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Upper Canada College - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1829 Founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Sir John Colborne, UCC is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, the third oldest in the country, and is described as one of Canada's most prestigious preparatory schools, having many of Canada's most powerful and wealthy as graduates. | ||
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Branksome Hall - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1903 Branksome Hall is an independent girls' school for day and boarding students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. Founded in 1903, the school is located on a 13-acre campus in in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Campus buildings include several heritage structures and some modern buildings, all linked by state-of-the-art technology. The school is an International Baccalaureate World School and a university preparatory school. | ||
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Lakefield College School - Lakefield, ON Year Founded: 1879 Lakefield College School (LCS or sometimes 'The Grove') is a coeducational boarding school located north of the village of Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. The school's motto is Mens Sana In Corpore Sano ("A sound mind in a sound body"). It was the first Canadian member of the international affiliation of schools called Round Square. | ||
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Ridley College - St. Catharines, ON Year Founded: 1889 Ridley College (also known as Bishop Ridley College, Ridley or RC) is a co-educational boarding and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada[1], 20 miles (32 km) from Niagara Falls. The school provides both the Ontario Secondary School Diploma as well as the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate curricula. Originally established as an Anglican-affiliated all-boys school in 1889, Ridley became coeducational in 1973. | ||
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Crescent School - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1913 Crescent School is an independent elementary and secondary boys school in Toronto, Canada. Established in 1913 by John William James, the school was situated in several locations in its early years. In 1933, Susan Denton Massey, the aunt of Governor General Vincent Massey, gifted land to the school, making its expansion possible. Today, Crescent School is located in midtown Toronto, operating under the Advanced Placement program with a reputation as a leader in boys education. | ||
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St. Andrew's College - Aurora, ON Year Founded: 1899 St. Andrew's College, also known as SAC, is an independent school founded in 1899 located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is a university-preparatory school for boys in grades 6 to 12, with a focus on academic achievement, athletics, and leadership development. It is accredited by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute and is affiliated with other associations, including CAIS, CASE, NAIS and the International Boys' Schools Coalition. | ||
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Havergal College - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1894 Named for English hymn composer, author and humanitarian Frances Ridley Havergal, the school was founded in 1894 by a group of men led by The Honourable H. Blake at its original location on Jarvis Street in Toronto. Havergal College established The Institute at Havergal in order to offer students a forum for community involvement, social leadership and global action. This specially designed program has connections to local and international partners and encourages students to become engaged with issues such as the UN Millennium Development Goals and food security. Havergal's mission is "preparing young women to make a difference." | ||
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St. Michael's College School - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1852 St. Michael's College School is a private, all-boys Roman Catholic day school in Toronto, Canada. Currently administered by the Basilian Fathers, it is the largest school of its kind in Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 1,080 students from grades 7 to 12. St. Michael's is renowned for its academic and athletic achievements, with its hockey and football programs, along with its other top athletics teams, receiving much acclaim in past years. | ||
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De La Salle College - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1851 De La Salle College "Oaklands" was founded by and continues to be administered by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It is part of a global community of Lasallian educational institutions who are assisted by more than 73,000 lay colleagues and teach over 900,000 students in over 80 countries and vary from teaching in impoverished nations like Nigeria to post-secondary institutions like La Salle University in Philadelphia, Bethlehem University and De La Salle University-Manila. | ||
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Bishop Strachan School - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1867 The Bishop Strachan School, named after Anglican Bishop John Strachan, the first bishop of Toronto, is Canada's oldest all girl's day and boarding school. It was founded by John Langtry in 1867 as an institution different from most other schools for young women at that time. It was, for one, not Catholic, which was attractive for the many Anglican families in Canada. It was also an inexpensive finishing school, making it affordable enough for middle- and upper-middle-class families. From its beginning, the school educated young women to become accomplished in academics, offering university entrance subjects such as Latin even before most universities admitted women. The founders of The Bishop Strachan School opened the doors with the intention of educating girls and teaching them how to be leaders. | ||
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Appleby College - Oakville, ON Year Founded: 1911 Appleby College is an international independent school (grades 7-12) located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1911 by John Guest, a former Headmaster of the Preparatory School at Upper Canada College. Guest dreamed of establishing a small boarding school in the country, and did so with the support and financial assistance of Sir Byron Edmund Walker, a prominent Canadian businessman and patron of the arts. Today, Appleby is a co-educational day and boarding university-preparatory school, with a curriculum based around the liberal arts. | ||
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St. Clement's School - Toronto, ON Year Founded: 1901 St. Clement's School (SCS) is an Anglican independent school for girls in Toronto, Canada. The school was founded in 1901 by Reverend Canon Powell, and was originally co-ed. Students at SCS are often referred to as Clementines. |