- Registration

Registration

How to start the registration process?

Families must complete an ONLINE registration for DMCI and all TDSB high schools

For help with the online registration, please call 416-395-3192 ext 20040, and our guidance office assistant can support you with the registration process.

1. If you are currently a student in a Canadian school, you need to start the registration process via the TDSB website. Please CLICK HERE to access the registration site.

2. If you are a newcomer to Canada wishing to enter Don Mills CI, you will also need to start your registration online. To access the site CLICK HERE. Newcomers will also need to visit the Georges Vanier Newcomer Reception Centre. Students usually spend a full day in the reception centre, involved in activities designed to assess individual students' educational backgrounds, levels of proficiency in English and Mathematics, learning styles, strengths and needs. Don Mills C.I. will help arrange an appointment for you at the newcomer reception centre and provide guidance on how to proceed with registration.

What you need to register: required documentation

The following documents are required when registering a child to attend a tdsb school:

proof of age (birth certificate, canadian passport, canadian citizenship card or certificate or baptismal record).

proof of student’s address – choose any of the documents below, one from each category, showing the home address (bills must bear the name of the legal parent/guardian and be mailed to the registration address):

category a: property tax bill / mpac notice of assessment; current mortgage statement, rental / lease agreement, or deed ; agreement of purchase and sale, including proof of purchase provided before the pupil attends the school, and;

category b: utility bill / e-bill (i.e. hydro, water, residential phone/cable/internet bill, enbridge, insurance policy – home, tenant or auto); other official/government documents confirming residence requirements (i.e. cra notice of assessment, statement of old age, security t4 (oas) or statement of canada pension plan benefits, etc.); original correspondence from a government agency, legal clinic, etc. may be accepted as a second proof of address document

documents not acceptable in category a or b: driver’s license; health card; credit card statement; cell phone bill and/or cell phone e-bill

students from schools outside ontario: you will need your newcomer assessment result to be scheduled in the appropriate english and math level. dmci will provide you with direction on how this will be completed.

proof of immunization (the card that shows a list of needles your child has received):
1. report online www.toronto.ca/studentvaccines.
2. if unable to report online, parents can provide immunization information to the school and the school will mail a copy to toronto public health. toronto public health accepts and translates foreign immunization records.
3. if requesting an exemption, call 416-338-7600 and select option two for immunization.

Out of area admissions - formally known as optional attendance

Students who do not live in the don mills ci area but are interested in attending can apply to dmci through the "out of area admissions process. to discover if you are in the dmci home school area, please use FIND MY SCHOOL. You can also discover if DMCI is "open" for out of area admissions. Depending on school capacity, out-of-area admissions can fluctuate from close, limited, or open. Out of Area admission application dates will be available in November. The deadline to submit your application is typically towards the end of January but check the "out-of-area" website for details.

For more information about Out of Area Admissions and to apply - please visit: TDSB Out of Area Admissions website

The Gifted Program at DMCI is a placement program. Only students who are granted a "placement offer" at DMCI via a TDSB, IPRC committee are timetabled into the gifted program at DMCI.

The CyberArts program at DMCI is a "Central Special Interest Program" Any student may apply for any special interest program.

The online application for special interest programs open from November 24, 2025 to December 12, 2025 at noon. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available in a program, all eligible applicants will be included in the random selection process. This is done centrally at the TDSB and not locally at DMCI.

Students can apply to up to two Centralized Programs or Schools. If applying for two choices, the applications must be ranked. If accepted to the first-choice program, they will not be considered for their second choice.

Students may also opt to be considered in other programs/schools of the same focus that have availability if they are not selected for their desired school.