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Lisgar Collegiate Institute is in Ottawa, Canada. It is the oldest secondary school in Ottawa and possibly Ontario. It was named after a former Governor General of Canada. It was established in 1874 and has been formerly known as the Ottawa Collegiate Institute and the Dalhousie District Grammar School. It celebrated its 160th anniversary in 2004. Lisgar houses about 1000 students. It has a gifted program.

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    Ottawa Collegiate Institute c. 1875 – 1880

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    School library collection, 1910

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    Lisgar Collegiate Institute

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    View of Lisgar Collegiate from the Mall, the area between the North and South buildings

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    In 2006 parents camped in the Lisgar sports field to enroll a limited number of students from outside Lisgar's catchment in the school.

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