If you toured Queensville two years ago and made a mental note that the schools were still coming, the note is out of date in the best way. One of the two elementary schools is open, the other is under construction with an opening date and an approved catchment, and a third new school is funded one community over in Holland Landing. The high school is a different story, and I'll get to it. Here is the honest status of every new school East Gwillimbury is getting, as of April 2026.
Queensville's New Public School Is Already Open
The new Queensville Elementary School opened to students in 2025 at 135 Walter English Drive, inside the new subdivision. It's built for 638 students from kindergarten to Grade 8, with a two-classroom child care centre run by the YMCA of Greater Toronto.
The building it replaced tells you everything about how fast this town has changed. The old Queensville Public School on Leslie Street dates to 1921, had a permanent capacity of 32 students, and was running six portables to fit about 170 kids. It only went to Grade 6, so the older grades were bused to Sharon. The new school is roughly twenty times the permanent capacity of the old one, and it keeps Grades 7 and 8 in the community.
The Catholic School Opens September 2027
Behind it comes the Catholic elementary school, at 235 Murray Leonard Lane on the west side of Leslie Street south of Queensville Sideroad. The province committed $11.4 million in February 2022, construction started in July 2025, and York Catholic broke ground ceremonially that October. Current board materials put it at 421 pupil places plus 49 licensed child care spaces, with 14 classrooms, a double gym, and a library. It opens September 2027.
Two details worth knowing if you're buying in Queensville with Catholic school plans. The catchment is already settled: the board approved the boundary in January 2026, effective the day the school opens. And the school doesn't have a name yet, so don't be confused when a listing agent can't tell you one. Until it opens, Catholic students here attend Good Shepherd in Holland Landing or Our Lady of Good Counsel in Sharon.
A Third New School Is Funded for Holland Landing
There's a third funded school as well, and it's in Holland Landing: $30 million, announced in May 2024, for a 638-student elementary school with 48 child care spaces. York Region's public board has it proposed to open September 2028, with construction scheduled to begin late this year and the catchment process starting this fall. If you're weighing Holland Landing against Queensville for a young family, that school belongs in the comparison.
By the numbers: Queensville Elementary, open 2025, 638 students · Catholic elementary, opening September 2027, 421 places · Holland Landing elementary, proposed September 2028, 638 places · 140+ new licensed child care spaces across the three
The High School Is Still Only a Line on a Plan
Now the part I get asked about most. East Gwillimbury has no high school. Holland Landing teens are bused to Dr. John M. Denison Secondary in Newmarket, and the rest of the town, including Queensville, Sharon, and Mount Albert, goes to Huron Heights in Newmarket. A secondary school site has been reserved in the Queensville community plan since 2009, and it's still just that, a reserved site. There's no East Gwillimbury high school in the public board's funded construction schedule, which currently runs to 2031.
It has become a live local issue. A resident petition has been running since early 2025, citing board figures that put Denison at 103 percent capacity. In late March, an East Gwillimbury councillor asked the board to study relocating Huron Heights itself to EG, and the reaction from Newmarket was swift: the mayor dismissed it, and the school wrote families directly to say there is no plan to move. My read for Buyers: plan on the bus to Newmarket for the foreseeable future, and treat any future high school as a possibility, not something to pay a premium for today.
What East Gwillimbury's New Schools Mean for Buyers
School catchments get capitalized into house prices. That's one of the better-documented effects in housing research: a peer-reviewed Canadian study of Vancouver catchment changes found school quality shows up directly in sale prices, most strongly for higher-end homes. The practical EG version: the new schools are landing inside the new subdivisions, so the same streets that were a school-bus trade-off five years ago are becoming walk-to-school streets. That's a real shift in what a Queensville address gets a young family, and it compounds with the HALP Centre opening a few minutes away and the lands the town has put forward for a new Southlake hospital.
Bottom line: Queensville now has a new public school open and a Catholic school opening September 2027 with its catchment already set. Holland Landing gets its own new school around 2028. The high school remains on paper, so budget for the Newmarket bus and treat anything more as a bonus.
Common Questions
What new schools are opening in East Gwillimbury?
The new East Gwillimbury schools are landing in stages. Queensville Elementary opened in 2025 for 638 students. A Catholic elementary on Murray Leonard Lane opens in September 2027, with its catchment already set. And a $30 million Holland Landing elementary for 638 students is proposed to open around September 2028.
Does East Gwillimbury have a high school?
No. East Gwillimbury has no secondary school, so teenagers are bused to Newmarket, generally to Huron Heights or Dr. John M. Denison, or to Sacred Heart for Catholic families. A secondary school site is reserved in the Queensville plan, but it's only a line on paper today.
How do the new schools affect East Gwillimbury home buyers?
School catchments get capitalized into house prices, so the new schools are a real amenity for nearby Queensville and Holland Landing Buyers. The catch is the missing high school: budget for the Newmarket bus for now, and treat anything more as a bonus.
Sorting Out Catchments for a Specific Street?
Catchment maps change as new schools open, and the difference between two streets a block apart can be a different school. If you're looking at a specific home in Queensville or Holland Landing and want to know exactly where the kids would go in 2026, 2027, and 2028, email me or call. I keep current on the boundary reviews and I'm happy to walk through it.