Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board TBCDSB
Thunder Bay, Ontario · Catholic · English
EQAO performance
Students at or above the provincial standard (2022-2023, EQAO). Green means at or above the Ontario average.
Grade 3
Grade 6
Secondary
How TBCDSB ranks in Ontario
Ranked against the 76 Ontario school boards with published EQAO results, by the mean of the assessments each board sat (2022-2023).
TBCDSB places highest on Grade 6 Writing (#6 of 75) and lowest on OSSLT Literacy (#36 of 71).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 Writing | 87.8% | #6 of 75 | 93 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 85.1% | #14 of 75 | 82 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 66.9% | #15 of 75 | 81 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 74.1% | #16 of 75 | 80 |
| Grade 9 Math | 51% | #22 of 71 | 70 |
| Grade 6 Math | 46.3% | #26 of 75 | 66 |
| Grade 3 Math | 57.7% | #30 of 75 | 61 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 81% | #36 of 71 | 50 |
Student success
How TBCDSB students are doing: four years of EQAO results against the province, and graduation and credit accumulation from the Ministry of Education's May 2026 school board progress table
Grade 3, at or above the provincial standard
EQAO primary assessment, share of fully participating students at level 3 or 4 (the provincial standard), from EQAO open data
Grade 6, at or above the provincial standard
EQAO junior assessment, share of fully participating students at level 3 or 4
Grade 9 mathematics and the literacy test
Grade 9 assessment of mathematics, share at level 3 or 4, and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, share of first-time eligible students who were successful
Graduation and credits, Ministry progress report
From the Ministry of Education's school board progress table, May 2026: graduation and credit accumulation for every Ontario board, with the change on the previous year
Click any figure to open its chart with every year.
What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF.
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What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide
Figures and findings read from Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board's EQAO open data; School board achievements and progress, data.ontario.ca, May 2026 , published 2026-05.
School buses and catchment areas
Policies and procedures, ststb.ca; Transportation, tbcschools.ca ↗- Who runs it
- Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay (STSTB), formed in 2008 with Lakehead Public Schools and Aurores boreales; routes are designed by the consortium and run by contracted operators, with Parent Portal, delays and cancellations on ststb.ca
- Who qualifies
- Students with a transportation address inside the school's catchment zone and more than 0.8 km from school in JK and SK, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 or 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12
- Bus stop
- Eligible students walk to a regular stop up to 0.4 km from home in kindergarten, 0.8 km in grades 1 to 8 and 1.6 km in secondary
- Contact
- STSTB 807-625-1660, Suite 2001, 715 Hewitson Street; Catholic Education Centre 807-625-1555
Catchment maps
Every Thunder Bay Catholic school's catchment zone from STSTB's BusPlanner map: the elementary zones across the city and the senior elementary and secondary zones.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Seven trustees, each paired with a family of schools. Catholic Education Centre, 459 Victoria Avenue West, Thunder Bay, 807-625-1547.
- fveneruz@tbcschools.caFrancis VeneruzBoard Chairperson · Pope John Paul II, St. Paul and alternative education
- lfonso1@tbcschools.caLeanne FonsoVice Chair · St. Patrick, Corpus Christi and St. Margaret
- eashe@tbcschools.caEleanor AsheTrustee · St. Elizabeth, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Pius X
- lbadanai@tbcschools.caLawrence BadanaiTrustee · St. Bernard, Bishop E.Q. Jennings and St. Jude; STSTB committee
- dmcfarlane@tbcschools.caDina McFarlaneTrustee · St. Ignatius, Holy Cross and St. Francis
- spelletier@tbcschools.caSarah PelletierTrustee · Our Lady of Charity, St. Ann and St. Martin
- tromeo@tbcschools.caTony RomeoTrustee · St. Vincent, Bishop Gallagher and Holy Family
As listed on Board of Trustees, tbcschools.ca
Senior team
The chief executive officer and superintendents.
- jptennier@tbcschools.caJP TennierChief Executive Officer
- flacaria@tbcschools.caFrank LacariaSuperintendent of Education, K-6 schools
- rmcwhirter@tbcschools.caRyan McWhirterActing Superintendent of Education, 7-12 schools
- bmandryk@tbcschools.caBrent MandrykSuperintendent of Business and Corporate Services
- Barb StricklandActing System Principal
- Fr. Ciaran DonnellySystem Faith Leader
As listed on Senior Team, tbcschools.ca
Schools
20 total- Elementary schools
- 18
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Students enrolled
- 7,030
Individual school profiles for TBCDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 20 schools.
TBCDSB school directory ↗