The following New and Replacement Schools have been approved by the Ministry of Education.
For information regarding school projects submitted to the Ministry of Education for funding approval, please review the Capital Strategy webpage. Once projects have been approved, the approved project name and details will be published.
Approved Projects are listed below. All school opening dates are subject to timing of municipal and ministry approvals through the construction process.
Registration for New Schools opening September 2025
- Students currently attending holding schools will have their information transferred to the new schools. No action is required by parents to register students at the new schools.
- Students new to York Region District School Board can register for September 2025 beginning in January 2025 at their holding school from January to June 28, 2025.
- If your child is not currently registered in a holding school, please contact the holding school for your home address as determined by the school locator, in mid-January 2025 when registration begins for the 2025-26 school year.
- Elementary schools are closed during July and August. Please contact the Community Education Centre in your area to set up your registration appointment.
- Information about documentation required for registration can be found by accessing the school registration page.
Child Care and Before and After Care Program for New Schools opening September 2025
- The new Queensville Public School will have both a full day child care centre and a before and after care program.
- York Region District School Board is currently exploring the possibility of an on-site Before and After Care Program at the new Stouffville French Immersion Elementary School. Please complete the survey if you are interested in this service. The survey will be opened until Friday, March 14, 2025, 5:00 PM
New Schools, Additions, and Replacement Schools
- Addition is proposed to open January 2025
- Proposed capacity with addition is 668
- The replacement facility for Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School is proposed to open September 2025 at 11 Spring Farm Road in Aurora.
- Boundary Map (PDF)
- Presentation (PDF) - A Vision for the Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School; presented on November 7, 2018
- Community Letter - New School Update (PDF) - June 8, 2020
- Presentation (PDF) - Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School Boundary Change; presented on March 21, 2024.
- Board approved boundary change June 19, 2024 effective for September 2025.
- New Dr. G.W. Williams SS Building Renderings
- Proposed to open September 2025
- Proposed capacity 638
- New school will have both a full day child care centre and a before and after care program.
- Map (PDF)
- The school will operate as a single track French Immersion school
- The current French Immersion program at Glad Park PS and Harry Bowes PS will move to the new school
- Proposed to open September 2025
- Proposed capacity 638
- Map (PDF)
- Proposed to open September 2027
- Proposed capacity 1,163
- Boundary review process to create a secondary school attendance area will commence Fall 2025
- Map (PDF)
- Proposed opening date TBD
- Proposed capacity 638
- New school will include a child care centre
- Boundary review process to create an elementary school attendance area will commence Fall 2025
- Map (PDF)
- Proposed to open September 2028
- Proposed capacity 638
- New school will include a child care centre
- Boundary Map (PDF)
- Proposed opening date TBD
- Proposed capacity 638
- New school will include a child care centre
- Boundary review process to create an elementary school attendance area will commence Fall 2026
- Map (PDF)
- Proposed opening date TBD
- Proposed capacity 637 for York Region District School Board
- New school will be constructed as a joint use co-build with York Catholic District School Board
- New school will include a child care centre
- Boundary review process to create an elementary school attendance area TBD
- Map (PDF)
More Information
For further information regarding future schools listed on the Capital Strategy Project List or school sites in your community, please email planning.services@yrdsb.ca.
On an annual basis, the Planning and Property Services Department of the York Region District School Board reviews student accommodation concerns across the Board.
As part of that process, a long term accommodation plan is created (known as the Capital Strategy) which identifies new schools, additions to schools and replacement school requirements. Please visit the Capital Strategy webpage for more information on projects that have been submitted to the Ministry of Education for review and funding.