Ontario School Boards
This is a list of all the Ontario School Boards available in OCAS systems.
Data Files
- Board List
- Board List, with diacritics (eg. French Characters) substituted with ASCII equivalents
Text File Format
The file BOARD.TXT has the following file layout.
| Position | Length | Data Item Name | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | board_id | N | Board ID |
| 6 | 5 | new_board_id | N | New Board ID |
| 11 | 50 | board_name | A | Board Name |
| 61 | 40 | addr | A | Street Address |
| 101 | 20 | city | A | City |
| 121 | 10 | postalcode | A | Postal Code |
| 131 | 2 | prov_code | A | Province Code |
| 133 | 20 | country | A | Country |
| 153 | 2 | region_code | A | Region Code |
| 155 | 3 | areacd_phone | N | Area Code for Phone |
| 158 | 7 | phone | N | Phone Number |
| 165 | 3 | areacd_fax | N | Area Code for Fax |
| 168 | 7 | fax | N | Fax Number |
| 175 | 1 | lang_prefer | A | Language Preference. 1 = English, 2 = French, 3 = Bilingual |
The board amalgamation has introduced new board numbers and a relationship between the board ids. Board_id contains all of the board ids, new and old. The new_board_id column contains the new board id for old boards that now report to a new board. If this column contains 0, the board does not have a new reporting structure e.g. Private school boards or it is the new board.
Data Type A Alphanumeric left-justified within the field length filled with low-order blanks to the end of the field and contains uppercase only. N numeric right-justified, leading zeros and contains no brackets, dashes or blanks.
region_code
- CE Central
- EA Eastern
- MN Mid-Northern
- NE North-Eastern
- NW North-Western
- WE Western
- OP Out of Province
- OC Out of Country
- Space if Not Known
Usage
This list is presently used by
- Domestic on Demand
- Coltrane
- eTMS