Overview
CSBA's members are provincial school boards associations. They represent just over 250 school boards serving more than three million elementary and secondary school students. The CSBA advocates excellence in public education and promotes the value of locally elected school boards through collaboration, research and information sharing.

History
CSBA was founded in 1923 by school trustees from Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia in recognition of the need for a national forum on education. It was incorporated under federal statute as a non-profit organization in 1965.

Purposes
To support the development of strong member school board associations, facilitate their addressing issues of common interest, and to strengthen public education across Canada.

To promote the value of democratically elected local school boards.

To strongly advocate the collective interests of the provincial associations of school boards to the federal government and other national organizations on issues of common interest or within federal jurisdiction.