Ontario Building New School in Caledon

Province more than doubles funding to build new schools, faster

DUFFERIN-CALEDON — The Ontario government is investing $32.5 million in the Peel District School Board for the new Mayfield West #2 Public School, helping working families in Caledon, as announced by Sylvia Jones, Member of Provincial Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon.

This will support the creation of 850 student spaces and 73 licensed child care spaces in Caledon as part of the government’s commitment to building state-of-the-art learning spaces for Ontario students.

This project is part of a $1.3 billion plan that more than doubles funding to build new schools and expansions, including child care spaces, announced by Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, as part of the Capital Priorities Program.

“Our government is proud is support the Peel Dufferin School Board for the construction of a new public school in South Caledon,” said Sylvia Jones, MPP for Dufferin-Caledon. “This investment demonstrates our government’s commitment to continue to build schools so children can learn close to home.”

The overall investment, which is the highest ever made in a single year, supports the creation of more than 27,000 new student spaces and more than 1,700 licensed child care spaces at schools across Ontario.

“Our government is more than doubling the funding to build new schools, which represents the single largest investment in school building in Ontario history,” said Minister Lecce. “We are stepping up with a massive investment to build the homes, schools, and communities our province needs, and to ensure children have access to state-of-the-art schools close to home that gives them real life and job skills to succeed in the future. I want to reiterate my thanks to MPP Sylvia Jones for her relentless advocacy for local families.”

Ontario’s government unveiled a new plan to build faster, including providing school boards with more flexibility and support to get shovels in the ground quicker and have more options to use existing buildings in their communities. These changes are part of the government’s plan to ensure that the public education system focuses on what matters most: important life-long skills such as reading, writing and math; improving accountability and transparency for parents and families; and maximizing capital assets.

“Our government is investing in new schools and improved infrastructure across the province to support the needs of Ontario’s students, families, and growing communities.” said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure. “These are part of our historic investment of more than $190 billion over the next ten years to build and deliver the critical infrastructure Ontarians deserve today, and for future generations to come.”

“This is wonderful news about the approval of a much-needed, new grade K-8 elementary school in the Peel District School Board’s Mayfield West Phase 2 development area, in Caledon,” said Stan Cameron, Caledon Peel District School Board Trustee. “The creation of a new school here will be welcome news for our children, families and staff. The addition of child-care spaces for infants, toddlers and pre-school children, as part of this approval will measurably help many of our families. Thank you Minister Lecce, Dufferin-Caledon MPP Jones, and Ministry staff for this recognition of our community’s school needs.”  

The 2024 Budget: Building a Better Ontario continues to support the province’s work being delivered in the Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act to build schools faster and better use taxpayer-funded assets.

Mayfield West #2 Public School will be located at a site to be acquired in Caledon.

QUICK FACTS

  • In December 2023, the Ministry of Education announced Ontario’s plan to help build schools faster through a transparent, accountable and more efficient process. In the recent Capital Priorities round, school boards were encouraged to standardize the design of new school construction, identify opportunities to work together on joint-use school projects, and bring forward shovel ready proposals.
  • Since 2018, the Ontario government has invested more than $3.6 billion in capital construction projects in education, including 139 new schools, 109 additions and renovations to existing facilities, creating more than 98,000 student spaces and over 8,000 new licensed child care spaces.
  • For the 2023-24 school year, the province is providing school boards with approximately $1.4 billion in funding to revitalize and renew aged building systems and components.
  • The investment is part of Ontario’s commitment to provide about $16 billion to support new school construction, repair, and renewal over 10 years.
  • The Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 ensures the public education system focuses on what matters most: teaching important life‑long skills such as reading, writing and math; improving accountability and transparency for parents and families; maximizing capital assets of boards to support building modern schools faster and better utilizing current school capacity.
  • Ontario secured a $13.2 billion agreement with the federal government that will lower fees for families to an average of $10 a day for children under the age of six under the Canada‑wide Early Learning and Child Care system.

This will support the creation of 850 student spaces and 73 licensed child care spaces in Brampton as part of the government’s commitment to building state-of-the-art learning spaces for Ontario.

MPP CONTACT INFO

Heather Grégoire, EA for Sylvia Jones, MPP Dufferin-Caledon

Heather.gregoire@pc.ola.org