SCHOOLS
565
SCHOOLS
The certificates issued by these schools give the right
to teach in the bihngual schools for five years only.
The Government makes a yearly grant to both
Catholic and public schools, the amount being
calculated upon the value of the schoolhouse, the
excellence of its furnishings, the certificates and
salaries of the teachers, and the attendance of the
children. The statistics for 1909, taken from the
Re{)ort of the
follows:
Minister of Education, are as
467
55,034
34,553
62.78
59.81 1,
Number of Catholic separate schools.
Number of pupils in attendance
Average daily attendance
Percentage of attendance
Percentage of attendance in the public schools
Number of teachers
Amount spent for schoolhouses $161^317
Amount spent for teachers' salaries .... 404,890
Average cost per pupil 14.90
Total expenditures for 1909 for ele- mentary public and separate schools 8,141,423
The Catholic colleges for boys are: in the Diocese of Toronto, that of the Basilian Fathers, founded in 1852, 15 professors, 280 students; in the Diocese of London, Basilian Fathers, founded 1857, 37 pro- fessors, 149 students; Diocese of Hamilton, Fathers of the Resurrection, founded 1S57, 11 professors, 100 students; Diocese of Kingston, secular clergy, founded 1837, 4 professors, 85 students. The Brothers of the Christian Schools conduct an academy with 14 teachers and 297 pupils. The Ursuline Sis- ters, 1 college for girls, 202 pu- pils; Sisters of Marj', 1 acad- emy fjr girls; Sisters of St. Joseph, 1, 140 pupils; Sisters of Loretto, 4, 78 teachers, 490 pupils; Grey Nuns of the Cross, 2, 35 teachers, 555 pu- pils; Christian Brothers, 1, 14 teachers, 297 pupils. Other convent schools are those of the Sisters of St. Joseph (seven schools, 74 teachers, 975 pu- pils); Sisters of Loretto (two schools, 30 teachers, 2S0 pu- pils) ; Grey Nuns of the Cross (one school, 6 teachers, 239 pupils); Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (one school, founded in 1S64); Sis- ters of the Congregation of Notre Dame (one school, 29 teachers, 380 pupils). There are three industrial schools un- der the care of religious in- stitutes: the Brothers of the Christian Schools (8 teachers, 95 pupils); Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (10 teachers, 110 pupils); Sisters of St. Joseph {l6 teachers, 65 pupils). The nine orphanages under the care of religious are : 2 under the (jrey Nuns of the Cross, with 385 orphans; 5 under the Sisters of St. Joseph, with 582 orphans; 1 under the School Sisters of Notre Dame, with 54 orphans; 1 un- der the Sisters of Providence, with 85 orphans.
The appended table of religious institutes engaged in teaching in Ontario at the present time (1911) is necessarily incomplete, reliable figures being unob-
tainable in many cases. In such cases the figures
have been omitted altogether, as approximate figures
are liable to be misleading.
B. Province of Quebec. — (1) French Rule (1635- 1763). — (a) Primary Schools. — With the introduction of Christianity, schools sprang up in the P>ench colony even among the remotest tribes. The Re- collects were the first schoolmasters of Canada. In 1616, one of them, Brother Pacifique Duplessis, opened, at Three Rivers, the first school of New France. Shortly afterwards the Jesuit Fathers fol- lowed them, teaching the children reading, writ- ing, arithmetic, and catechism. In 1634, a year after the arrival of the pioneer families in Canada, an elementary school was founded in Quebec. As col- onists increased, primary schools sprang up. The boys' schools were at St. Foy, the Island of Orleans, Point Levis, Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Montreal, Three Rivers. Proofs exist that there were in the city and district of Quebec 15primary schools for boys; in the city and district of Montreal, 10; in the city and district of Three Rivers, 7. Among the organ- izers were Mgr Laval and his seminary. Mgr de St-Vallier, his successor, encouraged elementary, secondary, and technical schools by every means in his power. In the district of Montreal the Sulpician Fathers founded several schools. M. Souart, supe- rior of Montreal from 1661 to 1668, took pride in styling himself the first schoolmaster of New France; all his brethren shared his zeal. In 1715 Brother Charon opened a school for boys at Pointe-aux
Religious Institutes Engaged in
Teaching in Ontario (1911)
Mother-house
Diocese
1
1
H
31 28 4
1.5
21
8
24 (i 124 12 12
1.5
9 3()
.50
44
32 65 16
21 10
38 44
1
»«.
1001 139
511
1266
280
987 150 6410 522 550
490
260 1649 450
3374 1380 2391 2035
725 1160 1.506
675
000 505
1686
1455
10
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Sacred Heart. . . Sisters of the Congregation of
Paris
Ottawa
Toronto
Ottawa
Kingston
Alexandria
Ottawa
Tomiskaming. .
London
St. Boniface....
Ottawa
Pembroke
Sault Ste. Marie
Alexandria
Pembroke
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Toronto (City) .
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Peterboro
Sault Ste. Marie
Hamilton
Alexandria
Sault Ste Marie
1864
18.51
1911
1841
1883
1868 1910
1864 1903 1845 1863 1896
1862
18r,6
1886 18.57
18.51
1874 1871
1904 1891 1887 1800 1800 1910
3
6
1
4 3
2
4
1 27 2 2
1
1 6 3
11 10 12 12 3 3 8 3
2 3
2 6 8
1
Montreal
Sisters of the Congregation of
Nicolet..!!!!!;
Montreal
St. Hyacinthe . . Ottawa
Buffalo
St.Laurent.P.Q.
Toronto
Hamilton. ■.■.:.■;
London
Peterboro
Milwaukee ....
Sisters of the Congregation of
Sisters of the Assumption
" Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.
" " Presentation
Grey Nuns of the Cross
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Marv
Sisters of the Holy Cross and
Sisters of the Holy Cross and
Seven Dolours
Sisters of St Joseph
•> •<
School Sisters of Notre Dan.e. . .
S6vre
Lockport.N.Y. .
Chatham
Kingston
Ottawa
Ottawa
London
Kingston
Ottawa
Ursuline Sisters
the Sacred Heart
Trembles, near Montreal, and took upon himself the
charge of recruiting teachers for the country districts.
In investigating the history of the schools in pioneer
days we invariably find as their founder or bene-
factor a bishop, a priest, a religious congregation.
