Notable Alumni
The most famous alumnus of the school was William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada for over 21 years, who was a student between 1887 and 1891. During the school's 150th anniversary celebrations, a statue of him as a student was unveiled on the front lawn of the school.
Other noted alumni and former students of the school include:
- June Callwood, Journalist and activist
- William Daum Euler (student 1891–1893), Minister of National Revenue between 1927 and 1930
- Dr. Jack Gibson (graduated 1896), Hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- Kenneth Millar (attended 1930–1932; taught at the school 1939–1941), Author, creator of the Lew Archer
- Tony Young, AKA Master T, MuchMusic vj
- Jeremy Ratchford, Actor (Cold Case)
- Al MacInnis, National Hockey League Hall of Famer 1981–2003
- Taylor J. Krueger, Olympic Gold Medalist Women's Freestyle Ski Ballet 1980
- Clive T. Jaffray (student 1879–1880), President of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Sault Ste Marie Railway and of the Wisconsin Central Railway
- Art Binkowski, Boxer
- Miranda Ranieri, Canadian National Squash Champion
- Milt Schmidt, National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (dropped out at age 14)
- François Charles Archile Jeanneret, Noted academic
- John Oswald, (student 1968-1972) Composer, Governor General's Arts Laureate (2004)
- Chris Johnson, Olympic bronze medalist (boxing)
- Nick Hector, Gemini Award winning film editor
- Alexi Zentner, Giller Prize-nominated author
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