Why Toronto parents choose StudyPug Learning: marks that move, on the record
Since the pandemic, more parents have been looking for a good online tutoring programme in Toronto - somewhere their child can work through English, math, physics, chemistry and the AP courses efficiently from home. It takes the drive across the city out of the week, and the student covers the elementary and secondary syllabus safely at home, clearing the hard parts as they come up.
We run online tutoring and academic planning for students across Toronto, from elementary through Grade 12. Focused lessons, teachers who know the syllabus, and marks that move - for parents who want a Toronto tutoring class their child can take at home.
A senior advisor reads the Grade 9 and 10 reports against the OSSD credit map and finds the mark that will cost the student later - usually de-streamed Grade 9 math on the way into MCR3U, or the first English credit. Homework, review and exam work then belong to one plan.
An Ontario-certified teacher writes it and teaches it, one-to-one or in a small group, treating the Grade 11 and 12 U-level courses that carry an offer as the priority they are.
Lessons run online each week, so no evening disappears into a bus transfer or the 401, and one teacher sees a credit through from September. Parents get regular feedback and a stage assessment in writing.
Courses follow the Ontario curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 12 - English, math, physics, chemistry, biology and science - each lesson backed by a large graded question bank. EQAO Grade 9 math and the OSSLT in Grade 10 are part of the work.
Our teachers hold Ontario certification and twenty years in the classroom. They wrote the courses themselves, credit by credit, and teaching is always paired with practice, because that is what shifts a grade.
The StudyPug platform has served a million students and is adopted by local Canadian school boards. A Toronto student studies on that system from home in North York, Scarborough or Etobicoke, and our own progression rate stands at 98%.
Grade 1-12 English on the Ontario curriculum, split by grade and reading level, with ESL support for students newly arrived in Canada and a straight run at the OSSLT in Grade 10. A licensed teacher becomes the online English tutor, through to ENG4U.
Grade 8-12 math in small groups: de-streamed Grade 9 math, MPM2D, MCR3U, then MHF4U, MCV4U and MDM4U in Grade 12, with contest work alongside. Every topic is taught, then drilled until it holds.
AP Calculus, Psychology, Computer Science, Economics and Statistics, taught by AP specialists who set the practice and run the question bank. For a Toronto student an AP score is what lifts a U-level transcript out of the pile at a US admissions office.
SPH3U and SPH4U, SCH3U and SCH4U, SBI3U and SBI4U, taught topic by topic on a platform school boards recognise, with the Grade 12 courses that engineering and life-science programmes ask for treated as the priority.
Coding taught by engineers who have shipped software for a living. Students build games and programs of their own - useful later for a Waterloo or U of T computing application.
Senior mentors and a local essay team work coursework and extracurriculars together, for students applying through OUAC on their top six Grade 12 U and M courses to U of T, Waterloo, Queen's, Western and McMaster, and across the border. In 2025-26 our students took 65 US offers and 54 private school offers.
English, math, science and coding - every academic need covered
Elementary fundamentals through AP Calculus and competition coaching.
Reading, writing, and analysis from K-12 through AP English.
Build confidence with professional public speaking and presentation training.
Professional English skills for adult learners — fast, guaranteed results.
Targeted preparation for the standardized exams your child needs.
University planning, extracurricular strategy, and exam consultations for every grade.
SSAT tutoring, interview coaching, and admissions support for private schools.
Application essays and a proven strategy for Canadian and US university admissions.
We know the steps a US application takes. One advisor stays with your child from the school list to the offer.
Toronto, Canada is the country's largest city and its political, economic, cultural and transport centre, and a well-known international city. Toronto has been rated by UN-Habitat as one of the world's most liveable cities for years running, and it is also among the safest and most prosperous cities anywhere, with one of the highest standards of living. Its education system, the number of strong elementary and secondary schools, and its universities draw international students and immigrant families in large numbers.
Universities in the Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is home to several of Canada's best-known universities, covering business, engineering, computer science, art and design, and media.
The University of Toronto is one of Canada's leading public research universities, founded in 1827, with a strong reputation in teaching and research. It offers undergraduate and graduate programmes across the humanities, sciences, engineering, business and medicine. In the QS World University Rankings 2026 it places 29th in the world and 1st in Canada.
York University is one of Canada's large comprehensive universities, with a wide undergraduate and graduate course list. Its Schulich School of Business is well known in business and management education, covering business administration, finance and marketing among other streams.
Toronto Metropolitan University sits in downtown Toronto and puts its weight on applied learning, innovation and career outcomes. Programmes span business, engineering, computer science, media, art and design, and health sciences.
OCAD University is Canada's long-established art and design university, founded in Toronto in 1876. It concentrates on art, design and digital media, with an emphasis on creative practice and cross-disciplinary study.
Schools in the Greater Toronto Area
The GTA has a complete public school system, made up of four streams: English public, English Catholic, French public and French Catholic.
The GTA covers five regions: Durham Region, Halton Region, Peel Region, the City of Toronto and York Region. Each has its own school board, providing education from kindergarten through the end of secondary school.
French public and French Catholic education is available across the GTA as well, giving eligible students a full French-language route.
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is the public school board for the city of Toronto, formed in January 1998 from the merger of seven boards. It is the largest board in Canada, with 558 public schools - 451 elementary and 102 secondary. Students attend a school near the address of their guardian. TDSB covers elementary through secondary, including the Grade 1-12 core subjects, electives and specialist programmes such as ESL (English as a Second Language, to build the English of students newly arrived in Canada), alongside a wide range of extracurricular activities, from cultural clubs to sport.
TDSB secondary school runs from Grade 9 to Grade 12 on a credit system. To graduate, a student completes 30 credits by the end of Grade 12 (18 compulsory, 12 elective), passes the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test), completes 40 hours of community volunteer service, and finishes six Grade 12 university- or college-preparation courses. Once secondary school is done, TDSB helps students choose a school and apply to the right university- Ontario alone has 20 universities and 25 colleges - and students can also apply elsewhere in Canada, or to the US, the UK and Australia.
Below is the Fraser Institute ranking of Toronto secondary schools, from its Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools:
St. Michael's Choir School sits in downtown Toronto and currently ranks first among the city's secondary schools. It has also held first place in the Ontario secondary rankings for several years running. It is a private boys' school run in partnership with the Toronto Catholic District School Board. The school was founded in 1937, and in 1987 the St. Michael's Choir School Foundation was established to support school activities and fund students.
St. Michael's Choir School teaches Grade 3 to Grade 12, and its distinguishing feature is that academics and music carry equal weight. The regular academic programme is provided through the Toronto Catholic District School Board; the music side the school runs itself. Every student studies classical piano and music theory, and may take up a second instrument.
Admission is highly selective. For the elementary school, the student or a parent must be Catholic; entry is decided on academic record and an audition. For the secondary school, an applicant needs to be strong in French and in music as well. The school admits 25 students a year, and total enrolment is around 275.
Ursula Franklin Academy, or UFA, admits students from across the city of Toronto. Founded in 1995, it is named after the scientist and pacifist Ursula Franklin. The school was built to serve the surrounding community and to develop enquiry, justice and democratic instincts in its students. It combines related fields of knowledge, uses technology and academic method creatively, and offers advanced courses in English, the arts and applied science - preparation for university, and for the careers that follow.
UFA is small but academically strong, and the atmosphere is serious. Every student is expected to do well in the regular academic programme and to develop a particular strength alongside it. One distinctive feature: regular classes run four days a week, and Wednesday is given over entirely to courses the students choose themselves. They sign up monthly - neuroscience and other medical subjects, chess, skiing, beach volleyball. Note that Ursula Franklin Academy has no ESL programme, and therefore no ESL students.
Leaside High School serves Toronto's Leaside neighbourhood and is one of the city's top public schools. Its students have placed near the front of the Ontario secondary rankings for years, and teaching quality is high. The school looks after more than marks, though: it puts real effort into developing individual strengths, runs a long list of events each year, and recognises the students who stand out in them. Leaside has taken first or top-three places for several consecutive years in TDSSAA City and TDSSAA Regional athletics, and it sends teams to events such as the ECOO computer competition at York University, where its students perform well.
Alongside individual strengths, Leaside pays attention to balance. Students are encouraged into community activity, and take part willingly - which gives international and newly arrived students more ways into a new group and into local life, and helps them settle into Canadian life and culture quickly. The school wants its graduates to leave rounded, capable and useful to the community around them.
A Y Jackson Secondary School is a public school under the Toronto District School Board. Founded in 1970, it is named after the Canadian painter A.Y. Jackson. In the forty years and more since, it has offered students from many cultural backgrounds a wide course and activity list, held to a tradition built on academic results, and pushed students into art and community service - which is why students, parents and the wider community speak well of it.
A Y Jackson offers courses such as Grade 12 Economics, AP Calculus and AP Physics, visual art, Math, Computer Science and Physics. It also encourages students into school teams, clubs, community service and arts projects, filling out school life, developing their cultural and artistic interests, and building the instinct to contribute.
There is no shortage of education providers in Toronto, so the question is which one is worth your time. StudyPug Learning is a Canadian company with 25 years of academic planning and tutoring behind it, teaching on the StudyPug platform, which has served a million students, with a teacher team that holds Canadian teaching certification and years of online teaching experience. We select and train the teachers who work on academic planning and tutoring ourselves, build the courses on the local curriculum, and keep the range wide enough to meet every academic need a student has. Visit the site for more on education in Toronto.
For students in Toronto looking for an experienced private tutor, we recommend our math and science team - experienced teachers holding Canadian teaching certification, teaching one-to-one as well as in small groups. To find the right tutor, see our teacher profiles.
There are many tutoring schools in Toronto, and choosing the best one for your child takes a little sorting. StudyPug Learning has 25 years of teaching experience in Canada, teaches on the StudyPug platform, which has served a million students, and has a teacher team holding Canadian certification with substantial online teaching experience. We select and train our tutors ourselves, build the courses on the local curriculum, and keep the range wide enough to cover whatever a student needs. Visit the site to find the course that fits.
Since the pandemic, more parents have been looking for a good online tutoring programme in Toronto - somewhere their child can work through English, math, physics, chemistry and the AP courses efficiently from home. It takes the drive across the city out of the week, and the student covers the elementary and secondary syllabus safely at home, clearing the hard parts as they come up.
Want a tutor available around the clock? We recommend StudyPug, the online learning site adopted by Canadian school boards. It follows the Ontario curriculum and covers Grade 3-12 subjects and university-level material as well. A stable platform, lesson and worked-solution videos from licensed teachers, and a question bank deep enough to keep going - so a student in Toronto has guidance at home and the marks to show for it. If you are looking in another city, see Vancouver tutoring, Burnaby tutoring and Surrey tutoring.
There are many tutoring schools in Toronto, and finding the best one for your child takes some comparison. StudyPug Learning has 25 years of teaching experience in Canada, teaches on the StudyPug platform, which has served a million students, and its teachers hold Canadian certification and have taught online for years. We select and train our tutors ourselves, build every course on the local curriculum, and keep the range wide enough to meet whatever a student needs. Visit the site to find the right course.
Before choosing a Toronto math class or tutor, settle a few things first: which grade the student is in, whether the aim is to get ahead of the next credit, whether the trouble is in-school work and homework, or whether a contest or a Grade 12 U-level exam is the target.
Our math team holds Ontario certification and teaches de-streamed Grade 9 math through MPM2D, MCR3U, MHF4U, MCV4U and MDM4U, one-to-one or in small groups. To find the right class, see our math courses. To find the right teacher, see our teacher profiles.
Before choosing English training or an English tutor in Toronto, we suggest parents settle a few questions first: the student's grade and current level of English, whether the aim is to move out of ELL quickly, whether they need to build a reading and writing habit, whether they need help with in-school English and homework, or whether they are preparing for an English exam.
We recommend our English team - experienced teachers holding Canadian teaching certification, teaching one-to-one as well as in small groups. To find the right English class, see our English courses. To find the right teacher, see our teacher profiles.
For math competition coaching in Toronto, we recommend our senior math teachers and our competition preparation courses. Experienced coaches holding Canadian teaching certification teach one-to-one competition sessions as well as small-group classes. To find the right competition class, see our test preparation courses. To find the right teacher, see our teacher profiles.
Great tutoring. My teacher took me from shaky Grade 10 algebra to comfortable in MCV4U, and the mark went up two levels by the end of the year. It is a calm place to work. If you like math and want to push it further, come.
The teachers know the Ontario courses properly and the lessons are thorough. My son was behind after his de-streamed Grade 9 math year and finished Grade 10 with a mark he was proud of. Online suited us, and there is an in-person option too.
Good reputation, and they understand the Ontario application side - they built my daughter's top six around her U of T and Waterloo choices. Recommended.
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