Education Development Charges

The Education Act and Ontario Regulation 20/98 provides school boards, across the province of Ontario, with the authority to imposed Education Development Charges (EDCs).  Durham District School Board has had an EDC By-law in place since January 1, 1995.  The current EDC By-law is the sixth By-law approved by the Board. 

EDCs provide a source of funding for growth-related education land costs which are not funded by capital grant allocations under the Province’s capital funding model.  

EDCs are imposed on all development and redevelopment of lands as outlined in the EDC By-law. 

2024
2024 EDC By-law
Background Study 
Education Development Charges Background Study, February 13, 2024 
Notice of Public Meetings

Notice of Public Meetings

  • 1st Meeting: Policy Review - February 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
  • 2nd Meeting - Successor By-Law - February 28, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
  • 3rd Meeting - April 15, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m.

 

2020 Information Update

Durham District School Board and Durham Catholic District School Board

2019 EDC By-law

The Durham District School Board and the Durham Catholic District School Board each passed an Education Development Charges (EDC) By-law on April 10, 2019 and April 15, 2019 respectively, which came into force on May 1, 2019.

This notice is to advise that the per residential dwelling unit EDC rate, including any outstanding EDC forms, will be increasing effective May 1, 2020, as shown in the table below.  

Per Residential
Dwelling Unit

May 1, 2019
to 
April 30, 2020

May 1, 2020
to
April 30, 2021

May 1, 2021
to
April 30, 2022

May 1, 2022
to
April 30, 2023

May 1, 2023
to
April 30, 2024

Durham District
School Board

$2,249

$2,549

$2,849

$3,149

$3,449

Durham Catholic 
District School Board

$1,086

$1,386

$1,686

$1,986

$2,286

Total Residential
EDC Rates

$3,335

$3,935

$4,535

$5,135

$5,735

 

2019

Notice of Passing Education Development Charges By-law

Education Development Charges By-law, 2019

Education Development Charges Pamphlet, 2019

Notice of Public Meetings

  • 1st Meeting - March 26, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m.
  • 2nd Meeting - March 26, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
  • 3rd Meeting - April 10, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m.

Educational Development Charges Background Study and Review of Education Development Charges Policies - March 8, 2019

Questions?

For further information on Educational Development Charges for the respective Boards, please contact: 


Accommodation Coordinator and Senior Planner
Durham District School Board
400 Taunton Road East
Whitby, ON L1R 2K6
(905) 666-6086

Jody Dale
Assistant Planner
Durham Catholic District School Board
650 Rossland Road West
Oshawa, ON L1J 7C4
905.576.6150 ext. 22211
jody.dale@dcdsb.ca