Ontario French Second Language Student Enrolment by School Board

Ontario Ministry of Education data tracks English-language student enrolment in French as a Second Language programs across public and Catholic school boards. It details counts for core, extended, and immersion programs, broken down by elementary and secondary panels. The data originates from the Ontario School Information System (OnSIS) October submissions.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in FSL immersion elementary enrolment versus FSL core elementary enrolment across board names.
• Compare total FSL enrolment between elementary and secondary panels using FSL - total elementary enrolment and FSL - total secondary enrolment columns.
• Assess program distribution by calculating the ratio of FSL - extended total enrolment to FSL - immersion total enrolment per board number.
• Track annual changes in suppressed student counts (marked 'SP') for categories with fewer than 10 students to identify small program viability.

Strengths

• Data covers two major English-language school types: public and Catholic boards.
• Includes distinct enrolment counts for three FSL program types (core, extended, immersion) across two education panels.

Limitations

• Enrolment numbers are rounded to the nearest five starting from the 2018-2019 academic year, reducing precision.
• Data suppression for categories with fewer than 10 students limits analysis of small or emerging programs.
• Rounded numbers may not sum to reported rounded totals due to calculation methodology.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario, Ministry of Education.

Collection Method

Reported by schools to the Ontario School Information System (OnSIS), October Submissions.

Freshness

Last updated February 25, 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada.