Homeschooling in Northwest Territories
What Northwest Territories actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.
CanadaFiling requiredWho is in charge
The local school (principal) and the education body - a District Education Authority or the Commission scolaire francophone de division - which supervises the home schooling program; Superintendent above that
Who actually reviews your child
The principal of the school with which the student is registered, with the Superintendent above. The parent must make all reasonable efforts to implement changes suggested by the principal or Superintendent that would improve the student's progress (s.2(g)), and must meet with them to discuss recommendations (s.2(h)).
What you must file
Registration with the local school
Register with the local school before starting a home schooling program.
How often: before starting the program
Goes to: The local school / education authority office
Information about the program of education
At the BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. Home Schooling Regulations s.2(d): the parent 'shall provide the information requested by the principal respecting the program of education to be used for the home schooling program to the principal at the beginning of the academic year.'
Goes to: The principal
The program must fulfil the curriculum standards set by the Minister (s.2(b)). The parent must also agree with the principal on a method of assessment consistent with the program (s.2(c)).
Sampling of assessments showing student progress
Home Schooling Regulations s.2(e): 'provide to the principal, twice during the academic year, a sampling of assessments that show the progress of the student'.
How often: twice per academic year
Goes to: The principal
Progress discussion with the principal
Home Schooling Regulations s.2(f): 'twice during the academic year, discuss the progress of the student with the principal'.
How often: twice per academic year
Goes to: The principal
The words a reviewer uses
NWT is mid-adoption: BC curriculum first, Alberta second. The app routes NWT accordingly.
Learning Standards (BC: Big Idea / Curricular Competency / Content) · Learning Outcome (Alberta)
The part the paperwork does not cover
Filing on time is the easy half. The harder half is the year in between: showing what your child actually learned, in words the reviewer recognises, without turning your home into a school.
That is what this tool is for. You say what your child did, in a sentence. It maps that to the published standards we hold for Northwest Territories, which today are English (288 of 288), Mathematics (496 of 496), Science (535 of 535), Social Studies (154 of 193) and Physical Education (93 of 95). Those figures count the topics we carry for ages 5 to 12 that cite one of Northwest Territories's published standards. Then it builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.
Other places in Canada
Read at the source on 2026-08-28: Education, Culture and Employment's own Home Schooling in the Northwest Territories page at ece.gov.nt.ca. It confirms registering the child with the local school before starting a home schooling programme, and that the parent and the principal or designate agree an appropriate method for assessing the child's progress - portfolios, tests or teacher observations. It states expressly that principals and designates are NOT responsible for evaluating the teaching methods a parent uses. Duties sit in the Home Schooling Regulations R-090-96 under the Education Act.
The law itself: Education Act (NWT), S.N.W.T. 1995 c.28; Home Schooling Regulations, R-090-96, s.2 (duties of a parent), s.4 (duties of a principal); made under Education Act s.151. We hold no direct link to the authority's page for this jurisdiction.