Private Islamic elementary school run by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) in the former Maywood Public School, on 5 acres in the heart of the Niagara Region; MAC bought the property in 2017. Home to over 200 students drawn from Fort Erie to Hamilton, so it is the main full-time Islamic school for the whole Niagara area, not just St. Catharines. Enrolment recorded as 200 is the floor of the published 'over 200 children'. Ontario Ministry of Education registry: BSID 669650, principal Lisa Stevens-Aboaen, association membership Muslim Association of Canada; the registry lists the school's website as macnis.ca, an alias of macniagaraislamicschool.ca.
At a glance
Tuition
$5,000/year ($4,750 for additional siblings), payable in full or in 10 monthly instalments August to May. Plus a $125 registration fee and a $225 resource fee charged each October 1. Income-tested subsidies are available through the MAC National School Board, limited and first-come first-served. Tuition changes yearly and discounts for siblings are common — confirm the current figure with the school before budgeting.
Programs & standing
What we haven’t confirmed
We could not establish: co-ed or single-sex, hifz program, credit-granting status, busing, before/after care. Those are published as gaps rather than filled with a plausible guess. If you know the answer — especially if you are from this organisation — tell us and we will verify and update the listing.
Where to go next
Sources for this listing
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- MAC Niagara Islamic School - Home — macniagaraislamicschool.ca
- MAC Niagara Islamic School - Admissions — macniagaraislamicschool.ca
- MAC Niagara Islamic School - Contact — macniagaraislamicschool.ca