General information and links, as well as pages on legal requirements in each Canadian province
The Canadian Alliance of Home Schoolers was founded in 1979 by Wendy Priesnitz as Canada's first homeschooling support
group. It is no longer operating, but Wendy continues to write, speak and advocate about learning without schooling around
the world. For ideas and inspiration about learner-directed education (also known as self-directed learning, natural learning,
unschooling, homeschooling, life learning and child-directed home-based learning)
Saskatchewan Home Based Educators (SHBE) is the official voice of home-based educators in Saskatchewan. We assist in
creating a positive social network and a positive political environment for all those who choose home-based education. We
also provide supportive, social and instructional resources for our members.
The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents (OFTP) is a provincial homeschool group providing support to homeschooling
families and information on home-based education to our members and the public at large.
As a collective voice for the homeschooling community in Ontario, OFTP also serves as an advocacy group and link between
the homeschooling community and the provincial government, school boards and other agencies. Through our liaison work with
the Ministry of Education, we were instrumental in bringing about an official change in the Ontario government's policy towards
homeschoolers, released in June 2002 as Policy/Program Memorandum #131.
OFTP is non-profit, run by volunteers, and open to all homelearning families, inclusive of all languages, all faiths/philosophies
and all educational styles. We enable networking among our members through our newsletter, online homeschool discussion groups
and home-based learning conferences.
Nova Scotia Home Education Association
NSHEA represents a growing number of families committed to quality education of their children at home.
The purpose of the organization is: to safeguard the rights of homeschooling families, to promote awareness of homeschooling
within the province, and to represent their interests at provincial and local levels.
We welcome your support in achieving these goals. NSHEA is non-denominational and inclusive. It represents families that
have a wide variety of reasons for educating their children at home and use many diverse methods to accomplish their goals.
The Alberta Home Education Association (AHEA) began as the response to challenges that had begun to plague home educators
in the province of Alberta. Home education had, for many years, been the domain of families who had poor access to regular
educational facilities, due to distance and other factors.
In the seventies, a movement began that was to change the face of education in Alberta. More parents were becoming concerned
about the secularization of education in the province, and as a result, alternative education methods began to spring up.
Included in the movement was a growing body of parents who decided that educating their children at home was the preferred
method. For some, the school authorities were supportive, but for many more, the authorities were hostile. Because of the
small numbers in this environment, school authorities found it easy to intimidate parents, and methods of appeal were limited.
As a result, a small but knowledgeable group of parents decided to develop a provincial organization. On November 26th,
1986, AHEA registered under the Societies Act of Alberta.
Welcome to the BC Homeschool Association
Homeschooling is one of the four educational options that parents are choosing for their children in Canada, along with
public school, private school, and distance education.
Homeschooling was the original school; however, it has only been in the last decade or two that parents are taking a
closer look at the quality of education that their children are receiving and the environment in which it is being administered.
The reasons to assume the responsibility to school one's own children at home are varied, but one thing is very certain: this
educational option is here to stay!
This website is here to provide the homeschooler with a central source of information on homeschooling. We hope it can
help you to determine if it is a viable educational option for your family, and to assist you in the task of teaching your
children.
