Pickering College

Pickering College, founded 1842, is one of Canada’s oldest independent schools and the only co-educational independent boarding school in York Region, just north of Toronto. We are conveniently located just 45km from Canada’s largest city yet are situated in a small town that is safe, walkable and welcoming. Pickering is a small community of approximately 550 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. Boarding begins at Grade 7 and approximately one-third of our Senior School is made up of Boarders from over 25 countries around the world. As an academically-rigorous university preparatory school, we have high expectations for our students, but also provide a high level of care and support including dedicated professional boarding staff, faculty advisors, guidance counsellors, nurses, learning strategists and a counsellor focused on mental health and well-being. As Canada’s only Quaker-founded school, we stay true to Quaker teachings of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality and Stewardship and a commitment to instilling the ability and responsibility to make the world great, better and more beautiful. At the same time we empower our students to embrace the challenges of tomorrow with 100% university acceptance and approximately half of our grads going on to study in STEM fields.

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