Northern SS status for the 2026-2027 school year is a “Secondary School Without a Boundary (SSWAB)”. Find more info from the TDSB here and here.
Steps for families to follow when applying to Northern SS:
- Go to the TDSB “Find Your School” tool here.
- Northern SS has a small Collegiate home school boundary. Students who by home address that fall into that Collegiate home school boundary DO NOT have to apply through the SSWAB process.
- Students who ARE in NSS’s Collegiate home school boundary: No further action NOW.
- When submitting grade 9 course in myBlueprint, select Northern SS (Feb-March, 2026)
- Students who ARE NOT in NSS’s Collegiate home school boundary: must complete the "Secondary School without a Boundary” application, which is found in the Out-of-Area Admissions application found here.
More detailed SSWAB Application Info:
- The Secondary Schools without a Boundary (SSWAB) are:
- Central Technical School
- Central Toronto Academy
- Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
- Western Technical-Commercial School
- Northern Secondary School*
*Northern SS has a small Collegiate home school boundary. Check your Collegiate home school boundary here. Students who by home address that fall into that Collegiate home school boundary DO NOT have to apply through the SSWAB process
* Students wishing to attend Northern Secondary School who do not live within the Collegiate home school boundary for NSS must apply through this process to attend Northern Secondary School.
- Apply for SSWAB admissions here. The application for SSWAB can be found within the Secondary Out-of-Area Admissions application.
Applicants can opt to apply for:
- One Out-of-Area Option
- One Secondary School without a Boundary Option (SSWAB)
- Both an Out-of-Area option and a Secondary School without a Boundary option
- Check the full explanation of SSWAB Admission Priorities here.
Priority 1: siblings at the SSWAB school in 2026-2027 (siblings must have been in attendance September 2024, grade 11 and 12 in September 2026)
Priority 2: 30% of seats reserved for students interested in technological studies. Please note, if admitted through the technological study priority, students MUST take a technology studies course all 4 years of study at NSS.
Priority 3: students residing in North Toronto' s collegiate home school catchment. Please note: students who fall into priority 3 are NOT ELIGIBLE for priority 2.
Priority 4: TDSB students
Secondary Out-of-Area Admissions dates:
The Secondary Out-of-Area Admissions application for September 2026 will open on January 5, 2026 and close at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 23, 2026.
Offers of placement will be made on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. These offers will expire on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Where seats are available, offers will be made on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. These offers will expire on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
Final offers will be made on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. These last offers expire Friday, February 27, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Waitlists expire Wednesday, February 25, 2026
TDSB Students must finalize their acceptance by completing and submitting the corresponding course selection for the accepted school in myBlueprint no later than Monday, March 3, 2025.
- Northern is NOT a “Centralized Student Interest" school. The dates for application to these schools happen in November 2025. For more info please click here.
If you have any questions please call 416-393-0270 or email northern@tdsb.on.ca
For more information please find our Welcome Grade 8s Google site here: https://sites.google.com/tdsb.on.ca/welcomegr8shomepage/departments