TORONTO, Ont. – A vote by Toronto District School Board trustees Wednesday night has resulted in a decision to cut down on money-losing school eateries.

With the closure of 30-plus school cafeterias in the fall, the board is expected to save $600,000 in the new school year.

A confidential report obtained by the Toronto Star says more than 30 school cafeterias in Toronto make less than $250 a day.

According to the report, two of Toronto’s school cafeterias (Bloor Collegiate and Highland Junior school) bring in just about $35 a day.

For this school year alone, the board expects to incur a shortfall of $1.2 million in revenues from school cafs.

It is not known when the list of cafeterias will be made public.

Here is the list of TDSB’s cafeterias that lose the most money over the school year:

Elementary/Middle/Junior High Schools:

  • Bowmore Rd.
  • Charles H. Best East
  • Fisherville
  • D.A. Morrison
  • Don Valley
  • Elia
  • Ellesmere-Statton
  • Gordon A. Brown
  • Highland
  • Humber Summit
  • Jack Miner
  • Milne Valley
  • Oakdale Park
  • Pleasant View
  • Robert Service
  • Samuel Hearne
  • Tecumseh
  • Sir Ernest MacMillan
  • Westwood
  • Winona Dr


High schools:

  • Bickford Centre (adult ed)
  • Bloor Collegiate
  • Central Commerce Collegiate
  • David and Mary Thomson Collegiate
  • Downsview Secondary
  • Kipling Collegiate
  • Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate
  • Oakwood Collegiate
  • Parkdale Collegiate
  • Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial
  • Winston Churchill Collegiate


Source: Toronto District School Board