Royal York Collegiate Institute

Royal York Collegiate Institute, previously Royal York Secondary School is a former public high school that existed from 1953 to 1982 under the Etobicoke Board of Education in The Queensway – Humber Bay neighbourhood of the Etobicoke district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the first academic high school built in Etobicoke after World War II.

History

Royal York C.I. was constructed in 1952 and opened on September 8, 1953. The school was designed by architect Gordon Adamson. The auditorium was later erected in 1957. The girls' Jr. volleyball team won the Borough of Etobicoke Girls' Interschool Volleyball Championship on February 21, 1968.

Notable alumni

Tom Anselmi, Canadian sports executive
Grant Frame, Assyriologist, Professor Emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania, and Curator Emeritus of the Babylonian Section of the Penn Museum