St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

• St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

• Champlain School (Alfred, Ont.)

• St. Joseph's Industrial School (Alfred, Ont.)

• St. Joseph's Training School for Boys (Alfred, Ont.)

Opened as the St. Joseph's Industrial School in isolated Alfred, Ontario, on 16 September 1933. Operated by the Christian Brothers, it was originally designed to receive French speaking Roman Catholic boys but soon accepted both French and English speakers from eastern and northern Ontario. The facility, built to accommodate up to 120 wards, as young as seven years of age (later raised to nine) held over 200 wards in 1960. Students from Ottawa University Centre of Criminology and Social Services from Algonquin College also did their field placement at the school.

It was renamed Champlain School in 1967, became inter-denominational and officially bilingual in 1974, and co-educational in 1976. It continued to be staffed by the Christian Brothers but the last wards were transferred to Cecil Facer School in 1978. It was closed on 1 July 1981.

St. Joseph's Training School for Boys was a training school for Catholic boys. Training schools are facilities for youth placed under the wardship of the Ontario government. The schools offer a variety of vocational and occupational training to their wards, as well as treatment services and recreational programs. After 1976 the school was for both boys and girls.

No authorizing agent has been identified for this agency.

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Archivist(s):
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