How to read this page
Ontario publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Ontario, that's Mathematics, Grade 7 — 5 units, 53 skills.
Number
- Representing and comparing whole numbers to one billion using powers of ten
- Identifying and representing perfect squares
- Reading, representing, comparing, and ordering rational numbers, including negatives
Algebra
- Comparing patterns, including linear growing patterns by rate and initial value
- Determining pattern rules and solving for unknowns in linear growing patterns
- Adding and subtracting monomials with a degree of 1
Data
- Explaining why percentages represent data distribution
- Selecting and justifying a graph type, including circle graphs
- Determining the impact of adding or removing data on central tendency
Spatial Sense
- Describing and classifying cylinders, pyramids, and prisms by geometric properties
- Drawing top, front, side, and perspective views using scales
- Performing dilations and describing similarity
Financial Literacy
- Identifying and comparing exchange rates and converting foreign currencies
- Identifying reliable sources of information for financial planning
- Identifying societal and personal factors influencing financial decisions
See the full Mathematics, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Ontario, that's English (Language), Grade 7 — 4 units, 58 skills.
Literacy Connections and Applications
- Rights, responsibilities, and digital identity
- Identity and belonging in diverse texts
Foundations of Language
- Active listening in discussions
- Morphology: reading and spelling with word parts
- Complex sentences combining phrases and clauses
Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts
- Reading and comprehending texts
- Using prior knowledge
- Literary devices
Composition: Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts
- Planning topic, purpose, and audience
- Drafting texts in various genres
- Producing final texts
See the full English (Language), Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Ontario, that's Science and Technology, Grade 7 — 5 units, 45 skills.
STEM Skills and Connections
- Planning and designing programs
- How coding and AI affect life and skilled trades
- Science and technology in occupations and skilled trades
Interactions in the Environment
- Impact of technologies on the environment
- Ecosystems as networks of interactions
Pure Substances and Mixtures
- Impacts of using and disposing of pure substances
- The particle theory of matter
Form and Function
- Factors in designing and building structures
- Solid, frame, and shell structures
Heat in the Environment
- Benefits of heat-loss technologies
- Heat and the motion of particles
See the full Science and Technology, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Ontario, that's Core French, Grade 7 — 4 units, 33 skills.
Listening
- Using listening strategies
- Interactive listening strategies
- French-speaking communities in Ontario
Speaking
- Using speaking strategies
- Speaking-interaction strategies
- Speaking about French-speaking communities
Reading
- Using reading strategies
- Purposes of text forms
- Reading about French-speaking communities
Writing
- Identifying purpose and audience
- Pre-writing: gathering ideas
- Writing about French-speaking communities
See the full Core French, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 7 in Ontario?
Ontario's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 7 — 234 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and algebra; English Language Arts covers literacy connections and applications and foundations of language; Science covers stem skills and connections and interactions in the environment. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Ontario curriculum?
It's built from Ontario's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Ontario, that's History and Geography, Grade 7 — 4 units, 45 skills.
New France and British North America (1713-1800)
- Life then and now (1713-1800)
- Key events and their significance
+ 9 more skills in this unit →Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges
- Social and political values, 1800-1850
- Key events and trends
+ 7 more skills in this unit →Physical Patterns in a Changing World
- Responses to the physical environment
- Landforms and their locations
+ 13 more skills in this unit →Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability
- Location, extraction, and use of resources
- Renewable, non-renewable, and flow resources
+ 8 more skills in this unit →See the full History and Geography, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →