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Have Your Say Survey

Join the Conversation by Completing the Have Your Say Survey

The HDSB is inviting all parents/guardians and students in Grade 4 to 12 to complete the Have Your Say survey.​ The information gathered from the survey will help our schools continue to create a positive environment, inform school improvement and well-being plans and allow parents/guardians and students to have a voice in creating a supportive community at our schools. The survey is accessible using a mobile device. Surveys are available in the following languages: Arabic, French, Hindi, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Urdu.

The surveys are confidential and voluntary, and participants can skip any question they do not wish to answer. ​ ​

Participants will be asked to respond to questions related to learning and instruction, safety and well-being, school-home partnership, etc. 

Have Your Say Survey

Kindergarten to Grade 3 Students

The survey will launch the week of May 4 , 2026. Parents/guardians of Kindergarten to Grade 3 students will complete the survey on behalf of their children, and will receive an invitation to complete the survey through the email address they have on file with their child’s school.

Grade 4 to Grade 12 Students​

Students in Grade 4 to 12 will receive a link to the student survey directly from the HDSB via email and will complete the survey during the school day. Parents/guardians who do not want their child(ren) to complete the survey can opt out of the data collection by completing the  Have Your Say Opt-Out Form form by Aprilat 4 p.m.  ​​​​

Results

Results of the 2025-2026 Have Your Say survey will be shared here in the fall 2026.​​

Participation Rates

Participation rates are presented for the 2024-2025 school year. A total of 33,418 Grade 4 to 12 students participated in the 2024-2025 survey, representing a participation rate of 72%. Participation was higher for elementary students (87%), relative to secondary students (55%).

Have Your Say Survey FAQs​​​

The HDSB is committed to privacy and confidentiality when collecting information about students and families. Data is collected under the authority of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 and complies with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.56.

The responses will be stored in a secure, confidential database and will only be accessed by authorized HDSB Research and Accountability staff to identify and summarize trends among HDSB students. Individual student responses will be grouped together for analysis so that no individual student information is ever identifiable.

Participation is voluntary. It is important that the results from the Have Your Say reflect the voices of all students. The more responses received, the more effective the data will be to help inform and improve programming and learning environments. Students and parents/guardians can skip any question they do not want to answer.