Toronto District School Board

E171269

educational organization public school district school board

The Toronto District School Board is the largest public school board in Canada, responsible for operating and overseeing a wide network of elementary and secondary schools in the city of Toronto.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Toronto District School Board canonical	11
Toronto Board of Education	2
Etobicoke Board of Education	1
North York Board of Education	1
TDSB	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1491427 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Toronto District School Board
Context triple: [SEED Alternative School, governedBy, Toronto District School Board]

A. York Region District School Board
The York Region District School Board is a large public school board in Ontario, Canada, responsible for administering elementary and secondary education across York Region.
B. York Catholic District School Board
The York Catholic District School Board is a publicly funded Catholic school board in Ontario, Canada, responsible for administering Catholic education across the York Region.
C. University of Toronto Schools
University of Toronto Schools is a highly selective, university-preparatory secondary school in Toronto known for its rigorous academics and affiliation with the University of Toronto.
D. Upper Canada College
Upper Canada College is a prestigious independent boys' school in Toronto, Canada, known for its rigorous academics and influential alumni.
E. Lakefield College School
Lakefield College School is a Canadian independent boarding and day school known for educating future King Felipe VI of Spain among other notable alumni.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Toronto District School Board
Target entity description: The Toronto District School Board is the largest public school board in Canada, responsible for operating and overseeing a wide network of elementary and secondary schools in the city of Toronto.

A. York Region District School Board
The York Region District School Board is a large public school board in Ontario, Canada, responsible for administering elementary and secondary education across York Region.
B. York Catholic District School Board
The York Catholic District School Board is a publicly funded Catholic school board in Ontario, Canada, responsible for administering Catholic education across the York Region.
C. University of Toronto Schools
University of Toronto Schools is a highly selective, university-preparatory secondary school in Toronto known for its rigorous academics and affiliation with the University of Toronto.
D. Upper Canada College
Upper Canada College is a prestigious independent boys' school in Toronto, Canada, known for its rigorous academics and influential alumni.
E. Lakefield College School
Lakefield College School is a Canadian independent boarding and day school known for educating future King Felipe VI of Spain among other notable alumni.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational organization ⓘ public school district ⓘ school board ⓘ
abbreviation	TDSB ⓘ linked to: Toronto District School Board
country	Canada ⓘ
employs	education support staff ⓘ principals ⓘ teachers ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	East York Board of Education ⓘ Etobicoke Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Toronto District School Board North York Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Toronto District School Board Scarborough Board of Education ⓘ Toronto Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Toronto District School Board York Board of Education ⓘ
fundingType	publicly funded ⓘ
governedBy	elected board of trustees ⓘ
governs	public elementary schools in Toronto ⓘ public secondary schools in Toronto ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn	Toronto ⓘ
isLargestBy	student population among Canadian school boards ⓘ
isPublicBodyOf	Province of Ontario education system ⓘ
jurisdiction	City of Toronto ⓘ linked to: Toronto
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
legalAuthority	Education Act of Ontario ⓘ linked to: Education Act (Ontario)
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ
offersProgram	English as a Second Language (ESL) ⓘ French immersion ⓘ adult education ⓘ continuing education ⓘ extended French ⓘ special education ⓘ
operates	adult learning centres ⓘ alternative schools ⓘ elementary schools ⓘ secondary schools ⓘ
overseenBy	Director of Education ⓘ
regionServed	Greater Toronto Area (core city) ⓘ linked to: Greater Toronto Area
responsibleFor	allocation of school budgets ⓘ curriculum implementation in its schools ⓘ maintenance of school facilities ⓘ student transportation services within its jurisdiction ⓘ
schoolLevel	elementary ⓘ secondary ⓘ
schoolSystemType	secular ⓘ
website	https://www.tdsb.on.ca/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SEED Alternative School → governedBy → Toronto District School Board ⓘ

Leaside → educationServedBy → Toronto District School Board ⓘ

East York Collegiate Institute → governedBy → Toronto District School Board ⓘ

East York Collegiate Institute → schoolBoard → Toronto District School Board ⓘ

Crescent Town → hasSchoolBoard → Toronto District School Board ⓘ

Toronto District School Board → abbreviation → TDSB ⓘ