This is a list of school districts in Ontario. There are 76 public school boards in Ontario, including 38 public secular boards (34 English boards and 4 French boards (ACÉPO)), 38 public separate boards (29 English Catholic boards, 8 French Catholic boards and 1 English Protestant board), and 7 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres. School boards Former school districts There were a number of schools governed by "school authorities," which managed schools in remote and sparsely populated regions. Effective September 1, 2009, 20 isolated school authorities were amalgamated with district school boards. Airy & Sabine District School Authority - merged with Renfrew County DSB Atikokan Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Atikokan - merged with Northwest CDSB Asquith-Garvey District School Authority, Shining Tree - merged with Rainbow DSB Caramat District School Area Board, Caramat - merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB Collins District School Area Board, Collins - merged with Lakehead DSB Connell and Ponsford District School Area Board, Pickle Lake - merged with Keewatin-Patricia DSB Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Dubreuilville, Dubreuilville - merged with CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Foleyet, Foleyet - merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières Foleyet District School Area Board, Foleyet - merged with DSB Ontario North East Foleyet Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Foleyet - merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières Gogama District School Area Board, Gogama - merged with DSB Ontario North East Gogama Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Gogama Hornepayne Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Hornepayne - merged with Huron-Superior DSB and CDSC du Nouvel-Ontario Ignace Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Ignace- merged with CSDC des Aurores boréales Mine Centre District School Area Board, Mine Centre - merged with Rainy River DSB Missarenda District School Area Board, Missanabie - merged with Algoma DSB Moosonee Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Moosonee - merged with Northeastern CDSB and CDSC des Grande Rivières Murchison and Lyell District School Area Board, Madawaska - merged with Renfrew County DSB Nakina District School Area Board, Nakina - merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB Northern District School Area Board, Armstrong and Savant Lake - merged with Lakehead DSB and Keewatin-Patricia DSB Parry Sound Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Parry Sound - merged with Simcoe-Muskoka CDSB Red Lake Area Combined Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Red Lake - merged with Kenora Catholic DSB and CSDC des Aurores boréales Upsala District School Area Board, Upsala - merged