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The institutionalization of separate schools in Canada West (Upper Canada before 1840) was secured by the Scott Act of 1863, but with the caveat that rural Catholic schools could only serve an area with a radius of 3 miles (4.8 km). [1] In the Maritime provinces, similar issues were at play.
In Ontario, separate schools for Black students continued until 1891 in Chatham, 1893 in Sandwich, 1907 in Harrow, 1917 in Amherstburg, and 1965 in North Colchester and Essex. [1] The laws in Ontario governing black separate schools were not repealed until the mid-1960s, and the last segregated schools to close were in Merlin, Ontario in 1965 ...
In the 1880s, the bilingual schools were debated by the Ottawa Separate School Board. Extreme tension rose between English and French School Board trustees. Bishop Duhamel interfered and resolved the conflict. He decided that Ottawa's Separate School Board would separate into a French Separate School Board and English Separate School Board. [59]
The Edmonton Catholic School Division currently operates 96 schools. [1] There are a total of 1 pre-K school, 49 elementary schools, 21 elementary/junior high schools, 2 elementary/junior/senior high schools (not counting the Kisiko Awasis Kiskinhamawin in Mountain Cree Camp as the school is managed outside the ECSD main budget), 12 junior high schools, 1 junior/senior high school, 9 senior ...
The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4 runs 15 schools in Lethbridge, Taber, Coaldale, Picture Butte, Bow Island and Pincher Creek. The school board enrollment for 2009/2010 was a total of 4,510 students.
In 1969, the boards became known as the Hamilton-Wentworth Roman Catholic Separate School Board (HWRCSSB). [ 4 ] Following the Ontario government's passage of the Fewer School Boards Act of 1997, the HWRCSSB became the English-language Separate District School Board No. 47 in 1998 and was renamed to the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District ...
It employs approximately 4,777 people (full-time equivalents) and operates 84 schools in the greater Ottawa area, with a total student population of approximately 44,200. [4] Before 2007, the board was known as Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board ( OCCSB ) and its two former boards prior to 1998, Carleton Roman Catholic Separate School Board ...
Racial segregation looked different depending on where it took place in Canada. Many of these schools were located in southwestern Ontario where Black individuals and families settled looking for freedom. [26] Some schools in Ontario had separate school buildings, while others attended the same school but at different times. [27]