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🇨🇦 Homeschooling in Canada

Yes, home schooling is legal throughout Canada. Education is a provincial and territorial responsibility, so the rules depend on where you live, from a written notice each year in Ontario to registration in British Columbia and a choice of supervised or notification-only programmes in Alberta.

• Ontario: give the school board written notice of your intention to home school each year, before 1 September. The board acknowledges it in writing and your child is excused from attending school.
• British Columbia: register your child as a homeschooler with a B.C. school by 30 September each year. Public school principals register homeschoolers, and not registering is an offence.
• Alberta: choose a home education program supervised by a school authority (eligible for funding) or a notification-only program that is not supervised and not funded. Either way, you notify each year.
• In many provinces parents are responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating their child's learning, even where a written plan does not have to be submitted.
• Other provinces and territories have their own rules. Check your provincial or territorial ministry of education before you start.
• Policies are updated from time to time, so check the official source each school year.

Official sources: Ontario Ministry of Education: Policy/Program Memorandum 131, Home schooling (PDF) · Government of British Columbia: Homeschooling · Government of Alberta: Home education. Rules can change, so always check the official source. This is general information, not legal advice. Last checked October 4, 2026.