Ashbury College
Ashbury College is an independent day and boarding school located in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was originally founded in 1891 by former faculty of Bishop's College School in Quebec to accommodate BCS students living in Ottawa. Ashbury College moved to its current location in 1910. Previously, it occupied what now houses Senate of Canada offices. It is an International Baccalaureate World School, a member of the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools, and a member of Round Square. The school currently enrolls approximately 550 senior (grades 9-12) and 150 junior (grades 4-8) students. The current Head of School is Norman Southward, with Andrew Young directing the Junior School and Gary Godkin as the Head of Senior School.
| Ashbury College | |
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| Address | |
362 Mariposa Avenue Ottawa , Ontario , K1M 0T3 Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45.447586°N 75.675663°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Independent day and boarding |
| Motto | Probitas, Virtus, Comitas (Honesty, Courage, Kindness) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
| Established | 1891 |
| Head of school | Norman Southward |
| Faculty | 70 |
| Grades | 4 to 12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 580 Senior School 150 Junior School (approximate values) |
| Campus | Rockcliffe Park, Ontario |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Maroon, Green and Blue |
| Mascot | Colt |
| Endowment | $16,000,000 CAD |
| Website | ashbury |
Ashbury College is an independent school which offers a joint Ontario High School Diploma and Ashbury College Diploma, as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma and International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma. Originally a single-gender boys school, Ashbury began accepting female students in 1982. The male/female student proportion is approximately equal. The campus is 13 acres (48,562.277 m2) in Rockcliffe Park. There are 108 boarders yearly from approximately 30 countries throughout the world.
Notable alumni include John Turner, Canada's seventeenth Prime Minister; Stockwell Day, former leader of the Official Opposition; Ben Barry, founder of the modeling agency Ben Barry Agency Inc.; Canadian war artist and heraldry expert Alan Beddoe; actor Matthew Perry; and journalist Adrian Harewood.