Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn the top two fifths in Ontario: 5 of the 8 schools around Shaver with results
They include Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School, Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School and Ancaster High School. 4 of the 8 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. Taken together, Shaver and its 3 km edge hold 6 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools for 5,035 students.
What stands out about Shaver’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 8 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
One big school
With 1,320 students, Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Shaver’s schools do on Ontario’s tests
EQAO’s Grade 3, 6 and 9 assessments and the literacy test, 2024-25: each school against every school in Ontario.
Its School Grade is A: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 5 | 85% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 73% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 87% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 62% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 68% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 90% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 87% here, against 65% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 6 of 8 measures and behind on 1. The three-year changes lean upward at 3 schools and downward at 2.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 69% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 66% | Second fifth |
| Ancaster High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 67% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| St. Ann (Ancaster) Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 100% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| St. Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 89% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| Frank Panabaker North SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 58% | Middle fifth |
| Spring Valley SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 44% | Middle fifth |
| Frank Panabaker South Senior Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 50% | Middle fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Who runs Shaver’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 4 and English Catholic 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 8 schools in and around Shaver are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Shaver
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Not one teaches in French.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB runs the most, 4 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSBBishop Tonnos Catholic, Immaculate Conception Catholic, St. Joachim Catholic, St. Ann (Ancaster) Catholic | English Catholic | 4 | 2,605 |
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSBAncaster, Frank Panabaker South Senior, Spring Valley, Frank Panabaker North | English public | 4 | 2,430 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Shaver
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Shaver
High schools within reach of Shaver
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
17 secondary schools are within 15 km: 9 English public, 6 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 French Catholic. Closest of all: Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School (0.3 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,320 | 0.3 km |
| Ancaster High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,180 | 1.7 km |
| Dundas Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 810 | 6.6 km |
| St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,810 | 6.6 km |
| Sir Allan MacNab Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 660 | 7 km |
| St. Mary Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 935 | 8.2 km |
| Westmount Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,310 | 8.9 km |
| Westdale Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,525 | 10 km |
| Nora Frances HendersonSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,270 | 11 km |
| St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,615 | 11 km |
All 17 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Georges-P-VanierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 85 | 11 km |
| Cathedral High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,650 | 13 km |
| Hill Park System Alternative EducationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | – | – | 13 km |
| ÉSAC Mère-TeresaSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS catholique MonAvenir | French Catholic | Middle fifth | 300 | 14 km |
| Sherwood Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,255 | 15 km |
| Bernie Custis Secondary School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 955 | 15 km |
| Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 2,115 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horning | 4,587 | 30 | 15,470 | 0 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Butler | 2,922 | 28 | 12,235 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Algonquin Highlands | 2,915 | 2 | — | 0 | 19 km |
| Port Credit NHD (West) | 2,902 | 19 | 7,845 | 0 | 2 km |
| Black River-Matheson | 2,899 | 2 | 200 | 1 | 35 km |
| Shaver | 2,882 | 8 | 5,035 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part | 2,877 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 35 km |
| Crerar | 2,877 | 35 | 16,290 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Perry | 2,866 | 1 | 265 | 0 | 24 km |
| South Keys | 2,865 | 29 | 12,065 | 7 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
More schools are within reach in 97 of the 150 other towns. Schooling in French is on hand in 87 of the 151.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Shaver
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaver | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 km |
| Leeming 1 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.9 km |
| Spring Valley 1.3 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 km |
| Garner 2.5 km | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 km |
| Marritt 3.6 km | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3.1 km |
| Oakes 4.2 km | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2.8 km |
| Sulphur Springs 4.3 km | 30 | 0 | 12 | 3.1 km |
The busiest neighbour is Sulphur Springs, with 30 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. EQAO publishes shares at the provincial standard; the band places each among Ontario’s schools by fifths.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Shaver and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Shaver
How many schools are there in Shaver?
The town holds 1 of them; 7 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Shaver?
None within 3 km of Shaver. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How do I get a place at a school in Shaver?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Shaver?
Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB (4) and Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (4), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).