Le Collège français

High school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

43°39′45″N 79°22′40″W / 43.6624°N 79.3779°W / 43.6624; -79.3779InformationSchool typePublic, high schoolFounded1979 (1979)School boardConseil scolaire ViamondeArea trusteeChloë RobertSchool number918997^[1]PrincipalRavi RamdhonyGrades7-12LanguageFrenchTeam namePhénix (Phoenix)Public transit accessCollege TTC subway stationWebsitecollegefrancais.csviamonde.ca

Le Collège français (LCF) is a French-language high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada part of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde. Prior to 1998, the school was part of the Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto (CEFCUT) and the Toronto Board of Education (TBE).

General information

Le Collège français is part of le Conseil scolaire Viamonde and as of September 2009^[update] had 283 students enrolled.^[2] It is located in downtown Toronto near the intersection of Carlton Street and Jarvis Street, near the TTC College subway station. Around 80% of the school's students commute by public transit. The school offers the IB program.^[3]

History

Le Collège français was founded in 1979 within Monarch Park High School as the first French language "module" at the secondary level in Toronto. It was the second French public secondary school established in Toronto (the first was École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé). In 1981, it moved to Jarvis Collegiate Institute, became a separate entity in 1989, and adopted the name Le Collège français à Jarvis in 1992. In September 1997, the school moved into its present building on Carlton Street at Jarvis Street, and became Le Collège français; the building previously had been part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Toronto headquarters until they were moved to their current location at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in 1993.

Sports

Sports are a large part of CF. The school has a basketball, volleyball, hockey and soccer team.

Notable people of Le Collège français

Alumni

Sam Earle – child actor
Dalmar Abuzeid – child actor
Julia Lalonde - actress

References

^ "Collège français secondaire (918997)". Secondary School Profile. Ministry of Education of Ontario. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
^ "Collège français secondaire (918997)". School profile. Education Quality and Accountability Office. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
^ "Le Collège français de Toronto".

External links

Official website
School profile at the International Baccalaureate Organization web site

Secondary education in Toronto

English-language public schools
Toronto District SB	A. Y. Jackson Agincourt Albert Campbell Alderwood† Avondale ASE 1 Bendale* Birchmount Park Bloor Bickford Park* Brockton* Burnhamthorpe C. W. Jefferys CALC (Parkview) Cedarbrae Central Etobicoke Central Technical Central Toronto City Contact Danforth David and Mary Thomson Delphi Don Mills Downsview Dr Norman Bethune Drewry Earl Haig East York EYASS Eastdale Emery Etobicoke ESA (Royal York) EYRAC Forest Hill Frank Oke George Harvey George S. Henry Georges Vanier Greenwood Harbord Heydon Park Humberside Humbergrove* Inglenook Jarvis John Polanyi Keiller Mackay† Kingsmill* Kipling L'Amoreaux Lakeshore (New Toronto) Lakeview* Lawrence Park Leaside Lester B. Pearson Lewis S. Beattie* Malvern Maplewood Marc Garneau Martingrove Midland* Monarch Park Nelson A. Boylen* Newtonbrook Native Learning Native Learning East North Albion North Toronto Northern Northview Heights Oakwood Oasis Parkdale Parkview R. H. King Richview Riverdale Rosedale Heights Runnymede Scarborough Centre Scarlett Heights* SEE SLE SEED Silverthorn Sir John A. Macdonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden* Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler South East Stephen Leacock Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Tabor Park* Thistletown Timothy Eaton† Ursula Franklin Vaughan Road* Victoria Park Vincent Massey* W. A. Porter West Hill West Humber West Park* Western Weston Westview Wexford William Lyon Mackenzie Winston Churchill West End Woburn Yorkdale York Humber (Emmett) York Humber (Humber Blvd.)* York Memorial York Mills
Toronto Catholic District SB	A.P.P.L.E Bishop Allen Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Brebeuf Brother Edmund Rice† Cardinal Carter Chaminade Dante Alighieri Don Bosco* Father Henry Carr (Marian Academy) Father Henry Carr (Kipling)† Father John Redmond Francis Libermann James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Loretto Abbey Madonna Marshall McLuhan Mary Ward Michael Power/St. Joseph Monsignor Fraser Monsignor Percy Johnson Neil McNeil Notre Dame Regina Pacis* Senator O'Connor St. Basil-the-Great St. Joan of Arc St. John Henry Newman St. John Paul II St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Morrow Park St. Mary St. Michael's Choir St. Mother Teresa St. Oscar Romero St. Patrick

English-language public schools

Toronto District SB

Toronto Catholic District SB

French-language public schools
CS Viamonde	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français Toronto Ouest
CS catholique MonAvenir	Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel Père-Philippe-Lamarche Saint-Frère-André

Private schools
Non-religious	A.R.S. Armenian Abelard Arrowsmith Bayview Glen Beach* Bond Branksome Hall Brighton Crescent Crestwood Dragon* Greenwood Halton Hudson Linden Lycée Français Metropolitan Nile Toronto French Toronto Prep UTS Upper Canada WillowWood York
Religious	Bialik Hebrew Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn Mariyah Islamic Netivot HaTorah North Toronto Christian Royal St. George's St. Clement's St. Michael's Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Tiferes Bais Yaakov Whitefield Christian

Miscellaneous
Lists	List of secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board List of schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board List of schools of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Italics - Alternative school or adult secondary school | * - Non-operational | † - Demolished or sold off

v t e Viamonde schools
Secondary or high schools	École secondaire Confédération École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé École secondaire Franco-Jeunesse École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier École secondaire Jeunes sans frontières École secondaire Le Caron École secondaire Michel-Gratton Le Collège français
Primary or elementary schools	Académie de la Moraine Académie de la Tamise Académie la Pinède Carrefour des jeunes École élémentaire Antonine Maillet École élémentaire Champlain École élémentaire Félix-Leclerc École élémentaire Horizon Jeunesse École élémentaire Jeanne-Lajoie École élémentaire La Fontaine École élémentaire La Source École élémentaire LaMarsh École élémentaire Laure-Rièse École élémentaire L'Envolée École élémentaire Les Rapides École élémentaire L'Héritage École élémentaire L'Odyssée École élémentaire Marie-Curie École élémentaire Nouvel Horizon École élémentaire Patricia-Picknell École élémentaire Pavillon de la jeunesse École élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau École Publique Renaissance École élémentaire St-Joseph École L'Harmonie École publique Gabrielle-Roy École Publique Maison Montessori

Viamonde schools

Secondary or high schools