The biggest decision ofyour life shouldn't be aBlack box.
PathFinder helps you understand how university,college and the skilled trades each fit you — showingits reasoning, naming its sources, and handing thedecision back to you and the people who know you.
University
Degrees and research
Longer, theory-first,
widest range of roles
at the end.
College
Applied and practical
Faster route to work,
with a bridge back to
a degree if you want one.
Skilled trades
Earn while you learn
Strong Ontario demand,
a licensed trade, and
real earnings from
the start
Three questions.
Watch it think.
This is a short preview of the real thing -the same questions, the same scoring, thesame cited sources.
Nothing is saved, and nothingleaves your browser.
Think about something you finished recently
that felt good. What was it like
Answer to see the reasoning form - no account, nothing stored.
Every answer shows its work.
Most, tools give you a result andask you to trust it. PathFindershows you where each claimcame from and when it waschecked - and when it doesn'tknow something. It says soinstead of guessing.
Typical pay | $34.00/hour (Ontario median) | ESDC Job Bank - Wage data,NOC 72200 · retrieved · 12 Jul 2026 | |
Job outlook | Good - strong demandacross Ontario | ESDC Job Bank — Employmentoutlook · retrieved 12 Jul 2026 | |
What it costs | You can earn while you learn; in-schoolperiod have fees | Skilled Trades Ontario · retrieved 12Jul 2026 | |
Financial aid | Use the official OSAP estimatorfor your situationWe don't calculated aid | We link to the authoritative estimatorrather than | |
Admission cut-off | We don't knowNot published | Program cut-offs aren't reliably public. Weshow official stated minimums instead —confirm with the institution. | ! |
Who it’s for
Five people, five different views
Ranked by fit, each explained and sourced, with a plan tied to real Ontario dates.
Left school undecided? Apprenticeships and many college intakes run year-round.
Profile, leanings and good questions to ask — so your limited time starts further along.
Real control over what's stored, plus prompts for the conversation. Never their private answers.
Aggregate participation and pathway equity. No administrator can open a student's session.
Institutions pay so students and families never do. That's a commitment, not a trial.
Our rules, in writing.
Trust isn’t a marketing claim here - It’s how the product is built.
Facts carry sources and dates; when data is missing, it says “I don't know” instead of inventing.
not a decision - maker.
The decision belongs to the student - ideally talked through with a counsellor or family.
Where numbers are modeled rather than officials, it says so - and official tools (like the OSAP estimator) get the final word.
Any sign a student is struggling stops the guidance flow and routes to a human immediately.
See everything it knows, control what's shared, delete it all.
Supporting Individual Pathways Plan
Ontario's Creating Pathways to Success policy asks every student in Grades 7–12 to build an Individual Pathways Plan around four questions. PathFinder walks students through exactly those questions and gives them documented, evidence-based content to put into their plan. It supports the IPP — It doesn't replace it, and it doesn't replace anyone.
Never fewer counsellors. The intake is automated; the judgement stays human.
Consent-gated storage, guardian approval under 16, board-level data isolation, full audit trail.
Aggregate reporting shows whether all three roads are genuinely represented — or quietly aren't.
Free to students. Always.
No trial that expires, no premium tier that unlocks the useful part. Schools and boards pay an annual licence so access stays free for the young people who need it most.
Every feature. No paywall on safety or explanations.
Tiered by what you need. Pilot pricing on request.
Priced to fit funded program cycles.
One school, one term, no board-wide commitment.
Nothing, for students and families — that's a commitment, not a trial period. Schools, boards and youth-serving organizations pay an annual licence per student so that access stays free for the young people who need it most. Talk to us about pilot pricing.
What's built, and what isn't.
We ask students to trust a tool that shows itsreasoning. It would be strange to describeourselves any less plainly.
The product is built and tested end to end. One thing is deliberately notfinished, and it's the one that matters most: our distress-detectionsafety layer has not yet been clinically validated.
Until those are done, we won'tsay it's validated — and wewon't put it in front of a student.If that costs us a launch date, itcosts us a launch date.
Bring PathFinder to your school.
Tell us a little about your school and what you'dfind useful. We're running free pilots with Ontarioschools and boards, and we read every messageourselves.