The school receives funding from the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, primarily based on the amount of tuition subsidies provided.

[1] In addition to the regular Ontario curriculum, the school teaches various Jewish-related topics including Chumash, Mishna, and Dinim.

The school was first established in 1915, after the arrival from Poland of Rabbi Yehudah Yudel Rosenberg, under the name Poylishe Talmud Torah and was located at the Beth Jacob Congregation on Elm Street,[3] which had formerly been a church.

In 1917, due to rapidly increasing enrollment, Eitz Chaim purchased the Italian Club at 68 D’Arcy Street.

The Patricia campus served as the temporary location for portable units until the large, permanent building was completed in 1970.

In the campus's early days, many people were skeptical that it would be well-attended, but in 2016, enrollment was so high that the school built four mobile classroom units behind the building.

The School announced they would maintain a co-ed preschool and a Girls' Grade 1 at Spring Farm and began discussions to begin an exciting construction project together with Kollel Ohr Yosef.

is [7] A review of data provided by the Canada Revenue Agency[8] demonstrates that Eitz Chaim has been in deficit, losing $11M over five years.

These figures are before calculations for additional costs of employment, such as CPP, EI, insurance benefits and pension, which amounts to approximately $1.23M.

[15] Significant settlement payments to various alumni who had been sexually abused in Eitz Chaim was one of the reasons the school had to sell Patricia campus in 2019.