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| Western Canada High School | |
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| Address | |
641 17 Avenue SW , | |
| Information | |
| Former name | Western Canada College (1903–1926) |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Intelligentia, Vires, Virtus |
| Established | 1903 |
| School board | Calgary Board of Education |
| Principal | Darrin Whitbread |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| Enrollment | 2207[1] (2023-2024) |
| • Grade 10 | 760 |
| • Grade 11 | 710 |
| • Grade 12 | 737 |
| Team name | RedHawks |
| Yearbook | Acatec |
| Communities served | Mount Royal, Mission, Cliff Bungalow, Connaught |
| Website | school |
Western Canada High School is a public high school in Calgary, Alberta that has operated since 1929. The high school was antedated by Western Canada College, a boys' preparatory school in the style of a British public school that opened in 1903. The College existed until the end of the 1926 academic year when it closed due to financial problems. The Calgary Board of Education purchased the property that year, and by September 1929 completed a group of new school buildings on the site. From 1929 to 1935 academic and technical schools operated independently on the Western property, until which time they merged under a single administration.
Western Canada is one of Calgary's oldest and most prestigious educational institutions. Given its proximity to the historic upper-class neighbourhoods of Mount Royal, Elbow Park, Roxboro, and Rideau Park, it has long been associated with the city's elite and establishment. Western Canada graduates have gone on to prolific careers in politics, law, sport, and the arts.