De La Salle College (Toronto)
| De La Salle College "Oaklands" | |
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131 Farnham Avenue Deer Park, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1H7 Canada |
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| School type |
Catholic Private High school Catholic Private Elementary school |
| Motto | Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve Signum Fidei (Sign of Faith) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic (Brothers of the Christian Schools) |
| Founded | 1851 |
| President | Brother Domenic Viggiani |
| Upper School principal | D. Viotto |
| Grades | 5-12 |
| Enrollment | 625 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Green and Red |
| Website | www |
De La Salle College "Oaklands" (De La Salle College, Toronto, or De La Salle) is a private, independent co-educational Catholic school in Toronto, Ontario, offering instruction from grades 5 through 12. It is operated by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as a university preparatory institution in the Roman Catholic tradition as founded in 1679 in Reims, France by Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (also the patron saint of the college).
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. The central administration of the Brothers operates out of the Generalate in Rome and is made up of the Superior General and his councillors. From 1851 to present day, the Brothers based in English Canada have provided assistance in creating 58 schools ("Lasallian Educational Apostolates") primarily in Ontario, along with a few schools in Ottawa, Edmonton, Montreal, Saskatchewan and Cleveland, Ohio.
The Brothers of the Christian Schools arrived in Montreal in 1837 and founded the first permanent community of LaSallian Brothers in North America. At the request of Bishop Charbonnel, five Brothers came to Toronto in 1851 and established a grammar school at the corner of Lombard and Jarvis Streets. In September of that year, the Brothers extended their ministry to St. Paul's School, which is still in existence today. Among their early graduates was Denis T. O'Connor, who became the first Canadian-born Archbishop of Toronto in 1899.
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