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Largest boarding schools

Schools with the most total enrolment

Parents may feel that bigger boarding schools offer certain advantages. Certainly, a larger student body is likely to be more diverse, offering your son or daughter exposure to classmates and dormmates from the greatest variety of backgrounds. That said, there are advantages to smaller schools, too, of course.

Throughout our site, we encourage skepticism of any school rankings. Read expert advice. For the sake of interest, though, below is a list that ranks boarding schools by overall enrollment.
School Location Grades Enrollment
1 College Bourget Rigaud, QC PS to 12 2085
2 IMG Academy Bradenton, Florida(USA) 6 to 12 1400
3 Upper Canada College Toronto, ON JK to 12 1320
4 St. George's School Vancouver, BC K to 12 1202
5 Havergal College Toronto, ON JK to 12 1050
6 Bishop Strachan School ✝ Toronto, ON JK to 12 970
7 Branksome Hall Toronto, ON JK to 12 930
8 Ridley College St. Catharines, ON JK to 12 869
9 Appleby College Oakville, ON 7 to 12 822
10 Ashbury College Ottawa, ON 3 to 12 750
11 St. Andrew's College Aurora, ON 5 to 12 660
12 Pickering College Newmarket, ON JK to 12 600
13 Trinity College School Port Hope, ON 5 to 12 580
14 Brentwood College School Mill Bay, BC 8 to 12 550
15 St. John's-Kilmarnock School Waterloo Region (Breslau), ON JK to 12 540
16 Balmoral Hall School Winnipeg, MB PS to 12 500
17 Lakefield College School Lakefield, ON 9 to 12 450
18 Luther College High School ✝ Regina, SK 9 to 12 430
19 TAIE International Institute Thornhill, ON 7 to 12 420
20 Bodwell High School North Vancouver, BC 8 to 12 400
21 Trillium School Markham, ON NS to 12 400
22 Bronte College Mississauga, ON 9 to 12 400
23 King's-Edgehill School Windsor, NS 6 to 12 380
24 Brookes Westshore Victoria, BC 4 to 12 350
25 St. Stephen's School, Rome Rome, Italy 9 to 12 313
26 Royal Crown School Scarborough, ON 7 to 12 310
27 Rothesay Netherwood School Rothesay, NB 6 to 12 310
28 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame ✝ Wilcox, SK 9 to 12 310
29 Kells Academy Montreal, QC K to 12 306
30 Stanstead College Stanstead, QC 7 to 12 304
31 Agate Private School St. Catharines, ON NS to 12 301
32 Albert College Belleville, ON PS to 12 300
33 The Hill Academy Caledon, ON JK to 12 300
34 Fort Erie International Academy Fort Erie, ON 6 to 12 300
35 St Clare's, Oxford Oxford, Oxfordshire 10 to 12 276
36 London International Academy London, ON 9 to 12 265
37 Bishop's College School Sherbrooke, QC 7 to 12 250
38 Trafalgar Castle School Whitby, ON 4 to 12 240
39 The Erindale Academy Mississauga, ON 1 to 12 240
40 Nile Academy Toronto, ON JK to 12 235
41 St. John's Academy Shawnigan Lake Shawingan Lake, BC 4 to 12 235
42 North Star Academy Laval Laval, QC 7 to 12 220
43 McDonald International Academy Toronto, ON 9 to 12 180
44 J. Addison School Markham, ON K to 12 178
45 Unisus School Summerland, BC PS to 12 165
46 NOIC Academy Markham, ON 9 to 12 151
47 Fulford Academy Merrickville, ON 9 to 12 150
48 Rosseau Lake College Rosseau, ON 7 to 12 135
49 Nancy Campbell Academy Stratford, ON 7 to 12 120
50 Rosthern Junior College High School ✝ Rosthern, SK 9 to 12 100
51 Niagara Christian Collegiate ✝ Fort Erie, ON 6 to 12 100
52 Canadian College Italy Lanciano, Other 9 to 12 100
53 Laureate College Burlington, ON 1 to 12 97
54 Gow School South Wales, New York(USA) 5 to 12 80
55 Globe Cambridge School North York, ON SK to 12 50
56 Applewood Academy for Progressive Learning Belleville, ON 3 to 12 35

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