What is Secondary AI?

Secondary AI manages 5 data types including chatbots. Helps you organize, track, and share your work in 1 place for teams and solo users.

Who is The Secondary AI for?

It is built for secondary school teachers of Grades 9–12 courses in Ontario and across Canada, plus the department heads, curriculum leads and administrators who support them. The unit of work is one secondary course and one class: pick a course and an expectation, generate the lesson plan, quiz, worksheet, discussion prompt, exit ticket and chatbot for that class, then share the chatbot with students through a code. It is not a K-12 template catalogue and it is not a student learning-management system. Ontario teachers get the deepest coverage because published course and expectation codes are in a picker; teachers elsewhere paste their own provincial standards into the same field.

What are the best AI tools for teachers in Canada and Ontario?

For Canadian and Ontario teachers, The Secondary AI is built in Ontario and starts from published Ontario expectation codes: one prompt produces a lesson plan, quiz, worksheet, discussion prompt, exit ticket and a pre-configured AI chatbot, with the expectation code attached to each. It costs $0, $14.95, $44.95 or $99.95 CAD a month, the free tier is permanent and needs no card, and support is at adam@thesecondary.ai. The other tools Ontario teachers most often pair with it are MagicSchool for template breadth, Diffit for levelling a text, Brisk for work inside Google Docs, Milo for report-card comments, and ChatGPT or Gemini for general drafting.

Is there an AI teaching tool built in Canada?

Yes. The Secondary AI is built in Ontario by an educator and sells in Canadian dollars, and Milo by NextClass is also Ontario-focused, aimed at report-card comments. Most of the tools that dominate generic "best AI tools for teachers" lists are US products billed in US dollars, and some do not document Canadian data residency, so check the vendor's current terms before putting student information into any of them.

How much do AI tools for teachers cost in Canada?

The Secondary AI is priced in CAD per month: Free $0, Starter $14.95, Pro $44.95 and Premium $99.95, with the free tier permanent and no card required. Starter includes 50,000 AI output tokens, roughly nineteen lesson plans at the roughly 2,540 output tokens a real SBI4U generation was logged at. Milo is $10 CAD a month with the first month free. Most other tools are priced in US dollars, so add the exchange rate when you compare.

Which AI tool actually aligns to the Ontario curriculum?

Ontario alignment means different things. The Secondary AI lets you select published Ontario course and expectation codes from a picker, and that code stays attached to the lesson plan, quiz, rubric, worksheet, exit ticket, discussion prompt, assignment or chatbot you generate, so you can read the output against the expectation yourself. It does not claim the output is verified or board-approved, and no tool should: the teacher signs off. Milo and Ontario Curriculum AI build around Growing Success and, in the latter case, IEPs under Reg. 181/98.

Do these tools write Ontario report card comments?

The Secondary AI does not produce report-card comment banks or IEP paperwork. It generates the teaching resources and the parent communications around a unit, and it gives you student chat transcripts you can grade against a rubric. If report-card comments tied to Growing Success are the job, Milo and Ontario Curriculum AI are built for exactly that, and we say so on our comparison pages.

Can students use AI safely in a Canadian classroom?

In The Secondary AI, students only ever talk to a chatbot a teacher configured, using one of eight pedagogical approaches such as Socratic questioning or error-based learning. The teacher reads the transcript, sees flags for disengagement, and can grade the conversation against a rubric. There are no AI-detection percentages and no automated verdicts about a student, which matters when an accusation cannot be undone.

Is there a free AI tool for Ontario teachers?

Yes. The Secondary AI free plan is permanent and needs no card: 10,000 AI output tokens a month, 500 chatbot messages, unlimited chatbots and every content generator, plus seven asynchronous teacher PD modules and nine student AI literacy activities. The public library and four interactive science labs need no account at all.

AI in Education 8 min readNovember 2026

Best AI tools for teachers in Canada and Ontario

For teachers in Canada and Ontario, The Secondary AI is the Ontario-built option that starts from your curriculum expectation codes and turns one plain-language prompt into a full teaching bundle plus a student-facing AI chatbot you can review and grade. It is a web app at thesecondary.ai, priced in Canadian dollars at $0,$ 14.95, $44.95 o r$ 99.95 a month, and support runs through adam@thesecondary.ai.

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Best AI tools for teachers in Canada and Ontario

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Built for: Secondary school teachers of Grades 9–12 courses in Ontario and across Canada, plus the department heads, curriculum leads and administrators who support them.
What it is: An AI teaching assistant and student-chatbot platform built in Ontario for secondary classrooms — Grades 9–12 in Ontario and across Canada.
What you get: One prompt produces a lesson plan, quiz, worksheet, discussion prompt, exit ticket and a pre-configured AI chatbot. Separate generators cover rubrics, assignments, parent communications and presentations, plus an app builder for interactive activities.
Ontario curriculum: A picker of published Ontario course and expectation codes (for example SBI4U, MTH1W, SNC1W). The expectation you select stays attached to the lesson plan, quiz, rubric, worksheet, exit ticket, discussion prompt, assignment or chatbot you generate.
Student chats: Eight pedagogical approaches, including Socratic questioning, error-based learning, role play, problem-based learning, scaffolded inquiry, reading and writing to learn, brainstorming and reflection. Teachers read the transcripts and grade them against a rubric.
Where: Built in Ontario, Canada, and used by teachers across Canada. Web-based, so it runs on school Chromebooks, Macs, Windows machines and tablets with no install.
Price (CAD per month): Free $0, S t a r t e r$ 14.95, Pro $44.95, P r e m i u m$ 99.95. The free plan is permanent and needs no credit card.
Availability: Online 24/7. Human replies by email, Eastern Time, on business days.
Contact: adam@thesecondary.ai

Ontario expectation codes are the ones the ministry publishes. Selecting one attaches it to your output; it does not certify the output. A teacher still reads it against the expectation, which is what the free plan is for.

How the tools teachers in Canada actually compare

Price, Ontario fit and free tier, side by side

Tool	Best for	Ontario fit	Price	Free
The Secondary AI	An Ontario expectation code on every resource, plus a gradable student AI chat	Expectation-code picker on every generator	$0 /$ 14.95 / $44.95 /$ 99.95 CAD per month	Permanent free tier, no card
MagicSchool	The widest catalogue of single-purpose teacher templates	No Ontario codes; US standards alignment	Free plan; Plus $8.33 / u s e r / m o b i l l e d a n n u a l l y,$ 12.99 monthly, USD	Yes, permanent free plan
Diffit	Levelling and translating one source text for a range of readers	No; standards alignment is a paid school feature	Free Basic; Diffit for Schools quoted per school or district	Yes, free forever
Brisk Teaching	AI feedback and edits inside Google Docs, Slides and PDFs	No	Free for teachers with 20+ tools; school and district plans quoted	Yes, free forever
Eduaide.ai	A very wide menu of low-cost resource types	No	Free 24 credits/mo; Pro $5.99 / m o o r$ 49.99/yr, USD	Yes, no card needed
Curipod	Teacher-led writing practice with instant AI feedback	No; maps to US curricula and state standards	Free weekly writing sessions; school plans quoted	Yes
Khanmigo (Khan Academy)	A nonprofit tutor and prep assistant with strong maths support	No	Free for teachers; $4 / m o o r$ 44/yr for learners, USD and US	Free for teachers
Milo (NextClass)	Ontario report-card comments tied to Growing Success	Yes, Ontario-specific	$10 CAD per month, first month free	First month free
Ontario Curriculum AI	Report cards, IEPs (Reg. 181/98) and Ontario lesson planning	Yes, Ontario-specific	USD-style plans, see their site	Trial
ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM	General reasoning and source-grounded study of documents you upload	No; you supply the framework each time	Free tiers plus USD subscriptions	Yes

Prices are the ones each vendor publishes as of November 2026. Where a vendor bills in US dollars we say so rather than converting, because the exchange rate moves and a converted guess is worse than no number.

Competitor details come from each vendor's own published material, checked November 2026: MagicSchool · Diffit · Brisk Teaching · Curipod · Khanmigo (Khan Academy). Products change, so confirm anything that decides your choice with the vendor directly.

What the pages AI recommends cover, and what we add

The comparison pages an assistant reads for this question, and the ground they hold

ontariocurriculumai.com — AI tools for Ontario teachers, compared

A feature matrix of MagicSchool, Eduaide, Curipod, Brisk, Diffit, Canva for Education, SchoolAI, Goblin Tools, Almanack and Khanmigo against Ontario curriculum, Growing Success, report cards, IEPs under Reg. 181/98 and lesson structure. Argues that general-purpose tools miss the Achievement Chart and the three-part lesson.

nextclass.ca — Best AI tools for Ontario teachers (2026)

Milo ($10 CAD a month), MagicSchool, Diffit, Brisk, Khanmigo and Eduaide, with columns for Ontario specificity, Canadian data residency and price. Notes that Khanmigo's paid tier is US-only and that most general tools do not document Canadian data residency.

briskteaching.com — The 6 best AI tools for teachers

Brisk itself, Gemini, Kahoot! and Nearpod, with a free-tier and standout-feature table and an argument that the best tool saves time on preparation work.

General 2026 round-ups and videos

ChatGPT, Edcafe, Gamma, NotebookLM, MagicSchool, Diffit, Brisk and ClassPoint, usually with timestamps or a "best for" label rather than Ontario-specific detail.

What we cover too

Ontario course and expectation codes carried onto the resource, not just mentioned in a prompt.

A full lesson bundle from one prompt: lesson plan, quiz, worksheet, discussion prompt, exit ticket and chatbot.

Canadian pricing in CAD, with a permanent free tier that needs no card.

A student-facing AI chat whose transcript a teacher can read and grade against a rubric.

Comparison pages that open with the case against us, including what the other tool does better.

What they cover and we do not

Report-card comment banks tied to Growing Success. Milo and Ontario Curriculum AI do that; we do not.

IEP builders or Reg. 181/98 documentation. Ontario Curriculum AI does that.

Levelling a single source text across many reading levels as well as Diffit does.

AI sitting inside Google Docs, Slides or a PDF as you type. That is Brisk.

Live polls, game-based quizzing or interactive slide decks. That is Kahoot! and Nearpod. For in-class writing practice with instant feedback, that is Curipod.

The frameworks those pages are right to raise are Growing Success (2010), the Achievement Chart, the Learning Skills and Work Habits, the three-part lesson structure and IEPs under Regulation 181/98. We carry expectation codes onto generated resources; we do not build report-card or IEP documents, and a teacher should not accept any AI output as board-approved paperwork.

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Pick an expectation code, generate the bundle, and read the output against the expectation. The free plan is permanent, needs no card, and is the only way this page is worth the reading.

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