Support Catholic Education

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Change your School Support Online

Please visit the MPAC Online School Support Designation website. MPAC has a Customer Contact Centre to assist with the online school support tool, as outlined here. The Region’s GIS Locator can be used to find your property’s roll number, simply search any address within the region and click on the subject property.

Are you a Catholic Ratepayer?

Please make sure your Direction of School Support is English Separate (Catholic). It’s a powerful message in support of Waterloo Region’s Catholic schools & Catholic education in Ontario.

When you identify yourself as an English Separate school supporter, you help promote a strong political voice through your Trustee representative in ensuring rights to Catholic education for the young people in our province.

In School Board elections, only English Separate school supporters may vote for Catholic School Trustees. The Direction of School Support also determines the number of Catholic School Trustees to be elected to the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.

You don’t have to have a child in a Catholic school to support Catholic education

In Waterloo Region there are more people who DO NOT have children in school than DO have children in school. The support of all eligible English Separate school supporters is vital to the continuation of our Catholic education system. It is an investment in our future and all Catholic ratepayers are partners with Catholic educators in this investment.

Have you moved?

Even if you have been an English Separate school supporter in the past, the Direction of School Support designation DOES NOT follow you when you move. Every time you move, it is essential that you re-declare yourself as an English Separate school supporter.

How to verify your registration as an English Separate school supporter

  • Check the assessment section of your Tax Bill or Property Assessment Notice
  • Check your last Voter Information Card received during a municipal election year.

What to do if you are not an English Separate school supporter?

If you are NOT registered as an English Separate school supporter but want to designate your support to Catholic education you can:

1) Change your School Support Online

Please visit the MPAC Online School Support Designation website. MPAC has a Customer Contact Centre to assist with the online school support tool, as outlined here.

2) Download PDF Application Forms

Alternatively, you may fill out the Application for Direction of School Support. When a Roman Catholic and a non-Catholic are jointly responsible for the payment of property taxes — either directly through ownership or indirectly through the payment of rent — the Attestation of Unit Support section of the application must be completed.

  • If you are unable to direct your school support online, and you opted to complete the application forms, please submit them to your child’s school.
  • If you do not have children attending school, please drop your forms at your nearest WCDSB school – or drop them at (or mail them to) the WCDSB head office: 35 Weber St., W., Kitchener, ON, N2G 4G2.

If you have any questions, please contact the Waterloo Catholic District School Board at 519-578-3660 Ext. 2355.