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883 STUDENTS
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43% BOARDING
OUR MISSION: We prepare meaningful and flourishing lives by teaching the habits of mind, body and spirit, and the values needed to lead in a global society.
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BOARDING STUDENTS
Since 1889, Ridley has provided students with enriching learning and life-shaping experiences and has prepared them for success at some of the top universities and colleges around the world.
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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
With 883 students from 63 countries, the largest boarding programme in Ontario and the third largest in Canada, Ridley College is a truly international, co-educational day and boarding school. Students in Junior Kindergarten through Post-Graduate year are engaged in vibrant, challenging and forward-thinking academic, co-curricular and boarding life programmes. Ridley is proud to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum programme, in addition to the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
FACILITIES 90-acre campus in the heart of the beautiful Niagara Region: • Modern classrooms and subject-specific lab spaces • Dining halls in our Lower School and Upper School buildings.
• Over $3.5 million in Tuition Assistance and Scholarships. • First Visible Wellbeing™ Foundational School in North America (leawaters.com/visible-wellbeing). • Focus on Positive Education (PERMA-V model), centred on positive psychology. • Promotion of Physical Literacy, based on scientific evidence relating to the impacts of physical activity, sleep and nutrition on a child’s cognitive process. • Comprehensive boarding life programme for Grades 7-12/PG. • 75+ co-curricular activities in the arts, athletics, leadership and community service. • International service-learning trips to Malawi, Borneo and Guatemala. • High-performance athletics: Elite training pathways in basketball, hockey, rowing and figure skating, supporting student-athletes pursuing NCAA, U Sports and other postsecondary opportunities. • Opportunities for creative pursuits in drama and music, as well as visual, digital and spoken arts.
• Mandeville Theatre • Memorial Chapel • 10 boarding houses • Burgoyne Outdoor Education and Resource Centre • Schmon Health and Wellness Centre providing 24/7 on-site care to all students. • Athletic facilities include: NHL-grade ice surface, yoga and spin studios, fitness centre, ergometer room, competitiongrade squash courts, multiple playing fields, tennis courts, gymnasia and an athletic therapy clinic. • Our newly renovated Iggulden Building features a performance hall, music practice rooms, recording studio, art gallery, ceramics studio, digital makerspace, woodshop and learning commons. ACCREDITATION • Ontario Ministry of Education • International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO): IBO World School since March 2011
• Wide variety of summer day and boarding camps.
• Founding member of Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS)
• Three full-time Social-Emotional Counsellors in our Lower, Middle and Upper School, led by our Director of Wellbeing and Belonging.
• Member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
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ACADEMICS
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
• Student-centred, inquiry-based learning. • University Counselling (SAT test centre).
Over the past three years, our graduates have matriculated to over 100 prestigious universities and colleges worldwide, including:
• Ridley is a Cambridge Testing Centre.
Canada
• 150+ academic course offerings.
Brock University Carleton University Dalhousie University Emily Carr University of Art and Design McGill University McMaster University OCAD University Queen’s University The University of British Columbia Toronto Metropolitan University Trent University University of Calgary University of Guelph University of Ottawa University of Toronto University of Victoria University of Waterloo Western University Wilfrid Laurier University York University
• Learning Centre and individualized academic support.
• 25 IB course options. • Additional languages offered: French, Spanish, German and Mandarin. • Large number of IB offerings in Group 3 (Business & Management, Economics, Environmental Systems, History and Psychology) and Group 6 (Film, Music and Visual Arts). OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND QUALIFICATIONS • All students earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Grades reported in percentages. • Students taking the full IB programme also earn an IB Diploma. Grades reported on a 7-point scale. • Students taking IB courses, but not the IB Diploma Programme, earn individual certificates and the OSSD. • Students in Grade 10 also earn the IB MYP Diploma. Grades reported on an 7-point scale. • All IB and MYP grades are translated into percentages for the OSSD transcript. 2026 IB DIPLOMA RESULTS Ridley has an “open access” policy: All Grade 11 students are able to pursue the IB Diploma Programme, either as a selection of courses or the full Diploma. • Ridley College’s IB score is above the International World Standard. • Highest score awarded to a candidate: 42 • Number of IB Diploma candidates: 53 • Ridley average grade/7: 5.00 CLASS OF 2026 GRAD SURVEY RESULTS • • •
100% felt academically prepared for postsecondary studies. 93% received an offer to one of their top 3 choice universities. Graduates received over $2.13M in scholarships from postsecondary institutions.
United States
Tufts University University of California University of Miami University of Michigan Ann Arbor University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Washington Vanderbilt University United Kingdom Aston University Brunel University of London Imperial College London King’s College London London School of Economics and Political Science Queen Mary University of London The University of Edinburgh University College London University of Chichester University of East London University of St Andrews University of the Arts London
Boston University Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University International Cornell University ESCP Europe Business School, Emory University France George Washington University European University of Madrid, Harvard University Spain New York University Glion Institute of Higher Northeastern University Education, Switzerland Northwestern University IE University, Spain Princeton University The Chinese University of Rice University Hong Kong, China Rochester Institute of The Hong Kong Polytechnic Technology University (Poly U), Hong Kong Savannah College of Art and University College Utrecht, Design Netherlands School of the Art Institute of University of Galway, Ireland Chicago University of Navarra, Spain The Ohio State University
For a full matriculation list, search for University Counselling on our website.
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