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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.