Registering your child in a Durham Catholic school is the strongest show of support for Catholic education a parent can make. Another way that Catholic parents and Catholics in the community, can support Catholic education in Durham Region is by ensuring that you direct your school support to the English-Separate system with the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC).
You don’t have to have a child in a Catholic school to support Catholic education. Many English-Separate ratepayers don’t have children but attended Catholic schools themselves. Others have children who completed their Catholic education or are family members of current students.
Each voter’s reason for supporting Catholic education is unique, but collectively they share a unified faith in a system that delivers exceptional faith-based education to students in Durham Catholic schools every day.
When you designate yourself as an English Catholic School Supporter, you help create a strong political voice through your elected representative (Trustee), in ensuring your rights to a Catholic education in our province.
To verify whether or not you are registered as an English Catholic school supporter, check the assessment section of your tax bill or Property Assessment Notice.
MPAC has created a new online option for parents to be able to update their school support without the need of the current paper direction of school support form. Catholic parents and property owners can visit the following website to begin the online process of updating their school support.
Click here for the MPAC School Support website
1. Visit the MPAC School Support webpage |
Visit https://school-support.mpac.ca/ to go to the main MPAC School Support website. |
2. Select whether you are a “Property Owner” or “Property Tenant” |
They will need to choose whether that are a “Property Owner” or “Property Tenant”. |
3. If "Property Owner” is selected, you will be directed to click on the link for:“AboutMyProperty”
This will take them to the log-in screen. |
Note that parents will need to create an account if it is their first-time logging in. |
4. New Users will be asked to enter their property’s assessment roll number & access key. This information is found on their Property Assessment Notice. |
If you need help retrieving this info. Please can contact your municipality’s tax department or click the “Need help” link on the log in page where they can live chat, email or phone MPAC for assistance. |
5. Once you login, click on the “View My Property Details” box/link. This will take you to the page where you can update your property’s direction of school support. |
Once you are on the “View My Property Details” page you will need to click on the “School Support” tab/link. |
6. Once on the Profile Summary and Property Information webpage, scroll down to your property details. |
7. Confirm your “school support” and click the “edit” function on the far right to update to “English Separate (Catholic)” if applicable. Once updated click the save button. Your property’s school support has now been updated. Thank you! |