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Coding and AI classes in London, Ontario

Where does a London, Ontario student learn coding and AI from a live teacher?

Modern Age Coders teaches coding and AI live online to students in London, Ontario, from age 6 to adult, in a class of 15 to 20 or one to one. Senior students take our ICS3U and ICS4U companion or our MHF4U and MCV4U math course beside school; younger ones start with Python. The first lesson is free.

For a London, Ontario teenager, Grades 11 and 12 come down to two chains of courses. One runs from ICS3U to ICS4U in computer science; the other runs from MCR3U to MHF4U and on to MCV4U in math, and university computing programs ask for the second chain by name. We do not grant Ontario credits: those are earned at school, and our companion courses run beside them. This page sets out both chains in the ministry’s own words, what one university’s computer science page asks of an Ontario applicant, a project we built on the City of London’s park amenities file, the Waterloo contests that matter in Grade 12, and how our classes fit London’s Eastern clock.

Facts last verified 23 October 2026. Teaching is online; no London branch is claimed.

Course picks for London, Ontario

Four courses for London students, from first program to Grade 12

The two companion courses sit beside school courses and grant no credit. The free first lesson confirms which fits.

Browse the course atlas for more than one hundred options and use the coding roadmap to check prerequisites.

The four we are known for

Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding

These run underneath everything above. Every one is live and online, placed by ability rather than by age, and the first class is free.

Senior courses in London schools

Two course chains a London, Ontario student climbs in Grades 11 and 12

London schools follow the Ontario curriculum. We pulled each course record from the Ontario curriculum content service on 22 October 2026; quoted words are the ministry’s, the summaries are ours.

Ontario senior computer science and university math courses, with prerequisites as the ministry lists them (read 22 October 2026)
CourseGrade and typeNeeds firstIn the ministry’s words, or our summary
ICS3U Introduction to Computer ScienceGrade 11, universityNo prerequisite“Students will design software independently and as part of a team”
ICS4U Computer ScienceGrade 12, universityICS3U“Students will use modular design principles to create complex and fully documented programs”
MCR3U FunctionsGrade 11, universityPrinciples of Mathematics, Grade 10, AcademicOur summary: the course that opens the senior math chain
MHF4U Advanced FunctionsGrade 12, universityMCR3U, or Mathematics for College Technology, Grade 12Our summary: the Grade 12 function course that university computing programs name
MCV4U Calculus and VectorsGrade 12, universityMHF4U, before or at the same timeThe ministry says MHF4U “must be taken prior to or concurrently with” MCV4U

The two chains meet in university admission. The University of Waterloo’s computer science page, read on 22 October 2026, lists Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, any Grade 12 U English and one other 4U course for Ontario applicants, and names Grade 11 U Introduction to Computer Science as recommended. In other words, a London student aiming at computing needs MHF4U and MCV4U, and ICS3U is the course that page encourages, not the one it demands. The ministry allows MCV4U to be taken at the same time as MHF4U, and a student who does that finds a weak function or a shaky limit costing marks in both.

Before Grade 11: ICD2O

Ontario’s current list also holds ICD2O, a 2023 open course for Grade 10 in which students apply coding concepts to hands-on projects and investigate artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. It is a gentle first look, not a prerequisite for ICS3U.

The Grade 9 math test

EQAO describes the Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics as an online test of 54 questions over two sessions, using a multi-stage computer adaptive model, and says the results are included in the student’s final course mark. The 2027 window is 12 January to 5 February 2027.

Computer studies and the OSSD

For students who began Grade 9 in 2024 or later, one compulsory credit must come from a STEM group that includes computer studies, so a computer studies course such as ICS3U can count toward that requirement as well as being an elective.

Credit belongs to the school

We teach alongside a London student’s school courses, and we do not grant Ontario credits. ICS3U, ICS4U, MHF4U and MCV4U credits are earned only through the school. We are not connected with the Ontario Ministry of Education, EQAO, the University of Waterloo or any London school board.

London data project

Were 203 London park amenities really built in 2021? A project on the city’s file

The City of London publishes a Park Amenities file: soccer fields, ball diamonds, play structures, courts and more, each with an owner and a year built. Our students chart the years and find a spike that needs explaining. All counts below are ours.

Our count of the City of London Park Amenities file, downloaded 22 October 2026 (1,225 rows). Year built, by decade, for the 1,073 rows that give one
DecadeRowsNote from our analysis
1920s to 1950s9 in all (1, 1, 2, 5)The oldest entry is 1927
1960s27
1970s12
1980s13
1990s181141 of them in 1996 alone
2000s279
2010s290
2020s262203 of them carry the single year 2021

This script prints the decade chart as rows of hash marks, then breaks down the 2021 rows by owner. Run it with Python 3 next to the downloaded CSV:import csv from collections import Counter decades = Counter() by_owner_2021 = Counter() no_year = Counter() sizes = Counter() with open("park-amenities.csv", encoding="utf-8-sig") as f: for row in csv.DictReader(f): year = row["YearConstructed"].strip() owner = row["Owner"] or "(blank)" if year.isdigit(): decades[int(year) // 10 * 10] += 1 if year == "2021": by_owner_2021[owner] += 1 else: no_year[owner] += 1 if row["AmenityType"]: sizes[row["AmenityType"].lower()] += 1 for decade in sorted(decades): print(decade, "#" * (decades[decade] // 10), decades[decade]) print("built in 2021, by owner:", dict(by_owner_2021)) print("no year, by owner:", dict(no_year)) print("peewee after lower():", sizes["peewee"])

1. Draw the decades

A text histogram, one hash mark per ten rows, shows the shape at a glance: almost nothing before 1990, then a broad plateau. Then one year inside the plateau stands out, with 203 rows dated 2021.

2. Cross the spike with owner

Split the 2021 rows by the Owner column and the spike changes character: 164 are school-owned, 32 city-owned and 7 private. Most are ball diamonds (124) and tennis courts (42).

3. Check the other side

The file lists 276 school-owned rows in total. Every one is dated 2021 or has no year at all (112). Not a single school row carries any other year.

What we think the spike means, and why it is only a guess

Our reading, and it is ours, not the city’s: 2021 is probably the year school fields were added to the city’s records, not the year 164 diamonds and courts were built. The file cannot prove that. A good student writes “dated 2021 in this file” instead of “built in 2021”, and says why.

The last line of the script teaches a smaller lesson. The AmenityType column spells one size as Peewee 25 times and as PeeWee once; lowercasing first gives the honest count of 26. For a stronger student, the next step is mapping the soccer fields (254 rows) and ball diamonds (194) with the X and Y columns, which hold projected map coordinates rather than latitude and longitude. The data comes from the City of London under its Terms of Use for City of London open data, which allow use for any lawful purpose; the file is publicly available from the City under those terms (dataset page). The City has not approved or endorsed this page or our classes.

Contests for senior students

The CCC and the Euclid: two Waterloo contests that matter in Grade 12

CEMC at the University of Waterloo runs both. Facts below come from CEMC’s contest pages, read on 22 October 2026.

The Canadian Computing Competition at a glance, from CEMC’s CCC page (2026 means are CEMC’s table values)
ItemJuniorSenior
Who it suitsBeginner to intermediate programmersIntermediate to advanced programmers
Format5 questions, 3 hours, score out of 755 questions, 3 hours, score out of 75
Opening questionsBasic loops and conditionsSorting and searching
Last questionRecursion, two-dimensional arrays, efficient algorithmsAn IOI level question
2026 average score42.6515.56

The Senior average sitting near a fifth of the marks tells a London student something useful: the paper is meant to stretch even good programmers. CEMC lists the 2027 CCC for Wednesday 17 February 2027, and notes that with some language choices, Python or Java for example, a perfect score may not always be possible, which is why our Senior students learn to judge an algorithm’s speed before writing it. ICS4U students meet that same idea when the course asks for efficient, modular programs.

Euclid, for Grade 12 math

CEMC lists the Euclid for Tuesday 6 April 2027, for students in their final year of secondary school. Its full-solution questions reward the clear written reasoning MHF4U and MCV4U ask for.

Scholarships, not admission

Waterloo’s computer science page says a contest such as the Euclid is not required for admission, but is required for some Faculty of Mathematics scholarships. Its Admission Information Form, due 15 February 2027, asks about Waterloo contests written.

Only through a school

CEMC does not take entries from individual students; a London student writes through their own school, or through another local school that agrees to host them.

We prepare students with problems we write ourselves and point them to CEMC’s free past contests for the real thing; we never reproduce CEMC questions or solutions. For deeper reading see the CCC Senior guide, MHF4U help and MCV4U help. Modern Age Coders is independent of CEMC and of the University of Waterloo.

Class times

Eastern time in London, Ontario, and where that falls in India

London keeps the same Eastern clock as Toronto. Our teachers work from India, which does not change its clocks, so the gap is an hour wider in winter.

Two sample class times in London, Ontario, shown in India time. Offsets from IANA tzdb 2026e; the arithmetic is ours
PeriodLondon offsetGap to India6:30 pm weekday in London10 am Sunday in London
To 1 November 2026, and again from 14 March 2027UTC-49 hours 30 minutes4:00 am, following day7:30 pm
1 November 2026 to 14 March 2027UTC-510 hours 30 minutes5:00 am, following day8:30 pm

Exam season and contest days

We plan around the EQAO window, the February CCC and June exams, and lighten homework-heavy weeks when a family asks. The class time itself stays fixed unless you move it.

London area codes

Numbers in the London area use 519, 226, 548 or 382. Type the ten digits into the form; the +1 for Canada is already set.

One reminder per clock change

Before Ontario falls back on 1 November 2026 and springs forward on 14 March 2027, we send each London family a short note with its class times restated in Eastern time.

Learning ladder

From a first program at 6 to MCV4U and ICS4U

The grades are a rough guide; the free lesson places each student by what they can already do.

Ages 6 to 9

Blocks and puzzles

Visual coding, sequences and loops, with the child explaining the plan before running it.

Coding for KidsScratch Coding for Kids
Ages 9 to 13

First typed code

Python with conditions, functions and small games, plus a first, careful look at how AI learns.

Python and AI for KidsAI Literacy for Kids (Ages 8 to 14)
Grades 9 and 10

Python and contests

Real Python, data files such as the London one above, and a first try at the CCC Junior.

Python for TeensCCC Junior and Senior Preparation (Canadian Computing Competition)
Grades 11 and 12

Both chains

Support beside ICS3U and ICS4U and beside MHF4U and MCV4U, with no credit granted by us.

Ontario Computer Science CompanionOntario Grade 12 University Math
Coding and AI

Will AI make ICS3U pointless for a London teen?

No. It makes understanding the code more valuable, not less.

Give an AI assistant the London amenities file and ask how many were built each year, and it may well plot 2021 as a building boom. The tool did the counting correctly and the interpretation wrongly. Spotting that the spike is almost all school rows, and that school rows have no other year, is a human judgment that comes from writing the cross-tab yourself.

That is how we teach: reason through the problem, write the code, then challenge the result. Teens meet AI tools as part of the work, within each tool’s age rules, and use them to explain and check rather than to produce what they hand in.

ICS4U asks for programs that are fully documented, and documenting code well means understanding every line of it. The longer argument is in why understanding beats generating, in our longer essay.

Delivery

How online classes run for London, Ontario families

Everything happens on a home computer, so a student in north London and one in the south end share one teacher with no driving.

When classes run

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays.

Ontario course codes

Teachers plan in Ontario grades and course codes and know where ICS3U units, MHF4U tests and the Grade 9 EQAO fall. Marked school work stays the student’s own.

Class or private

A class of 15 to 20 students at one stage, or one to one for faster progress, contest work or a hard term in MCV4U.

Nearby towns too

Students elsewhere in southwestern Ontario join exactly the same classes; nothing depends on where in the region a family lives.

Equipment

A laptop or desktop with a headset and a stable connection. Senior students install Python and an editor in the first lesson, with the teacher watching the screen.

Free first lesson

A real lesson, ending with a recommended course and time. We ask for no payment details at this stage.

Online only

Modern Age Coders has no London, Ontario office or classroom. Every lesson is taught live online from India, in English.

Fees

What London, Ontario families pay

Three options, priced in the currency your browser shows.

First classFree

One complete live lesson, free, finishing with a suggested level and course.

Group tuition$140 CAD

The monthly fee for a class of 15 to 20 students at the same stage.

Private tuition$210 CAD

The monthly fee for a private teacher, at times that suit the student.

The monthly fee in London is the same as anywhere else in Canada. Billing begins only after the free lesson and once a course and time are agreed; the pricing page explains missed classes and holidays.

Reviews

Google reviews from our families and students

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews. These are real reviews, reproduced as written.

★★★★★

"The one step solution for my son. Modern Age Coders make learning coding so simple that kids love it. The teachers explain complex concepts clearly with practical exercises and interactive content."

Ria Mukherjee

Parent

★★★★★

"Modern Age Coders has been a game-changer for me. I struggled to grasp IT concepts and coding before joining, but their classes transformed everything. I can now confidently write complex programs with ease."

Samriddha Mondal

Student

★★★★★

"One of the most wonderful education centres out there. Education is not limited to school syllabus but focuses on skill development."

Vansh Agarwal

Student

★★★★★

"My child Dhairya is really enjoying the Modern Age Coders classes. This is his first online class and he eagerly looks forward to it. I can already see his improvement, and the teachers are very cooperative."

Sonam Oswal

Parent of Dhairya

★★★★★

"Modern Age Coders have wonderful teachers who teach in a clear, easy and practical way. The teacher boosts students' confidence and inspires them to learn without hesitation."

Sonu Goyal

Parent

★★★★★

"I highly recommend this computer coding class! The teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about coding."

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Parent

Free placement class

Book a free lesson for a London, Ontario student

Tell us the grade and the courses. A Grade 4 child might build a looping animation, a Grade 9 student a Python quiz, and an ICS3U student the decade chart from the London file.

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FAQ

London, Ontario coding and AI questions

The questions London families send us most often.

Do you offer coding classes in London, Ontario?

Yes, taught live over video rather than in a local centre. Students from age 6 join from home, in a class of 15 to 20 or one to one.

Can you help with ICS3U or ICS4U?

Yes. Our companion course runs beside the school course with practice, code review and projects in Python and Java. We do not grant Ontario credits; the credit is earned at school.

Do you tutor MHF4U and MCV4U for London students?

Yes. Our Grade 12 university math course covers Advanced Functions and Calculus and Vectors alongside school. Ontario lists MHF4U as needed before or at the same time as MCV4U, and we plan lessons in that order.

Does a London student need ICS3U for a computer science degree?

Not always. The University of Waterloo computer science page lists MHF4U and MCV4U as requirements and ICS3U as recommended. Each university sets its own rules, so check its admission page.

What is the Grade 9 EQAO math test like?

EQAO describes it as an online, adaptive test of 54 questions in two sessions, with results included in the final course mark. The 2027 window is 12 January to 5 February 2027.

Can my teen write the CCC from London?

Yes, through a school, since CEMC does not accept individual entries. CEMC lists the 2027 CCC for Wednesday 17 February 2027, at Junior or Senior level.

What age can children start coding classes in London, Ontario?

From 6, with block coding. Most move to typed Python between 9 and 11, and adults are welcome at any age.

When are classes held?

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. Times are always confirmed in Eastern time.

Will a 519 or 226 number work in the form?

Yes. London-area numbers with 519, 226, 548 or 382 all work; enter the ten digits without the leading 1.

Where can I see the fees?

In the fees block on this page: the free trial lesson, the monthly class fee and the monthly private fee, each in your own currency. No charge is made before the trial.

More for Ontario

Related pages for London, Ontario students

For the whole province see coding classes in Ontario; for the country, coding classes in Canada. Course-by-course help is on ICS3U help, ICS4U help and MHF4U help, and contest students can start at CCC preparation.

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