, founded = 1957 , schoolboard =

Halton District School Board The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. Its administration area is to the southwest of the city of Toronto. In 2006-20 ...

, superintendent = Julie Hunt Gibbons , trustee = Tracey Ehl Harrison , number = 947539 , principal = Brent Coakwell , grades_label =

Grades Grade most commonly refers to: * Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance * Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage * Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope Grade or grading may also r ...

, grades = 9–12 , enrollment = 994 , enrollment_as_of = 2017-2018 , language =

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, French Immersion , colours = Green, Black & White , mascot = Darkness , team_name = Tigers , feeder_schools = Brookdale Public School, Eastview Public School, Oakwood Public School, Ecole Pine Grove Public School, WH Morden Public School , homepage = T.A. Blakelock High School is the second oldest high school in the town of

Oakville, Ontario Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. At its Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 213,759, it is List of tow ...

, and has the oldest high school building in Oakville still in use as a school. The school was built in 1957. There are 1,001 students currently enrolled at T.A. Blakelock. The school is named after

Thomas Aston Blakelock Thomas Aston Blakelock (August 10, 1883 – January 16, 1974) was an English-born merchant, building contractor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1943 as a Li ...

. The school's athletic teams were originally known as the Tabbies, after the acronym TAB. They are now called the Tigers. Blakelock is the only public high school in southwest Oakville, after the recent closing of Queen Elizabeth High School and the transfer of Gordon E. Perdue High School to the Catholic Board in 1990. The current principal is Mr. Paul Dawson. Blakelock is known for having an excellent music program. In 2013 their Senior Wind Ensemble and Grade 12 Percussion Ensemble both won Gold at MusicFest's Canadian National Music Festival.

Notable alumni

Dan Ferrone Dan Ferrone (born April 3, 1958) is a former professional Canadian football player. He played with the Toronto Argonauts for 8 seasons, interrupted by one season with the Calgary Stampeders, in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was an offens ...

- CFL player, president of CFLPA, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee (2013) *

David Bradstreet David Bradstreet (born London, England) is a Canadian-based musician. He spent his childhood in Oakville, Ontario and began his music career in the late 1960s. He is best known for his song "Renaissance" ("Let’s Dance That Old Dance Once More") ...

- Musician *

Arlene Duncan Arlene Duncan is a Canadian actress and singer from Oakville, Ontario. Her father is African Canadian, with ancestors from Nova Scotia. Duncan has appeared in more than 80 film and television roles, in addition to many theatrical productions. She ...

- (1974) Actress, singer; played Fatima in ''

Little Mosque on the Prairie ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian television sitcom created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures, originally broadcast from 2007 to 2012 on CBC Television, CBC. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, and Indian ...

'' *

Lindy Booth Lindy Booth (born April 2, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She played Riley Grant on the Disney Channel series ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' (and Agent Hawk in the show-within-a-show ''Silverstone'') and Claudia on ''Relic Hunter'' and A.J. Butterfie ...

- (1997) Actress *

Greg Westlake Gregory Westlake (born 12 June 1986) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. Early life and career Both his legs were amputated when he was 18 months old; because of a congenital defect he had no tibia in one leg, and no fibula in the other. At ...

- (2004) Ice sledge hockey player

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High schools in Oakville, Ontario 1957 establishments in Ontario Educational institutions established in 1957

Notable alumni

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