Woodstock Collegiate Institute is a school in

Woodstock, Ontario Woodstock is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city has a population of 40,902 according to the 2016 Canadian census. Woodstock is the seat of Oxford County, at the head of the non-navigable Thames River, approximately 128 km from ...

, Canada. It is part of the

Thames Valley District School Board The Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB; known as English-language Public District School Board No. 11 prior to 1999) is a public school board in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created on January 1, 1998, by the amalgamation of the ...

. The school was founded in 1841 by an

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as Woodstock's first

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. Its growth forced a series of physical moves; the school relocated in 1851, 1881, and to its present site in 1939. The school faced possible closing at the end of the 20th century. It underwent major faculty improvements, including renovating science classrooms, that were completed in 2001.

Notable alumni

Alfred Apps William Alfred Apps (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and prominent activist in both the Liberal Party of Canada and the Ontario Liberal Party. Apps is associated with a number of philanthropic and charitable causes and is currently ba ...

, lawyer *

Isabel Ecclestone Mackay Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (''née'' MacPherson) (November 25, 1875 – August 15, 1928) was a Canadian novelist and poet. Biography Born in Woodstock, Ontario, she was the daughter of Donald McLeod MacPherson, an early Scottish settler of Oxford ...

, novelist * John Millar, member of Parliament *

Clark Murray Clark Murray (born 1938) is an American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes. Sculptures by Clark Murray include: * ''White Mountains'', a 1977 three-ton welded steel pipe sculpture w ...

, member of Parliament * Beatrice Nasmyth, suffragette * Wally Nesbitt, member of Parliament * George Pattullo, journalist * Harry Smith, politician

References

Woodstock, Ontario 1841 establishments in Canada Educational institutions established in 1841 High schools in Oxford County, Ontario {{Ontario-school-stub