Jarvis Collegiate Institute
| Jarvis Collegiate Institute | |
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495 Jarvis Street Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 2G8 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′57″N 79°22′39″W / 43.665971°N 79.377393°WCoordinates: 43°39′57″N 79°22′39″W / 43.665971°N 79.377393°W |
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| School type | High school |
| Motto | Nil Decet Invita Minerva ("Nothing is seemly, unless with Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom") |
| Founded | 1807 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Principal | Michael Harvey |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1021 (2012) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Red, White and Blue |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Team name | Jarvis Bulldogs Jarvis Centurions (rugby) |
| Website | schools |
| Last updated: May 14, 2006 | |
Jarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to 1998 it was within the Toronto Board of Education (TBE).
Jarvis is located on Jarvis Street. Founded in 1807 it is the second oldest high school in Ontario after the Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (c. 1792), and the oldest high school in Toronto.
Jarvis Collegiate was founded as a private school in 1797. However, in 1807 the government of Ontario, then known as the British colony of Upper Canada, took over the school and incorporated it in a network of eight new, public grammar schools (secondary schools), one for each of the eight districts of Upper Canada:
These were the early days of Toronto, when the first parliament buildings were established and the first church and jail were constructed. In fact, it was only fourteen years earlier that Governor John Grave Simcoe arrived at the unspoiled location on Lake Ontario to lay out the design of the new town he named York.
After the early period 1807-1811, enrollment started at five, rose to twenty, then fell to four - the school gained momentum in 1812 when the redoubtable John Strachan took over as headmaster. In 1839, Strachan became the first Anglican bishop of Toronto, living grandly in a home known as the "Palace" and signing his name (following the "first name / diocese" format customary for Anglican bishops) "John Toronto". He also founded Trinity College.
The original 1807 school building was a shed attached to the headmaster's house. Strachan raised funds for a new two-storey building, completed in 1816 on College Square, a 6-acre (24,000 m2) lot north of St. James' Cathedral, bounded by Richmond, Adelaide, Church and Jarvis Streets. In 1825 the school was renamed the Royal Grammar School. Later the name was changed to Toronto High School. In 1829 it moved to the corner of Jarvis and Lombard Streets. When Upper Canada College was founded in 1829 it shared a building with the Grammar School and for several years the two organizations were essentially unified. UCC eventually moved to its own facilities.
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