Private Schools for Girls

Girls' schools offer young Canadian women a chance to develop a strong sense of themselves and their abilities. All-girls' schools provide your daughter with an environment that encourages her to ask questions, express her feelings and state her opinions.

Sending your daughter to a girls' school allows her a safe environment in which to make mistakes and learn positive lessons from them. Girls’ schools are designed to meet the unique learning styles of girls and surrounds girls with positive role models.

"The single-sex environment allows girls to explore their true selves—to articulate their opinions and feelings in class, to create playful and silly skits at assembly, cheer loudly on House Days and take intellectual risks in their curricular and co-curricular programs," says Elizabeth Falco, Head of School at The Study in Montreal, Quebec. "Class time is spent focused on learning." Dig deeper into our guide to girls' schools to read more testimonials about the all-girls' learning experience.

You can learn about girls school alumni thanks to video and testimonial from girls school alumni such as:

• Anne Rohmer, TV host and Branksome Hall grad
• Dr. Susan Quaggin, professor of Medicine at the U of T,
• Interior designer and TV host, Jane Lockhart
• author and playwright, Claudia Dey, St. Clement's School alumnus
• Karolyn Smardz Frost, historian, archeologist, Governor General's Award-winning author and St. Mildred's graduate

Sending your daughter to a girls' school will result in increased career aspirations and help them excel in subjects such as math, science and computers.

Additional benefits of private schools for girls:

Research shows that there are many benefits of sending your daughter to an all-girls’ school including the following:

• greater participation in class discussion
• emulation of female role models
• greater confidence in assuming leadership
• less concern for the opinions of others
• participation in non-traditional-female sports

Find girls' schools in Canada

We have listings of private girls' schools in Ontario and the rest of Canada below. Contact the schools to find out what they have to offer your daughter.