charitiesThunder Bay North Central (P7B)116 charitiesWaterloo South (N2L)116 charitiesDon Mills South (M3C)115 charitiesOttawa (K1G)114 charitiesBarrie North (L4M)113 charitiesMilton (L9T)113 charitiesNorth Bay Central (P1B)113 charitiesSt. Catharines Central (L2R)113 charitiesCentral Toronto (M4V)112 charitiesDowntown Toronto (M6G)112 charitiesOttawa (K1K)112 charitiesLake Superior North Shore (P0T)111 charitiesOttawa (K1P)111 charitiesCambridge Central (N1R)109 charitiesLambton (N0N)109 charitiesWest Haldimand (N0A)109 charitiesBrantford Southwest (N3T)108 charities

Who runs things here

Councils, elected members and health bodies we hold for this area. For the people matched to a specific postal code, use Who runs things.

Municipal council

No council for this place is held yet. About 110 Canadian municipal councils are held, those that publish open councillor data.

Browse councils

Federal and provincial membersiWe do not hold a postal-code-to-riding file, so your MP and provincial member are not matched here.

Health bodies in OntarioiHospitals, health bodies and foundations with their boards (CRA T3010).

See Ontario health bodies

Where is it?

Largest schoolsLargest charities

What we do not hold here

  • Population, housing, crime, income and other census-style figures: we hold none for Canada here, so nothing above is a rate per person.
  • Charities are placed at the centre of their postal-code prefix (first three characters), a few kilometres wide in cities and far larger in rural areas.
  • No open postal-code-to-riding file is held, so federal and provincial representatives are not matched to a postal code; municipal councils are matched by city name for the 100 or so that publish.
  • Charity income is not held for Canada here, so charities are ranked by board size.
  • About a fifth of schools have no coordinates in the provincial lists.

Sources used on this pageiBuilt 2026-10-18 06:19:19 UTC. Registered addresses are not operating locations. An independent register, not affiliated with any government.

  • Canada Revenue Agency charities listings already on this site.
  • provincial school lists (school profiles already on this site).
  • GeoNames postal codes (forward sortation area centres), CC BY 4.0.
  • Representatives and councils from the public bodies already held on this site.