A School Is Born: Correlates of Recent Births of Independent Schools in Ontario

Ontario’s population of independent schools does not receive any public subsidies while having to compete with a public system that is well-funded, offers a relative abundance of choice, and performs well from an international perspective. Yet that population has grown steadily despite encountering those unfavorable conditions. To understand this growth, this paper examines correlates of independent school openings between 2011–12 and 2020–21. …