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Check out our list of boarding schools below, ranked oldest to newest, based on their founding date. This table is limited to schools that list with OurKids.net. While the age of a school carries some prestige to it, this should be a small part of your assessment of schools on your shortlist. 
School Location Grades Founded
1 Upper Canada College Toronto, ON JK to 12 1829
2 Bishop's College School Sherbrooke, QC 7 to 12 1836
3 Pickering College Newmarket, ON JK to 12 1842
4 College Bourget Rigaud, QC PS to 12 1850
5 Albert College Belleville, ON PS to 12 1857
6 Trinity College School Port Hope, ON 5 to 12 1865
7 Bishop Strachan School ✝ Toronto, ON JK to 12 1867
8 Stanstead College Stanstead, QC 7 to 12 1872
9 Trafalgar Castle School Whitby, ON 4 to 12 1874
10 Rothesay Netherwood School Rothesay, NB 6 to 12 1877
11 Lakefield College School Lakefield, ON 9 to 12 1879
12 Ridley College St. Catharines, ON JK to 12 1889
13 Ashbury College Ottawa, ON 3 to 12 1891
14 Havergal College Toronto, ON JK to 12 1894
15 St. Andrew's College Aurora, ON 5 to 12 1899
16 Balmoral Hall School Winnipeg, MB PS to 12 1901
17 Branksome Hall Toronto, ON JK to 12 1903
18 Kingsway College ✝ Oshawa, ON 9 to 12 1903
19 Rosthern Junior College High School ✝ Rosthern, SK 9 to 12 1905
20 St. Margaret's School Victoria, BC JK to 12 1908
21 Appleby College Oakville, ON 7 to 12 1911
22 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame ✝ Wilcox, SK 8 to 12 1920
23 St. George's School Vancouver, BC K to 12 1930
24 Niagara Christian Collegiate ✝ Fort Erie, ON 6 to 12 1932
25 Rosseau Lake College Rosseau, ON 7 to 12 1967
26 St. John's-Kilmarnock School Waterloo Region (Breslau), ON JK to 12 1972
27 Kells Academy Montreal, QC K to 12 1978
28 Columbia International College Hamilton, ON 9 to 12 1979
29 Bodwell High School North Vancouver, BC 8 to 12 1991
30 Bronte College Mississauga, ON 9 to 12 1991
31 Trillium School Markham, ON NS to 12 1991
32 McDonald International Academy Toronto, ON 9 to 12 1994
33 TAIE International Institute Thornhill, ON 7 to 12 1998
34 Fulford Academy Merrickville, ON 9 to 12 2002
35 J. Addison School Markham, ON K to 12 2002
36 London International Academy London, ON 9 to 12 2002
37 Royal Crown School Scarborough, ON 7 to 12 2005
38 North Star Academy Laval Laval, QC 7 to 12 2006
39 The Hill Academy Caledon, ON JK to 12 2006
40 Brookes Westshore Victoria, BC 4 to 12 2009
41 Laureate College Burlington, ON 1 to 12 2012
42 The Erindale Academy Mississauga, ON 7 to 12 2016
43 Unisus School Summerland, BC PS to 12 2018
44 Globe Cambridge School North York, ON SK to 12 2018
45 St. John's Academy Shawnigan Lake Shawingan Lake, BC 4 to 12 2019
46 V3 Preparatory Academy Scarborough, ON 9 to 12 2022

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Upper Canada College is the oldest private Boarding school. The school was founded in 1829.

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