In the former Toronto Board of Education, specific schools were established to provide technical and commercial programming. Currently, these former Technical and Commercial schools provide a full complement of courses and programs to support students on their journeys to University, College, Apprenticeship or the workplace.
The legacy technical and commercial boundaries for the five schools listed below have been dissolved to expand access to all students in Toronto. Beginning with admissions for September 2025, all interested students must apply for entry to a Secondary School without a Boundary (SSWAB) regardless of where they live (see below for details, including application deadline).
The Secondary Schools without a Boundary are:
- Central Technical School
- Central Toronto Academy
- Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
- Western Technical-Commercial School
- Northern Secondary School*
* Students wishing to attend Northern Secondary School who do not live within the Collegiate boundary for that school must apply through this process to attend Northern Secondary School.
Application Details
The application for SSWAB can be found within the Secondary Out-of-Area Admissions application. The application for September 2027 will open January 4, 2027 and close January 22, 2027 at 4:00 p.m.
Applicants can opt to apply for:
- One Out-of-Area Option
- One Secondary School without a Boundary Option
- Both an Out-of-Area option and a Secondary School without a Boundary option
If both an Out-of-Area option and a Secondary School without a Boundary option are selected, applicants must rank their two choices as first and second.
Learn more about the dissolution of the legacy technical and commercial boundaries
Learn more about the Admission Priorities for Secondary Schools without a Boundary