| Lower Canada College | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Non nobis solum (Not for ourselves alone) |
| Established | 1861; as LCC, 1909 |
| Type | Independent |
| Academic staff | 65 |
| Students | 755 |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Campus | Main (urban); Rigaud (rural) |
| Sports teams | Lions |
| Colours | Blue and Red |
| Mascot | LCC Lion |
| Website | http://www.lcc.ca/ |
Lower Canada College (LCC) of Montreal is an elementary and secondary level private school. The college was founded by the Church of St John the Evangelist in 1861 as St. John's School and changed its name to Lower Canada College in 1909, replacing an older school by that name that was founded in 1847.
LCC offers education from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Students graduate from Grade 11, and then have the option of leaving the school and going on to CEGEP, which is the university preparatory system in Quebec, or returning to LCC for the Pre-University year.
The annual fees for attending LCC range from $13,475 to $17,415.
Until recently, LCC was one of the few remaining schools with a covered outdoor ice hockey rink. This has been replaced by a new athletics centre as well as a new arena. In addition to hockey, LCC has been known for fielding strong Lions teams in Canadian football, soccer, basketball and rugby union. LCC's traditional rival in sports and other matters is Selwyn House School.
Once boys-only, LCC is now co-educational, with roughly 40 percent of the population being girls. Girls were first admitted to Grade 12 in 1992 and were phased in to the other grades beginning in the 1995-96 school year.
LCC has increasingly become a bilingual institution. Courses are taught in both French and English with Spanish lessons offered to middle and senior school students.
LCC, like many other Commonwealth schools, divides its students into houses. These eight houses are named after alumni. There is also one house specifically for Grade 12 students. They are:
Alumni include:
Faculty include: