Welcome to Westside Montessori School where students radiate self-confidence and exhibit a love for learning. Let us help your child achieve their fullest potential. With two locations in the heart of downtown Toronto’s Kensington Market and Dufferin Grove, Westside Montessori School is the ideal environment for your urban family.

The Westside Story

Westside Montessori Schools’ principles are based on the educational and philosophical methods developed over 100 years ago by Dr. Maria Montessori.

We develop individual lesson plans for each of our students. These lessons introduce your child to developmentally appropriate Montessori materials, which at Westside include art, music and outdoor education.

Children graduating from our Montessori school are confident and at ease with themselves. They enter into their next school, public or private, eager to explore and equipped with the knowledge, aspiration and love of learning necessary to make them extremely successful students.

Kensington Market Location

Our Kensington Market Campus is housed in a historical mansion on a beautiful tree-lined residential street in Toronto’s dynamic and colourful Kensington Market.

Westside took over the lease of this stunning city-owned property in the summer of 2013 and following five months of renovations, opened in January 2014 with 45 students. Over the next few years, enrollment increased, two new classrooms, including Elementary, opened, and the desire to further expand was percolating; the school was bursting at its seams! WMS’ Kensington Market campus now has 90 students in its five classrooms for students aged 18 months to 9 years of age and boasts a spacious green playground designed by the staff and parents, in collaboration with Bienenstock Natural Playgrounds.