Canterbury High School

Ottawa, Canada

  • Day School

  • 1969

  • $ 8.5K-8.5K

    • Canadian

School History & Details

Canterbury High School is based at Canterbury, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school is one of the schools within the Ottawa Carleton District School Board. The school began operations as a comprehensive high school in 1969. It was the tenth and final high school the Collegiate Board had constructed in an effort to accommodate the increasing number of youngsters. It was regarded as an incredibly cutting-edge school when it first opened, using all of the most recent educational concepts. Canterbury provided a technical programme with an aerospace engineering focus from 1969 to 1976. Since the start of the school's arts programme in 1983, Canterbury High School has served as an arts magnet school for the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

    School Values

  • Love of learning
  • Respect

    • The objectives of the Canterbury High School is to foster excellence in their students by providing them with the best opportunities in the academic, creative, and athletic realms, as well as to assist them in developing into well-rounded individuals who are concerned with and aware of their larger community.

School Achievements

Achievements

Canterbury High School was regarded as an incredibly cutting-edge school when it first opened, using all of the most recent educational concepts. For the arts specifically, it is the top secondary school.
School Achievements

Non-Academic Achievements

Canterbury High School Non-Academic Achievements are as follows: 1. In the categories of global citizenship, entrepreneurship, arts & literature, philanthropy, and academic perseverance, students were nominated for Spirit of the Capital Youth Awards. Students from the Canterbury High School received three of the nine awards. 2. The Canterbury Visual Art Department hosted an exhibition featuring the acclaimed Firestone Collection along with senior students' artwork in collaboration with the Ottawa Art Gallery.  3. Students studying communications technology took home the top honours in the Skills Canada Photography Competition and the City of Ottawa COMPOST Radio Announcement Competition. 
Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Canterbury High School Alumni are as follows: 1. Ashton Baumann: Swimmer 2. Mark Bell: Hockey Player 3. Raoul Bhaneja: Actor 4. Alexander Carson: Filmmaker 5. Penelope Corrin: Actress 6. Martin Gero: Writer 7. Chester Hansen: Musician 8. Jonathan Hobin: Artist

School Information

Canterbury High School Campus based at Canterbury, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The physically challenged can easily access the campus. The facilities at the campus includes: a gym, a weight room, an...View moreView Less

John Unsworth

Scott Hebert-Daly

Link

(613) 731-1191

900 Canterbury Ave, Ottawa, ON K1G 3A7

Subjects & Curriculum Offered

  • Mathematics
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Physical Education
  • English – Language & Literature 
  • Science
  • Fine Arts

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