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Royal St. George's College is an Anglican independent school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for boys in Grades 3 through 12. Founded in 1964[1] as a choir school in the tradition of the great collegiate and cathedral choir schools in England, Royal St. George's offers education for students Grades 3 through 12 and serves as the choir school for the Cathedral Church of St. James[2]. It is the only pre-university school in Canada authorized to use the prefix "Royal"[3], and houses the Chapel of St. Alban the Martyr.
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Archbishop Sweatman of Toronto envisioned St. Alban's Cathedral replacing the de facto use of St. James' Church, whose parishioners would not countenance re-dedication to a new patron saint or loss of control of the church. St. Alban's was designated the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto in 1883, while still in the planning stages. The chancel was completed in 1891, but after more than twenty years of inactivity the project was canceled by the primate. The chancel became the school chapel when the College leased the property.
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