School Choice in Canada: Diversity Along the Wild–Domesticated Continuum

Abstract

Policies governing school choice in each of Canada’s 10 provinces are summarized and then compared using a conceptual continuum contrasting “domesticated” and “wild” organizations. Analysis focuses on the evolution of school choice in the six most populous provinces accounting for 93% of the Canadian population. Ontario, the largest province, accounting for 38% of population, emerges as displaying the greatest contrast between highly domesticated public schools and notably wild nonpublic schools.