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Elementary Out-of-Area Admissions
Application, timelines and details related to accessing an elementary school other than your designated school by address
Secondary Out-of-Area Admissions
Application, timelines and details related to accessing a secondary school other than your designated school by address
Accessing Remote Learning
Learn about accessing Virtual Elementary School and Virtual Secondary School
Students who reside within the City of Toronto have the right to attend a school which is designated for their residential address. The "Find Your School" section of the website identifies the designated schools for each residential address. Students also have the opportunity to access schools outside of the school that is designated to serve their home address, or Virtual School, by applying for Out-of-Area Admissions. The online application will be made available each year in January for admission the following September.
The procedures, conditions and timelines relating to Out-of-Area Admissions are described in the Out-of-Area Admissions Policy and the .
Each year, schools are classified with one of the following Out-of-Area Admissions statuses based on the space they MAY have available for students from outside the designated attendance area in the upcoming school year.
Closed The school may not admit any students from Out-of-Area. Only students residing within the school’s attendance area may attend the school.
Limited (Siblings) Only students with siblings attending and returning to the requested school may apply for Out-of-Area Admissions. At the Secondary School level, the older sibling must have been attending the requested secondary school as of September 2022.
Limited (Siblings or Feeder School) Only students with siblings attending and returning to the requested school or students attending a feeder school in the same program may apply for Out-of-Area Admissions. At the Secondary School level, the older sibling must have been attending the requested secondary school as of September 2022.
Limited All students may apply for Out-of-Area Admissions. The school may admit students from all of the priorities, as space is available.
Beginning with admissions for September 2025, all interested students must apply for entry to a Secondary School without a Boundary (SSWAB) regardless of where they live. 30% of the entry seats are held for applicants committed to taking at least one technological studies course in each year they are in attendance at the four former Technical schools. Applicants will also be considered for non-Tech seats, and are still able to opt to take any technology courses they wish.
There are specific Admission Priorities associated with the applications to Secondary Schools without a Boundary. For more information please visit the SSWAB Admission Priorities web page.
The following resources are designed to support TDSB and non-TDSB students interested in applying to a Secondary School without a Boundary. Each fact sheet will help potential Grade 8 applicants better understand the priority of their application.
For more information, please visit the SSWAB web page.
Students can apply for Out-of-Area Admissions in Regular programs and Intensive French programs. TDSB students applying for Intensive French in non-entry grades must already be registered / signed up or enrolled in an Intensive French program. Applicants will only be seated if space is available at the requested grade. For more information on accessing Intensive French programs as a TDSB or non-TDSB student, visit the French Programs web page.
The Out-of-Area Admissions application cannot be used to access: