Ontario Building Two New Schools in North London

Government supporting new schools and additions across the province with a $1.3 billion investment

NEWS

January 28, 2025

LONDON-NORTH-CENTRE — The Ontario government is investing nearly $127 million for a new North Central London Elementary School and a new North London Catholic Secondary School. Steve Pinsonneault, MPP for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, announced funding for the Thames Valley District School Board and London District Catholic School Board projects to help hard working families in North Central and North London.

This will support the creation of 514 elementary student spaces, 1,999 secondary student spaces and 176 licensed child care spaces in North London as part of the government’s commitment to building modern learning spaces for Ontario students.

These projects are part of $1.3 billion in funding to build new schools and expansions, including child care spaces, announced as part of the Ministry of Education’s Capital Priorities Program.

“Investing in new schools in North London will help meet the growing demand for quality education in our region,” said Steve Pinsonneault, MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. “These new facilities will not only provide modern learning environments for students, but they will also create additional child care spaces for local families. Our government is proud to support these projects and ensure that students in North London have the resources they need to succeed and thrive.”

The ongoing investments in education and child care projects will result in over 25,000 new student spaces and more than 1,600 licensed child care spaces at school sites across Ontario.

“As a mother, I understand that the local school really is the heart of the community. It’s so important for young families to have a school that’s close to home,” said Jill Dunlop, Minister of Education. “Our government is proud to deliver a new North Central London Elementary School and a new North London Catholic Secondary School for local families, along with increasing funding, staffing and a back-to-basics focus on reading, writing and math to help ensure students graduate with the fundamental skills they need to succeed.” 

Schools and child care centres are an essential piece of the community landscape. Funding these local infrastructure projects demonstrates that the government is meeting urgent needs to address growth related to demographic changes and housing development.

“Our government is investing in new schools and improved infrastructure across the province to support the needs of Ontario’s students, families, and growing communities.” said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure. “These are part of our historic investment of more than $190 billion over the next ten years to build and deliver the critical infrastructure Ontarians deserve today, and for future generations to come.”

Highlights of the projects include:

Thames Valley District School Board:

– North Central London Elementary School

  • $26.3 million
  • 514 elementary student spaces
  • 88 new licensed child care spaces
  • To be located at a site to be acquired in London

London District Catholic School Board:

– New North London Catholic Secondary School

  • $100.5 million
  • 1,999 secondary student spaces
  • 88 new licensed child care spaces
  • To be located at a site to be acquired in London

QUICK FACTS

  • Ontario is meeting the needs of growing communities with over 200 new schools and additions underway that will create over 97,000 pupil spaces in the coming years.
  • For the 2024-25 school year, the ministry has allocated renewal funding of approximately $1.4 billion to school boards to renew and improve schools.
  • The investment is part of Ontario’s commitment to provide about $16 billion to support new school construction, renewal and improvement over 10 years.
  • In December 2023, the Ministry of Education announced Ontario’s plan to help build schools faster through a transparent, accountable and more efficient process. School boards were encouraged to standardize the design of new school construction, identify opportunities to work together on joint-use school projects and bring forward shovel-ready proposals.
  • The Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 ensures the public education system focuses on what matters most: teaching important life‑long skills such as reading, writing and math; improving accountability and transparency for parents and families; maximizing capital assets of boards to support building modern schools faster and better utilizing current school capacity.
  • The government is committed to providing families with more affordable and accessible child care as part of the federal government’s national child care program. Effective January 1, 2025, Ontario has capped child care fees at $22 per day for families with children in programs enrolled in the Canada‑wide Early Learning and Child Care system.

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