Find which of Ottawa's four publicly-funded school boards fits your family — English or French, public or Catholic — with each board's own school-finder and registration pages.
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Four publicly-funded school systems serve Ottawa, and they overlap the same streets — your address can belong to a different school in each one. Answer two questions to find the right system, then use that board's own tool to find your school and register. Nothing you choose here is saved or sent anywhere.
Every publicly-funded system here, with its own official school-finder and registration page. The board decides which school an address belongs to.
English-language public schools — open to every resident.
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English-language Catholic schools.
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French-language public schools.
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French-language Catholic schools.
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Before you go
These four boards overlap the same streets, so your address can fall in a different school for each one. This tool only points you to the right board; only that board's school-finder, used with your address, names your actual school.
This points you to the right system — it does not draw boundaries or name your school. Each board’s own school-finder, by address, is the authoritative answer.
Source: OCDSB, OCSB, CEPEO and CECCE official registration pages, checked June 19, 2026 (2 months ago).
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