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The 2023-2024 Student Demographic Survey questions can be found below, and can be translated into over 130+ languages, using the "Translate" button on our website.

During the week of April 22-26, 2024, students in Grade 9-12 and parents/guardians of students from Kindergarten - Grade 8, will receive an individual link to complete the survey on behalf of their child(ren). 

The Student Demographic Survey will be completed online, and can be translated into over 130+ languages, and completed in the participant's preferred language. The online platform is compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

We respect the privacy of our students and families. Data will be collected in a secure manner in accordance with applicable privacy legislation and best practices. To learn more about the survey confidentiality and privacy click here.

Click here to view our survey FAQ

Kindergarten - Grade 8 Student Demographic Survey Questions

What is/are the first language(s) your child first learned to speak? Select all that apply.

  • American Sign Language       
  • Albanian
  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese
  • Croatian
  • Dari
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Farsi
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indigenous Language(s) (may specify)                            
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Malayalam
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
  • A language(s) not listed above (may specify)                      
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

Does your child identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit? If yes, select all that apply:

  • No
  • Yes, First Nations
  • Yes, Métis
  • Yes, Inuit
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

Was your child born in Canada?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

 

If no, is your child currently:

  • A Canadian citizen
  • An international student (enrolled through a study permit)
  • A landed immigrant/permanent resident
  • A refugee claimant
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

Do you consider your child to be a Canadian?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

What is your child’s ethnic or cultural origin(s)? For example, Anishnaabe, Canadian, Chinese, Colombian, Cree, Dutch, East Indian, English, French, Filipino, German, Guyanese, Haudenosaunee, Inuit, Iranian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Korean, Lebanese, Metis, Mi’kmaq, Ojibwe, Pakistani, Portuguese, Scottish, Somali, Sri Lankan, Ukrainian, etc. Specify as many ethnic or cultural origins as applies.

Ethnic groups share a distinctive cultural and historical tradition often associated with race, place of origin, ancestry, or creed. It refers to a person’s ethnic or cultural origins. Ethnic groups have a common identity, heritage, ancestry, or historical past, often with identifiable cultural, linguistic, and/or religious characteristics.

  • Specify as many ethnic or cultural origins as applies.
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Which racial group(s) best describes your child? Select all that apply.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission has explained “race” as socially constructed differences among people based on characteristics such as accent or manner of speech, name, clothing, diet, belief and practices, leisure preferences, places of origin and so forth.

  • Black (African, Afro-Caribbean, African-Canadian descent)
  • East Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese descent)
  • Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, Inuit descent)
  • Latino/Latina/Latinx (Latin American, Hispanic descent)
  • Middle Eastern (Arab, Persian, West Asian descent, e.g. Afghan, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Turkish, Kurdish, etc.)
  • South Asian (South Asian descent, e.g. East Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Indo-Caribbean, etc.)
  • Southeast Asian (Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Indonesian, other Southeast Asian descent)
  • White (European descent)
  • A racial group(s) not listed above (may specify)
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

What is your child’s religion and/or spiritual affiliation? Select all that apply.

Religion and/or spiritual affiliation refers to professed system and confession of faith, including both beliefs and observances or worship. A belief in God or gods, or a single supreme being or deity is not a requisite.

 

  • Agnostic
  • Atheist
  • Buddhist
  • Christian – Catholic
  • Christian – non-Catholic
  • Hindu
  • Indigenous Spirituality
  • Jewish
  • Muslim
  • Sikh
  • Spiritual, but not religious
  • No Religious or Spiritual Affiliation
  • Religion(s) or spiritual affiliation(s) not specified above (may specify):
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

What is your child’s gender?

Gender identity is defined as each person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is a person’s sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex.

  • Female
  • Male
  • Prefer to specify                                      
  • Prefer not to answer

Do you consider your child to be a person with a disability(ies)? Select one answer only.

A disability is any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness. It can also refer to a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability. It can also refer to a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language.  A disability can also refer to a mental disorder. A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers, such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessibly built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society.

 

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

 

If yes, select all that apply:

  • Addiction(s)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Blind or low vision
  • Deaf or hard of hearing
  • Developmental disability(ies)
  • Learning disability(ies)
  • Mental health disability(ies)
  • Mobility
  • Pain
  • Physical disability(ies)
  • Speech impairment
  • Any disability(ies) not listed above (may specify):
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

Who is/are the adult(s) your child lives with most of the time? (Select the best one that describes your child’s living situation):

  • Two parents 
  • One parent 
  • Part of the time with each parent (e.g. in two different households)
  • Parent(s) and other adult family members (e.g. grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.)
  • Only grandparent(s)
  • Foster parent(s)
  • Other adult siblings, relatives or guardians
  • Other (may specify)                                                      
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

Based on your survey responses, do you see your child represented in their learning through the curriculum and resources?

  • Never
  • Sometimes
  • Frequently
  • Always
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Based on your survey responses, do you see your child represented in their learning through the classroom and school environment?

  • Never
  • Sometimes
  • Frequently
  • Always
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

 

View the Grade 9 - Grade 12 Student Demographic Survey Questions

What is/are the first language(s) you learned to speak as a child? Select all that apply.

  • American Sign Language       
  • Albanian
  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese
  • Croatian
  • Dari
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Farsi
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indigenous Language(s) (may specify)                            
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Malayalam
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
  • A language(s) not listed above (may specify)                            
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Do you identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit? If yes, select all that apply:

  • No
  • Yes, First Nations
  • Yes, Métis
  • Yes, Inuit
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

 Were you born in Canada?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

 

If no, are you currently:

  • A Canadian citizen
  • An international student (enrolled through a study permit)
  • A landed immigrant/permanent resident
  • A refugee claimant
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Do you consider yourself a Canadian?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

What is your ethnic or cultural origin(s)? For example, Anishnaabe, Canadian, Chinese, Colombian, Cree, Dutch, East Indian, English, French, Filipino, German, Guyanese, Haudenosaunee, Inuit, Iranian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Korean, Lebanese, Metis, Mi’kmaq, Ojibwe, Pakistani, Portuguese, Scottish, Somali, Sri Lankan, Ukrainian, etc. Specify as many ethnic or cultural origins as applies.

Ethnic groups share a distinctive cultural and historical tradition often associated with race, place of origin, ancestry, or creed. It refers to a person’s ethnic or cultural origins. Ethnic groups have a common identity, heritage, ancestry, or historical past, often with identifiable cultural, linguistic, and/or religious characteristics.

  • Specify as many ethnic or cultural origins as applies
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Which racial group(s) best describes you? Select all that apply.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission has explained “race” as socially constructed differences among people based on characteristics such as accent or manner of speech, name, clothing, diet, belief and practices, leisure preferences, places of origin and so forth.

 

  • Black (African, Afro-Caribbean, African-Canadian descent)
  • East Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese descent)
  • Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, Inuit descent)
  • Latino/Latina/Latinx (Latin American, Hispanic descent)
  • Middle Eastern (Arab, Persian, West Asian descent, e.g. Afghan, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Turkish, Kurdish, etc.)
  • South Asian (South Asian descent, e.g. East Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Indo-Caribbean, etc.)
  • Southeast Asian (Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Indonesian, other Southeast Asian descent)
  • White (European descent)
  • A racial group(s) not listed above (may specify)
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

What is your religion and/or spiritual affiliation? Select all that apply.

Religion and/or spiritual affiliation refers to professed system and confession of faith, including both beliefs and observances or worship. A belief in God or gods, or a single supreme being or deity is not a requisite.

  • Agnostic
  • Atheist
  • Buddhist
  • Christian – Catholic
  • Christian – non-Catholic
  • Hindu
  • Indigenous Spirituality
  • Jewish
  • Muslim
  • Sikh
  • Spiritual, but not religious
  • No Religious or Spiritual Affiliation
  • Religion(s) or spiritual affiliation(s) not specified above (may specify)
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

What is your gender?

Gender identity is defined as each person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is a person’s sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex.

 

  • Female
  • Male                                 
  • Prefer to specify     
  • Prefer not to answer

What is your sexual orientation? Select all that apply.

Sexual orientation refers to a person’s sense of sexual attraction to people of the same or different sex.

  • Asexual
  • Bisexual
  • Gay
  • Lesbian
  • Queer
  • Questioning
  • Pansexual
  • Straight/heterosexual
  • Two-spirit
  • Prefer to specify    
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer                                        

Do you consider yourself to be a person with a disability(ies)? Select one answer only.

A disability is any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness. It can also refer to a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability. It can also refer to a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language. A disability can also refer to a mental disorder. A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers, such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessibly built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society.

 

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

 

If yes, select all that apply:

  • Addiction(s)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Blind or low vision
  • Deaf or hard of hearing
  • Developmental disability(ies)
  • Learning disability(ies)
  • Mental health disability(ies)
  • Mobility
  • Pain
  • Physical disability(ies)
  • Speech impairment
  • Any disability(ies) not listed above (may specify)
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Who is/are the adult(s) you live with most of the time? (Select the best one that describes you):

  • Two parents 
  • One parent (e.g. father only or mother only)
  • Part of the time with each parent (e.g. in two different households)
  • Parent(s) and other adult family members (e.g. grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.)
  • Only grandparent(s)
  • Foster parent(s)
  • Other adult siblings, relatives or guardians
  • Other (may specify) 
  • Prefer not to answer

Based on your survey responses, do you see yourself represented in your learning through the curriculum and resources?

  • Never
  • Sometimes
  • Frequently
  • Always
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

Based on your survey responses, do you see yourself represented in your learning through the classroom and school environment?

  • Never
  • Sometimes
  • Frequently
  • Always
  • Not sure
  • Prefer not to answer

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