Education

Edmonton’s education history is connected to the arrival of Roman Catholic missionaries who ministered to people working in the fur trade and to Aboriginal groups and voyageurs. Edmonton’s first schoolhouse was built in 1881, becoming the first free public school in Alberta and the first step in the formation of Edmonton’s public school system.

With the University of Alberta’s creation in 1908, public education in Edmonton took a step into the post-secondary realm, later joined by Macewan University, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and numerous other colleges that have contributed to Edmonton’s stature as a national leader in research and education.

Académie de l’Assomption Building

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Alberta College

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Central

Alex Taylor School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Amiskwaciy Academy

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Central

Arts Building, University of Alberta

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Southwest

Assiniboia Hall

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southwest

Athabasca Hall

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southwest

Bissell Centre

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Central

Centre d’arts visuels de l’Aberta (CAVA)

Themes: Education, Sports, Leisure & Entertainment
Era: City Modern
Area: Southeast

C&E Railway Station Museum

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Southwest

City of Edmonton Archives

Themes: Education, Government
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Central

College Avenue High School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Central

Collège Saint-Jean

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southeast

Concordia College

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Northeast

Donald Ross School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Eastglen Composite High School — 1953

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Northeast

Eastwood School

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Edmonton Planetarium Coronation Park — 1959

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Northwest

Edmonton Power Historical Foundation

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Edmonton Region

Edmonton Public School Board — 1967

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Central

Edmonton Radial Railway Museum - High Level Bridge

Themes: Education, Transportation
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southwest

Edmonton Talmud Torah School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: West

Edmonton Telephone Historical Centre

Themes: Education, Trade & Industry
Era: City Modern
Area: Central

Escuela Latinoamericana Gabriela Mistral

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Southeast

Ezio Faraone Park Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Central

Fathers of Confederation Mural

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Gandhi Bust

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Central

Gold Bar School — 1958

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southeast

Grandin Catholic School

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden, Mazankowski Heart Institute

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: City Modern
Area: Southwest

H.A. Gray School

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Highlands School

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Northeast

High Level Bridge Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Hotel Grand

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Housing Union Building (HUB) — 1969-1971

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southwest

John Walter Historic Area

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Southwest

King Edward School

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Southwest

L’Empreinte francophone

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Central

Little White School

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Edmonton Region

McCauley School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

McKay Avenue School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Methodists' Home for Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Girls

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Musée Héritage Museum

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Edmonton Region

Muslim Community of Edmonton Mosque

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: City Modern
Area: Southwest

Mykhailo Hrushevsky Institute

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

NAPOTA Cabin (Northlands)

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Northeast

NAPOTA Cabin (Scona Road)

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southwest

Niblock Street School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Southwest

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology — 1961

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Central

Norwood School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Old Scona School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southwest

Old St. Stephen's College

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southwest

Oliver School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Parkdale School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Pavillon Lacerte, Campus Saint-Jean

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southeast

P.B. Lawton Junior High School

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Northeast

Pembina Hall

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Southwest

Prince Charles School

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Northwest

Provincial Archives of Alberta

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southeast

Provincial Museum of Alberta — 1967

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: West

Queen Alexandra School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southwest

Riverbend Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Riverdale Elementary School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central

Ross Sheppard High School — 1956

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Northwest

Saskatchewan Drive Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: City Modern
Area: Southeast

St. Anthony's School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Southwest

St. Joachim's School

Themes: Education
Era: Urban Settlement
Area: Central

St. Joseph’s College

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: The War Years
Area: Southwest

Strathcona County Museum & Archives

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Edmonton Region

Strathcona Public Library

Themes: Education, Government
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Southwest

Strathcona Science Park

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Northeast

St. Stephen’s College — 1952

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southwest

TELUS World of Science - Edmonton

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Northwest

The Edmonton Art Gallery — 1969

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Central

Triffo Hall

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta (UCAMA)

Themes: Education
Era: City Modern
Area: Central

Ukrainian Catholic Women's League of Canada Museum, Edmonton Eparchy

Themes: Education, Religion
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Central

Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Society

Themes: Education, Sports, Leisure & Entertainment
Era: City Modern
Area: Edmonton Region

Ukrainian Labour-Farmer Temple

Themes: Education, Government, Religion, Trade & Industry
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

Ukrainian National Hall

Themes: Education, Sports, Leisure & Entertainment
Era: The War Years
Area: Central

University of Alberta Education Building — 1962

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southwest

University of Alberta Students’ Union Building (SUB) — 1967

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Southwest

Victoria Composite High School — 1949, 1953, c. 1963

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: Central

Walterdale Flats Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Westglen School — 1940

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Northwest

West Jasper Place School District #4679

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: West

Westminster School — 1951

Themes: Education
Era: The Post-War Years
Area: West

Westmount Public School

Themes: Education
Era: The War Years
Area: Northwest

Young Men’s Christian Association

Themes: Education, Sports, Leisure & Entertainment
Era: Urban Growth
Area: Central