Private School Enrollment by Gender and Level in Ontario

2018-2019 onward data on private school enrollment in Ontario, Canada, reported annually as of October 31st. The dataset, provided by the Government of Ontario, contains counts of male and female students at elementary and secondary levels for each private school. Enrollment numbers are rounded to the nearest five from the 2018-2019 academic year.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in elementary_male_enrollment and elementary_female_enrollment over academic_year to study gender balance shifts in early private education.
• Model the relationship between school_level and total_female_enrollment to understand female student distribution across educational stages.
• Compare secondary_male_enrollment and secondary_female_enrollment across schools to identify institutions with significant gender imbalances.
• Aggregate total_male_enrollment by academic_year to track overall male student participation in Ontario's private schools over time.

Strengths

• Data is updated annually with a recent last update in March 2026.
• Includes specific enrollment figures disaggregated by gender and school level for individual schools.
• Covers private, First Nations, overseas, and combined schools in Ontario.

Limitations

• Exact row count is unknown, limiting assessment of comprehensiveness.
• Enrollment numbers are rounded to the nearest five from 2018-2019, reducing precision for small counts.
• Small cells with fewer than 10 students are suppressed with '<10', creating data gaps for detailed subgroup analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario, via the Ontario School Information System (OnSIS).

Collection Method

Reported by private schools in their annual October submission to OnSIS.

Time Range

Academic years from at least 2018-2019 onward (specific start year unknown).

Freshness

Updated annually; last updated March 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada.