Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto, Ontario, doesn’t list a discount for individual teachers. What its pages offer is for classes: a school field trip you request through the aquarium, and a Sea Scholars program that sends a teacher’s class on a trip with a transportation bursary.
If you’re planning a class trip, the field trips page is where you start. If your class would struggle to afford getting there, the Sea Scholars bursary is the part worth a look, since it’s written for teachers to apply on behalf of their students.
How To Get The Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada Teacher Discount
There isn’t an individual teacher rate to claim, so the way to a better price is a school group request. The field trips page has a Request Your Visit button and says to fill out the form on the page. It also has a Pricing section and a Field Trip Planner you can download for more information on each workshop, so open both before you settle on a date.
The group rate and the number of adults who come along with your class aren’t listed in the text of the field trips page, so this page doesn’t give numbers for them. The Pricing section and the planner are the places to check.
What A School Group Gets
The field trips page describes a self-guided visit that gives you access to the aquarium for the day, including dive shows and touch pools. On top of that, it says the aquarium offers curriculum-connected programs taught in classrooms as well as throughout the aquarium.
It calls itself the first and only aquatic facility of its kind in Ontario, and says its school programs are designed to meet Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum standards. If you teach in Ontario, that’s worth knowing before you choose a workshop. For a group that isn’t a school class, the group visits page says group visits give you access to self-guided experiences through the aquarium.
The Sea Scholars Bursary
The Sea Scholars page opens with a line addressed to teachers about getting a class a trip to the aquarium, plus a guided behind-the-scenes tour. To apply, teachers submit an essay, art project or other presentation on why their class should be sponsored for the trip, and the page says creative submissions are encouraged.
Selected classes are awarded a $250 CAD transportation bursary to put toward travel costs, and the page says up to ten classes that demonstrate substantial financial need will be selected. The bursary goes to a class’s trip, not to a teacher’s own ticket. The page lists a deadline for applications, so check the date there before you start your submission.
Visiting On Your Own
If you’re heading to the aquarium on a weekend with your own kids, the field trip and Sea Scholars pages don’t apply to you. ID.me’s Ripley’s teacher page says it isn’t aware that Ripley’s offers Teachers discounts, and we didn’t find a teacher rate on the aquarium’s own pages either.
What We Couldn’t Confirm
If you’ve read that teachers can show a school ID at the ticket booth for discounted entry, we couldn’t find that on the aquarium’s field trips or group visits pages. We also couldn’t tie a cash back offer to the aquarium in Toronto, so this page doesn’t list one.
Q&A
Does Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada have a teacher discount?
Not for individual teachers that we could find. The aquarium takes school field trip requests, and its Sea Scholars program gives selected classes a $250 transportation bursary.
How do I request a school field trip?
The field trips page has a Request Your Visit button and says to fill out the form on the page.
Where do I find the group price?
The field trips page has a Pricing section and a Field Trip Planner to download, and the group rate isn’t listed in the page text.
What does a self-guided visit include?
The page says it gives you access to the aquarium for the day, including dive shows and touch pools.
What is Sea Scholars?
It’s a bursary program for classes. Teachers submit an essay, art project or other presentation, and up to ten classes that demonstrate substantial financial need are selected.
Does the aquarium follow Ontario’s curriculum?
The page says its school programs are designed to meet Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum standards.
More Information:
The details above come from Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada’s own pages and from ID.me as they loaded when we checked, and programs change without notice. See more entertainment discounts for teachers.