# Edmonton Catholic School Division

Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School Division (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Size

The Edmonton Catholic School Division currently operates 96 schools. There are a total of 1 pre-K school, 49 elementary schools, 21 elementary/junior high schools, 2 elementary/junior/senior high schools (not counting the Kisiko Awasis Kiskinhamawin in Mountain Cree Camp as the school is managed outside the ECSD main budget), 12 junior high schools, 1 junior/senior high school, 9 senior high schools (counting a 4-campus school as 1), and 1 senior high asynchronous online learning program (standalone, rather than logged in to follow along with a teacher lecturing a class in one of the physical schools).
As of the 2021–22 school year, ECSD has 43,400 students enrolled, with 4,300 staff, of which roughly 62% are certificated and 38% are classified support. The ECSD approved budget for 2021-22 is C$513.2 million.

## History

In August 1888, Edmonton Catholic parents applied to organize a separate school district for their children. In October of that same year three sisters from the Faithful Companions of Jesus sailed from France to open a convent and a school in Edmonton. They began teaching at the newly formed St. Joachim Catholic School on 2 November 1888. That first year the sisters taught 23 students. At that time compulsory schooling began at age seven and was complete by the age of 12. From that start in 1888–89, they have grown from one school with 23 students to 96 schools with more than 43,000 students in 2021–22.
For many years the election of the trustees was at-large with half of them elected each year through Plurality block voting. All of the seats became up for election in each election after 1963.

## Programs
### Early learning

Edmonton Catholic Schools offers a pre-kindergarten program for children aged ⁠3+1/2⁠ to ⁠4+1/2⁠ called the 100 Voices program which is available at a number of different schools in the district.

### Language

The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.

#### Immersion and bilingual programs

* French immersion
* Ukrainian bilingual
* Spanish bilingual
* Polish bilingual

#### Language and culture programs

* Filipino
* Italian
* Spanish
* Ukrainian
* Nehiyaw Pimatisiwin Cree

## Schools

As of the 2021–22 school year, ECSD has 96 schools under its jurisdiction.

### In detail

| Instruction | School | Notes |
| Pre-K | St. Monica Early Learning Centre | |
| Elementary | Anne Fitzgerald | |
| Elementary | Annunciation | |
| Elementary | Bishop Greschuk | |
| Elementary | Bishop Savaryn | |
| Elementary | Divine Mercy | |
| Elementary | Father Leo Green | |
| Elementary | Frère Antoine | |
| Elementary | Good Shepherd | |
| Elementary | Holy Child | Changed name from Grandin to Holy Child on 28 June 2021. |
| Elementary | Blessed John Paul I | |
| Elementary | Katherine Therrien | |
| Elementary | Mary Hanley | |
| Elementary | Monsignor William Irwin | |
| Elementary | Our Lady of Peace | |
| Elementary | Our Lady of the Prairies | |
| Elementary | Our Lady of Victories | |
| Elementary | St. Angela | |
| Elementary | St. Anne | |
| Elementary | St. Augustine | |
| Elementary | St. Benedict | |
| Elementary | St. Bernadette | |
| Elementary | St. Bonaventure | |
| Elementary | St. Boniface | |
| Elementary | St. Charles | |
| Elementary | St. Dominic | |
| Elementary | St. Elizabeth | |
| Elementary | St. Francis of Assisi | |
| Elementary | St. Gerard | |
| Elementary | St. Jerome | |
| Elementary | St. John Bosco | |
| Elementary | St. Justin | |
| Elementary | St. Kateri | |
| Elementary | St. Leo | |
| Elementary | St. Lucy | |
| Elementary | St. Maria Goretti | |
| Elementary | St. Martha | |
| Elementary | St. Martin | |
| Elementary | St. Mary | |
| Elementary | St. Matthew | |
| Elementary | St. Philip | |
| Elementary | St. Pius X | |
| Elementary | St. Richard | |
| Elementary | St. Stanislaus | |
| Elementary | St. Teresa | |
| Elementary | St. Teresa of Calcutta | |
| Elementary | St. Timothy | |
| Elementary | St. Vincent | |
| Elementary | St. Vladimir | |
| Junior high | Cardinal Léger | |
| Junior high | Father Michael Troy | |
| Junior high | H.E. Beriault | |
| Junior high | J.J. Bowlen | |
| Junior high | St. Cecilia | |
| Junior high | St. Edmund | |
| Junior high | St. Hilda | |
| Junior high | St. Mark | |
| Junior high | St. Nicholas | |
| Junior high | St. Rose | |
| Junior high | St. Thomas More | |
| Junior high | Sir John Thompson | |
| Senior high | Archbishop MacDonald | |
| Senior high | Archbishop O'Leary | |
| Senior high | Austin O'Brien | |
| Senior high | Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – City Centre Campus | An alternative learning program previously known as Fresh Start. The City Centre Campus (Edmonton City Hall) operates in partnership with The Hallway program. |
| Senior high | Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – Clareview Campus | An alternative learning program previously known as Fresh Start. The City Centre Campus (Edmonton City Hall) operates in partnership with The Hallway program. |
| Senior high | Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – Mill Woods Campus | An alternative learning program previously known as Fresh Start. The City Centre Campus (Edmonton City Hall) operates in partnership with The Hallway program. |
| Senior high | Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – Westmount Campus | An alternative learning program previously known as Fresh Start. The City Centre Campus (Edmonton City Hall) operates in partnership with The Hallway program. |
| Senior high | Holy Trinity | |
| Senior high | Mother Margret Mary | |
| Senior high | Revelation Online | This is the only school that is a pure virtual school, each student follows their own asynchronous schedule. |
| Senior high | St. Francis Xavier | |
| Senior high | St. Joseph | Also offers an online program, as St. Joseph Catholic Online High School. |
| Senior high | St. Oscar Romero | School name adjusted as Archbishop and Martyr Óscar Romero progressed through beatification to canonization. |
| Elementary/junior high | Archbishop Joseph MacNeil | |
| Elementary/junior high | Ben Calf Robe/St. Clare | |
| Elementary/junior high | Bishop David Motiuk | |
| Elementary/junior high | Christ The King | |
| Elementary/junior high | Corpus Christi | |
| Elementary/junior high | Father Michael Mireau | |
| Elementary/junior high | Genesis Online School | A blended virtual school, where a class of students follow a shared synchronous schedule of two in-person class days and three online days. |
| Elementary/junior high | Holy Cross | |
| Elementary/junior high | Holy Family | |
| Elementary/junior high | Joan Carr | A new K-9 school opening in September 2022. |
| Elementary/junior high | Monsignor Fee Otterson | |
| Elementary/junior high | Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
| Elementary/junior high | Sister Annata Brockman | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Alphonsus | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Basil | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Brendan | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Catherine | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Clement | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Edmund | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Elizabeth Seton | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. John XXIII | |
| Elementary/junior high | St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| Junior/senior high | Louis St. Laurent | |
| Elementary/junior/senior high | J. H. Picard | |
| Elementary/junior/senior high | Kisiko Awasis Kiskinhamawin in Mountain Cree Camp | School is operated under contract, located at the Mountain Cree Camp near Robb, Alberta. |
| Elementary/junior/senior high | St. Gabriel Centre for Diverse Learning | Offers three programs: Guided Intervention Supported Transition (GIST), Positive Behaviour Supports (PBS), and Personal Pathways. |