O. Reg. 189/25: CORE EDUCATION FUNDING - LEGISLATIVE GRANTS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL BOARD FISCAL YEAR, EDUCATION ACT
ontario regulation 189/25
made under the
Education Act
Made: August 28, 2025
Filed: August 29, 2025
Published on e-Laws: September 2, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 13, 2025
Amending O. Reg. 348/24
(CORE EDUCATION FUNDING - LEGISLATIVE GRANTS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL BOARD FISCAL YEAR)
1. Ontario Regulation 348/24 is amended by striking out ““List of Schools Eligible for Funding Under Capital Priorities, Land Priorities, Community Hub Replacement, Child Care Capital, and EarlyON Child and Family Centres Capital”, dated January 31, 2025” wherever it appears and substituting in each case ““List of Schools Eligible for Funding Under Capital Priorities, Land Priorities, Child Care Capital, and EarlyON Child and Family Centres Capital”, dated June 30, 2025”.
2. (1) Paragraph 22 of subsection 10 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
22. COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream: Education Related (CVRIS-EDU) Projects, dated August 2025.
(2) Paragraph 25 of subsection 10 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
25. List of Schools Eligible for Funding Under Capital Priorities, Land Priorities, Child Care Capital, and EarlyON Child and Family Centres Capital, dated June 30, 2025.
3. Subsection 13 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out ““Memorandum 2021 B12: COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream: Education Related (CVRIS-EDU) Projects — Approvals,” dated May 7, 2021” and substituting ““COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream: Education Related (CVRIS-EDU) Projects”, dated August 2025.”
4. (1) Paragraph 2 of subsection 34 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.
(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 34 (6) of the Regulation is revoked.
(3) Paragraph 5 of subsection 34 (7) of the Regulation is revoked.
5. Paragraph 2 of section 124 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
2. The special incidence portion exceptional circumstances amount, determined as follows:
i. Take $64,000 as a base amount.
ii. Multiply the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of pupils by $2.60.
iii. Take the total of the amounts determined under subparagraphs i and ii.
6. Paragraph 1 of section 168 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$47,560” and substituting “$46,572”.
7. (1) Paragraph 2 of section 182 of the Regulation is revoked.
(2) Subparagraph 4 i of section 182 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following sub-subparagraph:
G. The amount determined under subsection 60 (1) of the 2023-2024 grant regulation.
(3) Sub-subparagraph 4 i E of section 182 of the Regulation is amended by adding “in section 64 of the 2023-2024 grant regulation” at the end.
(4) Sub-subparagraphs 5 i C to I of section 182 of the Regulation are revoked.
(5) Paragraph 6 of section 182 of the Regulation is revoked.
8. Paragraph 5 of section 183 of the Regulation is revoked.
9. Section 188 of the Regulation is revoked.
10. Section 191 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
COVID-19 resilience infrastructure stream amount
191. The COVID-19 resilience infrastructure stream amount is the total of the amounts determined as follows for the projects set out for the board in the document entitled “COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream: Education Related (CVRIS-EDU) Projects,” dated August 2025:
1. Take the approved funding amount for the project in Column 7 of the Table set out in the document entitled “COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream: Education Related (CVRIS-EDU) Projects,” dated August 2025.
2. Subtract the amount determined for the project under paragraph 2 of subsection 65.2 (1) of the 2020-2021 grant regulation.
3. Subtract the amount determined for the project under paragraph 4 of subsection 66 (1) of the 2021-2022 grant regulation.
4. Subtract the amount determined for the project under paragraph 5 of subsection 68 (1) of the 2022-2023 grant regulation.
5. Subtract the amount determined for the project under paragraph 6 of subsection 67 (1) of the 2023-2024 grant regulation.
6. Determine the amount of eligible expenditures, as set out in the document entitled “COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream: Education Related (CVRIS-EDU) Projects,” dated August 2025, for the project that the board incurred during the period beginning on September 1, 2024 and ending on August 31, 2025.
7. Take the lesser of the amounts determined under paragraphs 5 and 6.
11. Table 8.1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
TABLE 8.1
OCCASIONAL TEACHER TOP-UP COMPONENT
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
| 1. | Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario | 324,033 |
| 2. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien | 87,372 |
| 3. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario | 533,540 |
| 4. | Durham District School Board | 67,012 |
| 5. | Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board | 18,977 |
| 6. | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | 82,130 |
| 7. | Trillium Lakelands District School Board | 39,952 |
12. (1) Item 14 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “90,000” in Column 2 and substituting “105,000”.
(2) Item 25 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “90,000” in Column 2 and substituting “105,000”.
(3) Item 26 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “180,000” in Column 2 and substituting “210,000”.
(4) Item 37 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “105,000” in Column 2 and substituting “120,000”.
(5) Item 54 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “90,000” in Column 2 and substituting “105,000”.
(6) Item 63 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “270,000” in Column 2 and substituting “300,000”.
(7) Item 64 of Table 16 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “75,000” in Column 2 and substituting “90,000”.
13. Tables 25 and 26 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
TABLE 25
DIFFERENTIATED NEEDS ALLOCATION
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| 1. | Algoma District School Board | 3,915,595 | 5,686,390 | 203,715 |
| 2. | Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board | 2,753,771 | 5,927,741 | 185,221 |
| 3. | Avon Maitland District School Board | 2,071,642 | 7,831,380 | 209,764 |
| 4. | Bluewater District School Board | 2,864,162 | 9,496,007 | 259,134 |
| 5. | Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board | 2,295,786 | 5,950,848 | 176,483 |
| 6. | Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board | 1,447,408 | 2,653,761 | 93,191 |
| 7. | Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario | 2,828,233 | 6,813,773 | 204,519 |
| 8. | Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario | 4,650,469 | 7,797,538 | 260,898 |
| 9. | Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | 4,126,970 | 6,353,590 | 221,368 |
| 10. | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | 3,824,184 | 3,754,005 | 163,052 |
| 11. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien | 3,824,992 | 5,065,722 | 189,424 |
| 12. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales | 1,378,416 | 371,561 | 45,950 |
| 13. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières | 3,475,834 | 2,777,328 | 136,430 |
| 14. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario | 6,404,472 | 11,563,366 | 371,805 |
| 15. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario | 3,551,796 | 2,582,501 | 134,041 |
| 16. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord | 1,782,103 | 1,384,486 | 74,413 |
| 17. | Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario | 2,406,873 | 1,213,836 | 83,538 |
| 18. | Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario | 2,080,910 | 1,016,791 | 73,029 |
| 19. | Conseil scolaire Viamonde | 4,266,737 | 5,378,422 | 204,583 |
| 20. | District School Board of Niagara | 5,545,651 | 19,608,092 | 516,186 |
| 21. | District School Board Ontario North East | 3,562,915 | 4,150,729 | 165,774 |
| 22. | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board | 8,375,979 | 28,763,930 | 757,016 |
| 23. | Durham Catholic District School Board | 2,703,708 | 9,517,908 | 256,350 |
| 24. | Durham District School Board | 10,106,068 | 33,541,110 | 887,762 |
| 25. | Grand Erie District School Board | 3,810,556 | 13,192,672 | 352,423 |
| 26. | Greater Essex County District School Board | 4,626,263 | 15,861,405 | 422,434 |
| 27. | Halton Catholic District School Board | 4,003,584 | 14,545,999 | 383,493 |
| 28. | Halton District School Board | 7,883,358 | 26,394,029 | 699,501 |
| 29. | Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board | 3,638,102 | 13,955,835 | 364,292 |
| 30. | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board | 6,846,661 | 23,528,542 | 621,097 |
| 31. | Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board | 2,774,936 | 8,015,657 | 227,597 |
| 32. | Huron Perth Catholic District School Board | 1,291,984 | 2,290,751 | 82,775 |
| 33. | Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board | 2,721,568 | 2,413,280 | 113,960 |
| 34. | Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board | 5,113,151 | 16,347,974 | 441,993 |
| 35. | Keewatin-Patricia District School Board | 3,139,937 | 2,471,952 | 123,545 |
| 36. | Kenora Catholic District School Board | 853,113 | 648,339 | 40,957 |
| 37. | Lakehead District School Board | 3,285,993 | 4,323,946 | 163,690 |
| 38. | Lambton Kent District School Board | 3,033,158 | 10,943,746 | 291,617 |
| 39. | Limestone District School Board | 3,238,700 | 9,841,140 | 273,593 |
| 40. | London District Catholic School Board | 3,260,861 | 12,033,002 | 318,078 |
| 41. | Near North District School Board | 3,058,274 | 5,395,102 | 180,637 |
| 42. | Niagara Catholic District School Board | 2,724,318 | 10,155,820 | 269,581 |
| 43. | Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board | 1,270,981 | 1,689,522 | 70,273 |
| 44. | Northeastern Catholic District School Board | 1,400,796 | 1,197,767 | 63,000 |
| 45. | Northwest Catholic District School Board | 1,075,808 | 591,738 | 44,294 |
| 46. | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | 9,354,806 | 32,458,598 | 850,917 |
| 47. | Ottawa Catholic District School Board | 6,319,880 | 21,485,977 | 569,473 |
| 48. | Peel District School Board | 17,530,870 | 57,772,013 | 1,523,798 |
| 49. | Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board | 2,098,657 | 6,949,125 | 192,580 |
| 50. | Rainbow District School Board | 3,757,577 | 6,819,506 | 223,307 |
| 51. | Rainy River District School Board | 1,120,874 | 1,150,703 | 56,430 |
| 52. | Renfrew County Catholic District School Board | 1,669,635 | 2,520,861 | 94,986 |
| 53. | Renfrew County District School Board | 2,673,622 | 4,938,196 | 163,728 |
| 54. | Simcoe County District School Board | 8,640,715 | 25,984,465 | 706,489 |
| 55. | Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board | 3,747,747 | 11,353,934 | 314,217 |
| 56. | St. Clair Catholic District School Board | 2,220,953 | 4,553,554 | 146,905 |
| 57. | Sudbury Catholic District School Board | 2,284,028 | 3,266,346 | 122,309 |
| 58. | Superior-Greenstone District School Board | 786,418 | 685,515 | 40,364 |
| 59. | Superior North Catholic District School Board | 462,829 | 319,348 | 26,505 |
| 60. | Thames Valley District School Board | 10,603,559 | 37,239,366 | 972,064 |
| 61. | Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board | 2,425,209 | 3,157,345 | 122,956 |
| 62. | Toronto Catholic District School Board | 9,944,119 | 37,691,265 | 967,894 |
| 63. | Toronto District School Board | 28,451,723 | 102,417,968 | 2,640,264 |
| 64. | Trillium Lakelands District School Board | 2,978,089 | 9,289,723 | 257,278 |
| 65. | Upper Canada District School Board | 4,817,888 | 14,210,329 | 393,110 |
| 66. | Upper Grand District School Board | 4,529,124 | 15,303,988 | 409,282 |
| 67. | Waterloo Catholic District School Board | 3,421,649 | 11,610,974 | 312,829 |
| 68. | Waterloo Region District School Board | 8,067,884 | 27,183,017 | 719,061 |
| 69. | Wellington Catholic District School Board | 1,841,345 | 3,655,174 | 121,227 |
| 70. | Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board | 3,002,310 | 9,913,996 | 270,308 |
| 71. | York Catholic District School Board | 5,333,779 | 20,581,210 | 531,481 |
| 72. | York Region District School Board | 14,089,844 | 53,166,220 | 1,362,119 |
TABLE 26
SPECIAL INCIDENCE PORTION COMPONENT
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
| 1. | Algoma District School Board | 2,831,007 |
| 2. | Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board | 1,090,380 |
| 3. | Avon Maitland District School Board | 192,591 |
| 4. | Bluewater District School Board | 769,933 |
| 5. | Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board | 128,873 |
| 6. | Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board | 232,554 |
| 7. | Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario | 3,383,150 |
| 8. | Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario | 1,621,745 |
| 9. | Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | 1,698,014 |
| 10. | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | 148,835 |
| 11. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien | 3,414,086 |
| 12. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales | 464,488 |
| 13. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières | 2,330,926 |
| 14. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario | 4,210,639 |
| 15. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario | 1,942,934 |
| 16. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord | 2,399,822 |
| 17. | Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario | 731,875 |
| 18. | Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario | 2,093,747 |
| 19. | Conseil scolaire Viamonde | 376,749 |
| 20. | District School Board of Niagara | 1,178,912 |
| 21. | District School Board Ontario North East | 1,044,169 |
| 22. | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board | 5,264,391 |
| 23. | Durham Catholic District School Board | 4,672,073 |
| 24. | Durham District School Board | 3,908,300 |
| 25. | Grand Erie District School Board | 310,167 |
| 26. | Greater Essex County District School Board | 272,739 |
| 27. | Halton Catholic District School Board | 3,080,071 |
| 28. | Halton District School Board | 2,941,487 |
| 29. | Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board | 1,637,182 |
| 30. | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board | 1,201,959 |
| 31. | Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board | 1,447,900 |
| 32. | Huron Perth Catholic District School Board | 111,626 |
| 33. | Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board | 2,493,139 |
| 34. | Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board | 10,293,855 |
| 35. | Keewatin-Patricia District School Board | 468,119 |
| 36. | Kenora Catholic District School Board | 142,392 |
| 37. | Lakehead District School Board | 2,678,675 |
| 38. | Lambton Kent District School Board | 223,252 |
| 39. | Limestone District School Board | 789,182 |
| 40. | London District Catholic School Board | 483,713 |
| 41. | Near North District School Board | 2,470,953 |
| 42. | Niagara Catholic District School Board | 139,793 |
| 43. | Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board | 1,517,104 |
| 44. | Northeastern Catholic District School Board | 100,948 |
| 45. | Northwest Catholic District School Board | 26,045 |
| 46. | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | 3,544,865 |
| 47. | Ottawa Catholic District School Board | 2,065,657 |
| 48. | Peel District School Board | 13,546,392 |
| 49. | Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board | 3,646,451 |
| 50. | Rainbow District School Board | 9,922,382 |
| 51. | Rainy River District School Board | 135,333 |
| 52. | Renfrew County Catholic District School Board | 421,952 |
| 53. | Renfrew County District School Board | 1,837,176 |
| 54. | Simcoe County District School Board | 3,136,715 |
| 55. | Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board | 1,445,109 |
| 56. | St. Clair Catholic District School Board | 37,208 |
| 57. | Sudbury Catholic District School Board | 1,728,550 |
| 58. | Superior-Greenstone District School Board | 1,003,852 |
| 59. | Superior North Catholic District School Board | 447,559 |
| 60. | Thames Valley District School Board | 1,539,516 |
| 61. | Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board | 2,773,081 |
| 62. | Toronto Catholic District School Board | 3,460,930 |
| 63. | Toronto District School Board | 16,162,513 |
| 64. | Trillium Lakelands District School Board | 3,136,308 |
| 65. | Upper Canada District School Board | 7,397,569 |
| 66. | Upper Grand District School Board | 3,398,857 |
| 67. | Waterloo Catholic District School Board | 170,540 |
| 68. | Waterloo Region District School Board | 150,661 |
| 69. | Wellington Catholic District School Board | 444,515 |
| 70. | Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board | 117,827 |
| 71. | York Catholic District School Board | 3,448,114 |
| 72. | York Region District School Board | 12,774,397 |
14. (1) Item 23 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “565,488” in Column 2 and substituting “592,593”.
(2) Item 27 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “1,327,773” in Column 2 and substituting “1,432,138”.
(3) Item 42 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “516,700” in Column 2 and substituting “544,516”.
(4) Item 47 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “1,130,020” in Column 2 and substituting “1,237,269”.
(5) Item 49 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “89,684” in Column 2 and substituting “106,052”.
(6) Item 55 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “538,105” in Column 2 and substituting “636,310”.
(7) Item 67 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “2,644,881” in Column 2 and substituting “2,765,390”.
(8) Item 71 of Table 50 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “71,747” in Column 2 and substituting “123,727”.
Commencement
15. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
