More than a quarter of Ontario's schools experience teacher shortages every day, and nearly half experience daily shortages for educational assistants. According to one Northern Ontario secondary school principal, "We are holding on by a thread and we are hiring warm bodies, not the best for the job, just someone to fill a job."
New results from People for Education's 2023-24 Annual Ontario School Survey show staff shortages are an issue across the province. The data are based on responses from 1,030 of Ontario's publicly funded schools, representing all regions of the province and 70 of Ontario's 72 school boards.
