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Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec

Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec
Ecole des Ursulines
Address
4, rue du Parloir
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Information
Principal Serge Goyette
School type Primary
Established 1639
Homepage http://www.ursulinesquebec.com/francais/quebec/

The Ecole des Ursulines, known in English as the School of the Ursulines, is among North America's oldest schools. Still operating as a private girls school, it was founded in 1639 by French nun Marie de l'Incarnation and laywoman Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie. This was also the beginning of the Ursuline order in New France.

The convent has many of its original walls intact and houses a little chapel and a museum. Located in the middle of the historical district of Quebec City, which is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage District. The school has two campuses. In the Quebec City campus, there are more than four hundred girls enrolled from pre-school through primary school (5 to 12 years). There is also a coeducational campus in Loretteville.

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Categories:

  • Elementary schools in Quebec
  • Schools in Quebec City
  • History of Quebec City
  • History of Catholicism in Quebec
  • 1639 establishments
  • Roman Catholic schools in Quebec
  • Girls' schools in Canada
  • Ursuline Sisters
  • New France
  • Educational institutions established in the 1630s
  • Roman Catholic elementary schools in Canada
  • French Colonial architecture in Canada
  • Quebec school stubs

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