Collège Stanislas in Sainte-Foy and Collège Stanislas de Montréal ( FR)

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are two campuses of an exclusive French language

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institution for boys and girls aged 4 to 18 years which is accredited by the

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(part of the Ministry of Education of France).

History

The school was founded in 1938 by Raoul Dandurand and other wealthy

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as a

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subsidiary of the renowned

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, France. Architect Jean Julien Perrault designed the campus on Dollard Boulevard in Outremont in 1941. The second location in Ste.-Foy opened in 1989.

Programs

The college offers the equivalent of a provincial Secondary School Graduation Diploma (DES),

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(DEC), and the

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. The college offers three pre-university programs. These pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university.

Campuses

* 1605 chemin Ste-Foy, Québec City * 780 boulevard Dollard, Outremont

Notable alumni

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* David Macklovitch, member of

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