The York Region District School Board, also known as YRDSB, is the English-language public school board for York Regional Municipality located in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. The York Region District School Board is currently the province's third largest school board, with an enrollment of over 115,000 students. It is in the fastest-growing census division in Ontario

Census divisions of Ontario

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 and the third fastest growing in Canada.

The public francophone (Conseil scolaire Viamonde), English Catholic (York Catholic District School Board

York Catholic District School Board

The York Catholic District School Board is the publicly funded English-language Catholic school district authority for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. Its head office is in Aurora....

), and French Catholic (Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud is the Roman Catholic separate, French language school board for the South-Central region of Ontario. It is headquartered in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

) communities of York Region also have their own publicly-funded school boards and schools that operate in the same area.
The YRDSB is governed by an elected board of trustee

Trustee

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s, whose election coincides with the municipal elections in Ontario

Municipal elections in Ontario

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 held throughout the province every four years.