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n.
in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, a secondary school that meets certain provincial requirements with regard to curriculum, facilities, and specialist staff over and above those required in a high school.
Quotations
1861
The Red River Academy was a High School or Collegiate Institute, in which along with a thorough English education, the higher classics and mathematics were taught.
1963
We have bought hundreds and hundreds of defence planes, each of which has cost the price of an educational institution such as our new collegiate institute in Napanee.