Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
We understand the power that the Internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you. These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns.
In general, we gather information about all of our users collectively. We only use such information anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you.
Email Links
This site provides an email address link located on the Contact Us page so that you may email us directly with any questions or comments you may have. This site reads all messages received and makes efforts to respond promptly.
In addition to replying to your comment or inquiry, we may also file your email for future reference regarding improvements to our website or discard the information. Your personal information is not shared, traded, sold, or exchanged with any third parties without your express permission.
Information Collection and Use
This site is the sole owner of the information collected. We will not sell, share, trade, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
This site collects information from our users at several different points on our website. We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
Free Evaluation Form / Find Your Dream Home
Did You Know? / Free Real Estate Reports
Since this site is a real estate site, we give you the option of requesting free real estate information about real estate properties. Your personal information is stored on our secure database.
We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
Personal Information
This site functionality requires or requests users to give us contact information, such as their email address, and personal information, such as their names, addresses, phone numbers, and property details.
The visitor’s contact and personal information is used to contact the visitor when necessary and requested, but is primarily used to collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
We do not disclose information about your individual visits to this site, or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe the law requires it.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or comply with a legal process served on our website.
Opt-Out
Users of this site have the option to unsubscribe from our mailing list directly through their accounts. To opt out, please navigate to the Subscription Settings located under My Account.
By disabling the email or SMS notification toggle, you’ll cease to receive notifications associated with the selected options.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. These sites have their own policies and practices with respect to online privacy, and this site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of these websites.
In addition, in certain instances, this site’s advertisers may ask you for personal information. This site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of its advertisers.
Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us. For example, we impose strict rules on our employees who have access either to the databases that store user information, or to the servers that host our services.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, or alteration to data will not occur, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Notification of Changes
This policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the website. We’ll post those changes so that you’ll always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we’ll disclose it to anyone.
Please check this site for information about revisions to our privacy policy. We’ll notify you directly if there is a material change in our privacy practices.
We’ll take commercially reasonable measures to obtain written or active email consent from the user if this site is going to use the information collected from the user in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection. We’ll also post the changes in our privacy statement 10 days prior to a change.
Cookies
This website uses the following cookies:
Google Analytics
This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities, including, but not limited to, page views, source, and time spent on websites. The information is depersonalized and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals.
This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics, we can see what content is popular on our website, and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.
Google AdWords
Using Google AdWords code, we’re able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. This allows us to make better use of our paid search budget.
Removal of and Access to Personal Information
We’ll accommodate the deletion of any personal information as soon as reasonably possible.
Should you wish to request erasure of personal data, please submit a written request to Macedo Real Estate Group, addressed to the address listed below. Each request will be validated, and you’ll be required to provide some personal information for security reasons.
Please note that Macedo Real Estate Group has the right to deny a request and provide an explanation as to why each request was denied.
Macedo Real Estate Group
www.MacedoRealEstateGroup.com
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6M0A6
Canada
[email protected]
416-535-5000
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please send us an email, and we’ll be pleased to assist.
Royal LePage® Supreme Realty, Brokerage
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6N 0A6
Call 416-535-8000
Text 647-931-5151
Copyright 2026. Macedo Real Estate Group, Danny Macedo, Sales Representative, Anthony Rocco Macedo, Sales Representative, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage all rights reserved assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information shown. The information provided herein must only be used by consumers that have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate and may not be used for any commercial purpose or any other purpose.
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Finding Your School Board When You Move to the GTA
Four school boards, plus two Catholic alternatives
The GTA public education system is divided geographically into four school boards. The Toronto District School Board covers the City of Toronto and serves the largest student population. York Region District School Board covers York Region. Peel District School Board covers Peel Region. Durham District School Board covers Durham Region. In addition, each region has a Catholic school board providing Catholic education to families who request it.
Knowing which board serves a neighbourhood is the first step. The second step, for families with school-age children, is understanding the catchment area for the specific school you are interested in.
How catchments work
Most school boards use geographical catchments to assign students to elementary and secondary schools. If your home falls within the catchment for a particular school, your child can attend that school. If it falls outside, you may have the option to request a transfer, but there is no guarantee of acceptance.
Catchments change. When a new school opens, the board redraws the catchment map. When enrolment grows in one area and drops in another, boundaries shift. If a school you want is currently outside your catchment, that circumstance may change, but do not count on it.
The solution is to check the catchment before you make an offer. Most school boards publish interactive maps on their websites showing which schools serve which addresses. Enter your address and you get an immediate answer. It takes five minutes and it can change the entire house-hunting decision.
Secondary schools and choice within TDSB
The Toronto District School Board operates differently from the other three boards. TDSB secondary students do not automatically attend the school in their catchment. Instead, TDSB runs a choice-based system where families rank their school preferences and the board makes the assignment based on your ranking and available space.
This system gives Toronto families more agency but it also introduces uncertainty. Your first-choice school may be full. Your assignment may be to a school further from home. The process is worth understanding if you are moving to Toronto and you have a secondary-school-age child.
Elementary students in TDSB still follow a catchment-based system, so there is less flexibility at the younger end. But secondary is where the choices expand.
The difference between public and Catholic boards
Both public and Catholic boards use catchments, but the Catholic boards have an additional requirement. To enrol in Catholic school, at least one parent or guardian must be a practising Catholic and willing to sign a declaration to that effect. If your family does not meet that requirement, the Catholic board is not an option regardless of catchment.
Catholic school standards, cultures, and academic reputations vary by board and by individual school, the same as public schools do. Do not assume all Catholic schools are equivalent or that public school is equivalent to Catholic. Visit the schools, talk to current families, and look at the specific results.
If you are homeschooling or choosing independent school
The catchment system does not apply to you. Neither does the secondary choice system in TDSB. You are free to live anywhere in the GTA and send your child to whatever independent or private school you have selected. This opens up your neighbourhood options considerably.
The tradeoff is cost. Independent schools charge tuition. Some offer bursaries or scholarships based on need or merit, and it is worth asking. But if cost is not a constraint, independent school gives you complete freedom on where to live.
What to do before you fall in love with a house
The catchment question is not romantic or emotional. It is practical. If schools matter in your decision, check the catchment before you start viewing, not after you have already decided to make an offer.
The board websites make it easy. Toronto District School Board, York Region District School Board, Peel District School Board, and Durham District School Board all have online catchment finders. Enter the address and you get immediate confirmation of which school serves it.
If the schools are a deal-breaker and your first-choice school is not in the catchment, either choose a different neighbourhood or explore the independent school option. But know your constraint before you spend six months looking at houses you cannot actually choose.
If you want to talk through the school board and catchment questions for a specific neighbourhood, call me at 416-560-4983.
