Schools COVID-19 data

Every day, schools, child care centres and licensed home child care agencies report to the Ministry of Education on children, students and staff that have positive cases of COVID-19.

If there is a discrepancy between numbers reported here and those reported publicly by a Public Health Unit, please consider the number reported by the Public Health Unit to be the most up-to-date.

Schools and school boards report when a school is closed to the Ministry of Education. Data is current as of 2:00 pm the previous day.

This dataset is subject to change. 

Data is only updated on weekdays excluding provincial holidays

**Effective June 15, 2022, board and school staff will not be expected to report student/staff absences and closures in the Absence Reporting Tool.  The ministry will no longer report absence rates or school/child care closures on Ontario.ca for the remainder of the school year.**

[Learn how the Government of Ontario is helping to keep Ontarians safe during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.](https://covid-19.ontario.ca/)

##Summary of school closures
This is a summary of school closures in Ontario.

Data includes:

* Number of schools closed
* Total number of schools
* Percentage of schools closed

##School Absenteeism
This report provides a summary of schools and school boards that have reported staff and student absences.

Data includes:

* School board
* School
* City or Town
* Percentage of staff and students who are absent

##Summary of cases in schools 
This report provides a summary of COVID-19 activity in publicly-funded Ontario schools. 

Data includes:

* School-related cases (total)
* School-related student cases 
* School-related staff cases
* Current number of schools with a reported case
* Current number of schools closed

Note: In some instances the type of cases are not identified due to privacy considerations.

##Schools with active COVID-19 cases 
This report lists schools and school boards that have active cases of COVID-19. 

Data includes :

* School Board	
* School	
* Municipality	
* Confirmed Student Cases	
* Confirmed Staff Cases	
* Total Confirmed Cases

##Cases in school board partners
This report lists confirmed active cases of COVID-19 for other school board partners (e.g. bus drivers, authorized health professionals etc.) and will group boards if there is a case that overlaps.

Data includes :

 * School Board(s) 
 * School Municipality 
 * Confirmed cases – other school board partners

##Summary of targeted testing conducted in schools
This data includes all tests that have been reported to the Ministry of Education since February 1, 2021. [School boards](http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sbinfo/boardList.html) and other testing partners will report to the Ministry every Wednesday based on data from the previous seven days.

Data includes :
 * School boards or regions
 * Number of schools invited to participate in the last seven days
 * Total number of tests conducted in the last seven days
 * Cumulative number of tests conducted
 * Number of new cases identified in the last seven days
 * Cumulative number of cases identified

##Summary of asymptomatic testing at conducted in pharmacies:

This is a summary of COVID-19 rapid antigen testing conducted at participating pharmacies in Ontario since March 27, 2021.

 * Total number of tests conducted in the last seven days
 * Cumulative number of tests conducted
 * Number of new cases identified in the last seven days
 * Cumulative number of cases identified

Tags: COVID-19, Education and Training, Health, Santé, health, health and wellness, santé, santé et bien-être, schools, Éducation et formation, écoles
Organization: Education