École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier, in

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario ** Sudbury (federal electoral district) ** Sudbury (provincial electoral district) ** Sudbury Airport ** Sudbury Basin, a meteorite impact cra ...

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, opened its doors in 1969. École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier was the second public high school French language in Ontario to offer free education to all young

francophones The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century onwards". It was not by virtue of the power of the Kingdom of France: '"... until the end ...

. The school was named after two of the fathers of Canadian Confederation,

John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald (10 or 11January 18156June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political ...

(1815-1891) and

George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, (pronounced ; September 6, 1814May 20, 1873) was a Canadians, Canadian statesman and Fathers of Confederation, Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, th ...

(1814-1873). The school is noted for the Les Draveurs theatre troupe, one of the most prominent high school theatre programs in

Franco-Ontarian Franco-Ontarians ( or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2021, according to the Government of Ontario, ther ...

culture."Théâtre scolaire: les Draveurs présentent Ravin Rouge"

CBON-FM CBON-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the Société Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network at 98.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station also serves much of Northern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters. Hist ...

, May 5, 2025.

Notable alumni

Daniel Bédard Daniel Bédard (born September 19, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and audio engineer. Early years The product of a musical family, Bédard grew up in Sudbury's Donovan neighbourhood, debuting at 14 as a sin ...

, musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and audio engineer *

Chuck Labelle Jean-Guy (Chuck) Labelle (born 18 March 1954) is a Franco-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who performs francophone New Country-Rock music. He is from Mattawa, Ontario. His first album, ''Chuck'', reached Gold status after two years and hi ...

, singer-songwriter *

Cloé Lacasse Cloé Zoé Eyja Lacasse (born July 7, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Utah Royals and the Canada national team. Early life Lacasse began playing soccer at ...

, professional soccer player *

Alex Tétreault Alex Tétreault (born 1994) is a Canadian writer and activist from Greater Sudbury, Ontario,Rachel Crustin"Alex Tétreault, développer l’art queer franco-ontarien" ONFR, January 27, 2024. who has been the city's poet laureate since 2024. He a ...

, writer

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdeonald-Cartier High schools in Greater Sudbury French-language high schools in Ontario Educational institutions established in 1969 1969 establishments in Ontario

Notable alumni

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