Villa Maria (school)
Villa Maria is a subsidized private Catholic co-educational high school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that offers both a francophone and an anglophone stream. Founded in 1854 as a boarding school for girls, it stopped boarding students in 1966 and opened, in August 2016, to boys in the seventh grade. Today, there are roughly 950 students in the French sector and 800 students in the English sector with an average class size of 34 students. Current tuition as of the 2021–2022 school year is $4,500 with $1,900 in extra mandatory fees.
| Villa Maria | |
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'Monklands', the central building of Villa Maria, built in 1804 for Sir James Monk | |
| Location | |
Montreal, Quebec Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45.48052°N 73.619975°W |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
| Established | 1854 |
| Founder | Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal |
| Grades | 7 to 11 |
| Gender | Originally girls only, now co-ed |
| Age range | 12 to 17 |
| Enrollment | 1750 |
| Language | French and English |
| Color(s) | Blue and yellow |
| Website | http://www.villamaria.qc.ca/ |
The central part of the Villa Maria school is known as the Monklands Mansion and was the home of the Governor General of Canada from 1844 to 1849. It is a National Historic Site of Canada. In 2023, the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal announced that the estate on which the school lies will be sold off, leaving the future of the school uncertain.