Since 1861, The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, the city’s only all girls English Catholic high school, has been graduating exceptional leaders. The school is committed to developing young women of intellect, wisdom, compassion and with a sense of justice. The Sacred Heart School of Montreal is part of a worldwide network of schools that share common goals, mission and values. An all girls grade 12 program, and boarding, are also available.
The Sacred Heart School of Montreal was founded in 1861, and built around the principles that were at the core of the Society of the Sacred Heart, which was begun by Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat in 1800. Among those principles was to educate girls to take part in society beyond the home or the church. Barat sought to encourage girls to take a transformative role in their communities, something that, it perhaps goes without say, was a unique perspective for the time. Sacred Heart continues to follow that ideal, expressing it within modern curricular and extracurricular programing, including the integration of 21st century literacies and online tutoring. An international gaze, too, is used to inform the program, seen specifically in service trips and international exchanges. The school was unique when it was formed, and it remains at the cutting edge of education today.
Additional notes: The Sacred Heart School of Montreal offers a private bus service to and from Laval, and now expanded service to Saint-Laurent, to accommodate a growing student population from those areas and north of Montreal. The bus carries Sacred Heart students on a route to and from the school, with stops in Laval and Saint-Laurent. This route is in addition to a bus service offered by the school to students on Montreal’s West Island.
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Focus | Religious-based |
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Academic | Christian (Roman Catholic) |
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Subject | offered |
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
Subject | offered |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
Subject | offered |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
Expressive | |
Disciplined |
Subject | offered |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Students remain in a regular classroom for the whole day, and periodically receive break-out support (individually or in small groups) within the classroom from a qualified special education teacher.
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
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Program | offered |
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Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: Acceleration and enrichment (There is an equal emphasis on acceleration and enrichment.)
Program | offered |
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
English - 60% | French - 40% |
In grade Gr. 12, Sacred Heart School students perform an average of 2 hours of homework per night.
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Sacred Heart School | 60 mins | 60 mins | 90 mins | 120 mins | 120 mins | 120 mins |
Site Average | 53 mins | 57 mins | 69 mins | 80 mins | 97 mins | 106 mins |
Lettered or numbered grades | Gr. 7 to Gr. 11 |
Prose (narrative)-based feedback | Gr. 7 to Gr. 11 |
Academic achievement reporting | Gr. 7 to Gr. 11 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Gr. 7 to Gr. 11 |
Competitive sports: 11
Recreational sports: N/A
The Sacred Heart School of Montreal offers 19 clubs and extracurricular programs.
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Day (Domestic) | $16,850 | |||||
Day (International) | $36,441 | $21,850 | ||||
Boarding (International) | $55,271 |
Grade range that need-based aid is offered: | 7 to 11 |
Percentage of grade-eligible students receiving financial aid | 20% |
Average aid package size | $6,400 |
Percentage of total enrolment on financial aid | 20% |
Total aid available | $294,600 |
This school works with FAST. for processing financial applications
There is no minimum income amount to apply for a bursary, as each family is assessed on an individual basis. To be eligible for assistance, students must complete the admissions process and be enrolled for the next school year.
Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 7 to Gr. 11 | All girls | Day | 214 |
Group 2 | Gr. 7 to Gr. 11 | All girls | Boarding | 11 |
Group 3 | Gr. 12 to Gr. 12 | All girls | Day | 1 |
Total enrolment | 226 |
Average class size | 14 to 18 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 18% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 4 |
Five-day boarding program offered | Yes |
% in boarding (grade-eligible) | 8% |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
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Day Enrollment | 32 | 40 | 59 | 42 | 36 |
Boarding Enrollment | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | N/A |
Class Size | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 7 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | ||
Entrance Essay | ||
English Language Eligibility Certificate | 7 - 11 |
Day students: Rolling
Boarding students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry: Yes
Application fee: $50
Registration fee: $200
Deposit: N/A
We look forward to welcoming you and your daughter to the Sacred Heart community. We accept applications all year long but it is always good to apply early.
This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homestay Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Boarding Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alumnus | Grad Year | Accomplishment |
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Therese Forget Casgrain | 1914 | Suffragist; Senator; first female political party leader in Canada; Officer of the Order of Canada; commemorated with a Canada Post stamp in 1985 and on the $50 bill in 2004. |
Angela Onesi | 1985 | Partner at Fasken Martineau LLP |
Jennifer Finnigan | 1996 | Three-time Daytime Emmy Award winning actress, best known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. |
Antonia Maioni | 1979 | Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University; President of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences |
Alumni Highlights
The future at heart
Welcome, and thank you for expressing an interest in our school! We hope that you, like thousands of young women who have called Sacred Heart their school over the past 156 years, will also feel right at home here. Our student body, faculty, staff and administration work hard to make it a warm and caring environment while keeping our teacher-to-student ratio low. This is just one of the ways that we ensure personal, caring treatment of every Sacred Heart girl.
You don’t have to take my word for it: watch one of our videos, Sacred Heart Girls, to see testimonials from some of our students; visit us at any time by contacting Admissions to make an appointment or speak with our Admissions Coordinator, Stephanie or sign up to be a Student-for-a-Day anytime that is convenient for you, and experience the school first-hand.
When you visit our school be sure to ask about the laptop program introducing Chromebooks for every student and Google Apps for Education; our free online tutoring offered by GradeSlam; and our newly introduced French social sciences option for Secondary I students. You can also follow us on one of the school’s several social media feeds like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, to get a sense of the everyday life of the school and what it is to be a Sacred Heart girl!
Shawn O'Donnell
Head of School
August 25, 2020
A Small School with a Big Heart
Online learning was effective at Sacred Heart because, whether in class or online, every student counts.
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June 25, 2020
Online Summer School for Grade 9 & 10 students Quebec students
The Sacred Heart School of Montreal announces a new online summer school for all Quebec students in grades 9 and 10.
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March 25, 2020
Virtual Learning
We have moved to online learning and events and gatherings have been canceled for the next two weeks. And yet we are still Sacred Heart.
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