St. Edmund Campion Secondary School

St. Edmund Campion Catholic Secondary School, commonly referred to simply as Campion, is a high school in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The school is operated by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. As of now there are over 1,800 students enrolled in, and the uniform consists of a navy blue golf shirt, a navy blue golf t-shirt and navy blue pants. Additional uniform pieces include a rugby sweater, a Campion branded sweatshirt and a school sweater. Previously, the uniform consisted of khaki pants but this was altered in 2023. Feeder Elementary Schools St. Aidan Catholic St. Angela Merici Catholic St. Bonaventure Catholic St. Daniel Comboni Catholic St. Lucy Catholic St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic St. Maria Goretti St. Rita Elementary School St. Ruth Catholic History The school opened on September 2, 2003, with 250 grade 9 students in Mississauga whilst the Brampton building was under construction. The Mississauga building was shared by grade 9 students from St. Marcellinus, and John Cabot Secondary Schools. In its second year, there were grade 9 and 10 classes, and the building was shared with students from Metropolitan Andrei elementary school. The school moved to its present building in Brampton in 2005, with 1,300 students in grades 9, 10, and 11, and a grade 12 class from 2006. Academics In August 2009, the school principal Kevin McGuire removed the book To Kill a Mockingbird from the grade 10 curriculum due to a complaint received from a parent who expressed concern about the language in the book. It was returned to the grade 10 curriculum in 2011. St. Edmund Campion offers an Advanced Placement (AP) Program. The AP program provides an enriched classroom setting for highly motivated students in the areas of English, Math, and French. History and Science will be added in grade 10. The program begins in Grade 9 with pre-AP classes in which students study both the Ontario and the AP curriculum. This allows students to continue AP classes in Grades 11 and 12 that prepare students to write AP exams for advanced placement or credit in university. As of the 2016–17 school year, St. Edmund Campion is ranked the 1st best school in Brampton out of 25 schools in the city. St. Edmund Campion is the best school in West Brampton, after St. Roch Catholic Secondary School. In May 2018, St. Edmund Campion Secondary School was chosen as a recipient of the 2017–18 Premier’s Award for Accepting Schools. The school was awarded for demonstrating initiative, creativity and leadership in promoting a safe, inclusive and accepting school climate. Notable events A number of violent incidents have also occurred on school grounds. In September 2025, the school was put into lockdown after a prank 911 call. In October 2014, a teenager was stabbed at the school, putting the area on lockdown. A 17-year-old student from St. Edmund Campion was later taken into custody. Later that year, a student was stabbed in the torso while another received injuries to his arm following an altercation involving a knife . In June 2017, Peel Regional Police arrested a 16-year-old girl after officers allege she encouraged fellow students to bring weapons to school. Investigators said the girl wanted her peers to bring weapons to the school, in order to disrupt the school day. Notable alumni Jahvon Blair, basketball player Tajon Buchanan, footballer Shay Colley, basketball player Mike Edem, CFL player Raz Fresco, rapper/producer Ndzemdzela Langwa, footballer Cyle Larin, footballer Cameron Lawson, CFL player Sade McCreath Jonathan Osorio, footballer Nicholas Osorio, footballer Royce Metchie, CFL player Godfrey Onyeka, CFL player NorthSideBenji, rapper Houdini (rapper), rapper See also Education in Ontario List of secondary schools in Ontario References External links St. Edmund Campion Secondary School