Registration forms and supporting documents

We’ve made PDF registration packages for you to print yourself before you visit us to register. The following registration packages can be completed electronically, but cannot be saved to your computer, so make sure that you are able to print the package as soon as you have finished filling in the forms. You will also need to bring in specific identity documents to register your child for school. We’ve provided examples of the most common documents we accept, although we may accept others, if necessary. Download your registration package, collect your documents, and visit us today!

Catholic students and space availability

Children who are baptized Catholic, or have a parent who is Catholic, are automatically eligible for registration in their community OCSB school. Non-Catholic children will be welcomed on a space availability basis. At this time, there is space available in all of our schools for non-Catholic children.

Immunization records

Don’t forget the important step of updating your child’s immunization records with Ottawa Public Health. While immunization records are not required to register your child in school, students are required to be vaccinated against nine diseases or have a valid exemption. Every year, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reviews the immunization records of all 150,000 students attending schools in Ottawa to make sure the information is up-to-date. Updates on immunizations are crucial to protect the health of students during an infectious disease outbreak. Parents are required to report all immunizations done at the doctor’s office to Ottawa Public Health. Learn more about how to report your child’s vaccines before you register your child in an OCSB school. 

Newcomers to Ottawa or Canada

If you’re new to Ottawa or Canada, and English is not your first language, we can help you register your child for school! Our Family Welcome Centre staff will work with you to make sure your child gets a great education. We proudly embrace diversity and welcome students from all countries. Learn more about how we make a special effort to help newcomer students adjust to life in a new country.

Living in Kanata North? We have a new school for that!

Our latest, brand new, elementary school will open in September 2018 in the Marchwood Lakeside Community of Kanata North, at 785 Goulbourn Forced Road, on the south side of Terry Fox Drive. The new school will welcome students from the existing St. Gabriel School and any new students wishing to attend from the surrounding area. It will open as a Kindergarten to Grade 6 school and will include the same French pathways available in all OCSB schools, along with before-and-after-school care, and a pre-school childcare centre for children 18 months to 12 years old. If you think you might be living in this new school boundary, check out the boundary map at ocsb.ca/newschools.

International students and temporary residents

We proudly embrace diversity and welcome students from all countries. International students are given the opportunity to learn about other cultures and make new friends while receiving quality education. We welcome international students at all grade levels in our schools, from Kindergarten to Grade 12. We make a special effort to help international students adjust to life in a new country.

Validating guardianship

If you are serving as the temporary guardian of a child and would like to register them in one of our schools, you will need to submit a Guardianship form. The document must be dated and signed by the child’s parent, and the temporary guardian. If the child’s parent lives outside of Ontario, please contact the Admissions Department to make an appointment. The following wording is required in the Guardianship form prepared by the parent:

The temporary guardian of this minor student must be over 19 years of age and named to assume daily care and responsibility of the student. The minor student must reside at the temporary guardian’s residence. This temporary guardianship letter will serve as a legal document that will allow the guardian to act in place of the parent(s) in times of emergency as well as day to day care and supervision of the student including attendance issues, discipline, and academics. The parent maintains all custodial rights and may terminate this agreement at any time.