Michael Power/St. Joseph High School, Toronto

About Michael Power/St. Joseph High School

”Michael Power • St. Joseph High School (locally referred as Michael Power or Power) is a catholic secondary school in the Etobicoke district of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is an amalgamation of two independent schools in the Six Points neighborhood, Michael Power High School (an all male school started by the Basilian Fathers in 1957) and St. Joseph Islington High School (an all female school led by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1949) with the two schools amalgamated in 1982 officially. In 1993, Michael Power • St. Joseph moved west and north to the former site of Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute, built in 1961 by the Etobicoke Board of Education and closed in 1985, on Eringate Drive.It is the largest high school in all of the Toronto Catholic District School Board with 1944 students in the 2016-17 year and the second largest in Toronto. MPSJ is ranked 32 out of 725 in the 2011-12 Fraser Institute report card with a 8.9 rating.HistoryStory of namesakesThe Sisters of St. Joseph as founded in Le Puy by the Jesuit Jean Paul Médaille on October 15, 1650. On the following March 10, the local bishop, Henri de Maupas, granted ecclesiastical approval to these women. On December 13, 1651, the Sisters of St. Joseph presented themselves to the Royal Notary in LePuy for their legal incorporation. The Sisters of St. Joseph at Toronto came into existence in 1851. The sisters taught in many schools across Canada since their establishment in the country. Read more

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