Ontario – Canada Homeschooling

Home school in Ontario

Associations
Events
Field Trips
Legal Information
Online Social Networks
Resources
Support Groups

• Northern Ontario Homeschool Support
• Southern Ontario Homeschool Support Groups
  • Ottawa Homeschooling Support Groups
• Ontario Homeschool Support Group Lists

Associations

Ontario Christian Home Educators Connection
OCHEC is a Provincial volunteer organization that seeks to connect, support, and equip all those who are involved in Home Education in the province of Ontario.

Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents
OFTP is a non-profit group run by volunteers that provides information about home learning, enables networking among its members, and serves as an advocacy group and link between the homeschooling community and the provincial government. Open to all, regardless of faith or educational style.

Rideau Valley Home Educators’ Association
A Christian organization. The association serves a membership made up of families from the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec region in Canada.

Events

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Homeschool Conferences/Curriculum Fairs
Upcoming conferences/curriculum fairs are planned for the following cities: Ancaster, Brantford, Cobourg, Kanata, Kitchener, Mississauga, Thornhill, and Windsor.

Field Trips

Ontario, Canada Field Trips
Educational places to visit with Kids.

Legal Information

Frequently Asked Questions From Families
Answers about the law, your status, returning to schools, finding help teaching difficult subjects, etc. Ontario Home Learners.

Policy/Program Memorandum No. 131
The most important change in School Board / Home Education relations in Ontario in the last couple of decades has been Policy/Program Memorandum No.131. OFTP was instrumental in bringing about this change in policy.

School Board Request for Monitoring
The demands to monitor home education are based on local school board policy. They do not appear in the law of the land, the Education Act. OFTP.

Online Social Networks

Freeschoolin’ Community
A community of Freeschoolers, Peaceful Parenting Passion-led Learners Worldschoolers and Radical/Wholelife Unschoolers.

Hs-ontrips
An announcement list for home learning families in Ontario: to share information for upcoming trips, classes, events, plays, functions, meetings… anything that home learning families may want to join in!

Ontario Unschoolers
The role of unschooling parents is that of facilitators of learning rather than taskmasters. Unschooling is therefore not so much a “teaching method” as it is a “learning philosophy” and a lifestyle.

Peaceful Parenting/Unschooling Support
Welcome to a respectful place we can discuss Peaceful Parenting/Unschooling/Radical Unschooling topics, ask related questions and post about our journeys.

Resources

Ontario Homeschooling Materials
If you have homeschooling materials, books, supplies, please feel free to post here. This is for area residents to share materials and save a bit on shipping.

Support Groups

Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario Homeschool Support Groups
Homeschool support groups in north eastern and north western Ontario, Canada.

Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario Homeschool Support Groups
Homeschool support groups in south eastern and south western cities, including Toronto, Ottowa, and more cities.

Ottawa, Ontario, Homeschooling
Plan events and activities in the Ottawa area. Enjoy chats and social networking. Find buddies for you kids and yourself. Organize a class or coop.

Support Group Lists

Ontario Homeschool Support Group Lists
Lists from province-wide homeschool associations.

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