Previously the district operated French-language schools in addition to English-language schools. As of May 1980 the district operated five of the seven public French-language schools in
Metropolitan Toronto, with the other two being operated by the
North York Board of Education. The Metropolitan Separate School Board required any potential student to have at least one French-speaking parent before being admitted to a French-speaking school. One of the francophone schools operated by the board was the Ecole Sacre Coeur, which first opened in 1891 in a building basement and moved to its own facility in 1896. In the year it started, Toronto had 130 francophone families. As of , all French-language public schools in Toronto are operated by the
Conseil scolaire Viamonde and the
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. Meanwhile, the Board operated and funded two schools that they were part of since 1967 namely
De La Salle College and
St. Michael's College School. The schools, however, were re-privatized in 1985 and 1994 (although De La Salle spent almost 7 years with the board). In addition, three high schools such as
Brother Edmund Rice,
Marian Academy, and
Regina Pacis were run by the Metropolitan Separate School Board. Both schools were closed between 2001 and 2002 due to low enrolment and the facilities were later reused. Also there was a
Don Bosco which was also closed in 2017 due to low enrolment and as well was reused. ==See also==