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.
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What is/are the first language(s) your child first learned to speak? Select all that apply. |
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Does your child identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit? If yes, select all that apply: |
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Was your child born in Canada? |
If no, is your child currently:
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Do you consider your child to be a Canadian? |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
If yes, select all that apply:
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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): |
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Based on your survey responses, do you see your child represented in their learning through the curriculum and resources? |
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Based on your survey responses, do you see your child represented in their learning through the classroom and school environment? |
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What is/are the first language(s) you learned to speak as a child? Select all that apply. |
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Do you identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit? If yes, select all that apply: |
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Were you born in Canada? |
If no, are you currently:
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Do you consider yourself a Canadian? |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
If yes, select all that apply:
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Who is/are the adult(s) you live with most of the time? (Select the best one that describes you): |
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Based on your survey responses, do you see yourself represented in your learning through the curriculum and resources? |
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Based on your survey responses, do you see yourself represented in your learning through the classroom and school environment? |
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