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, 2025)
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 2025-2026
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:
Online application form open from January 5 to January 23, 2026 at 4 p.m.
Round 1:
Families to be informed of the status of the application on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 before the end of the day.
Families must confirm acceptance of the offer by Tuesday, February 17 at 4 p.m.
Round 2:
Families to be updated on the status of the application on February 18, 2026.
Families must confirm acceptance of the offer by February 24 at 4 p.m.
Final Round:
Families to be updated of the final status of the application on February 25, 2026.
Families must confirm acceptance of the offer by February 27 at 4 p.m.
All waitlists expire at the end of the day on February 25, 2026.
SSWAB FAQs: click here
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.