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Leeds County School Information
Information on Historical Schools in Leeds County.

This table shows the current and past schools/schoolhouses in the Leeds area. The table contains the following information: the school name; location/township; closing date; location students went to after the school/schoolhouse closed. Schools that include a historic photograph are underlined. Click the underlined school name to see the photograph. To see the complete collection of photos, please look through the gallery listed on the sidebar.

All photos were taken from Leeds and the Thousand Islands Archives, which we invite interested viewers to explore here

Legend-Leeds

  • N-North
  • S-South
  • E-East
  • W-West
  • Twp.-Township
  • Bd.-Board
  • S.S. No.-School Section Number
  • Brockville
  • Mallorytown
  • Rideau Lakes
  • Front of Escott
  • ElizabethtownKitley Township
  • Athens


SCHOOL NAME

LOCATION/ TOWNSHIP

CLOSING DATE

WHERE STUDENTS WENT

Caintown Public School

Caintown

1964

Lyn Public School

Caintown S.S. #7

Caintown

1959

Lyn Public School

Commonwealth Public School Brockville

166 Pearl Street East

June 2024
Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)

East Ward/Douglas Haig (was John Knox Montessori School at the end)

Brockville

Corner of Pearl St. and Bartholomew St.

First East Ward School, then Douglas Haig School

John Knox Christian School, finally Montessori School

1999 (torn down)

1950-closed

Commonwealth Public School

(Swift Waters Elementary School as of September 2024)

North Ward

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Commonwealth Public School (as of September 2018)

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September  2024)

South Ward

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Commonwealth Public School (as of September 2018)

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)

Centre Ward

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Commonwealth Public School (as of September 2018)

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)

Front of Yonge S.S. #4

Front of Yonge Twp.

1920

Front of Yonge Public School

James Street School

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Purvis Street School (S.S. No. 8 Front of Yonge)

West of Lyn


Near Tollgate Rd. on Perth Rd. (new brick school on chemical Rd.)

June 29, 1967

Caintown School (until Mallorytown school was built)


Front of Yonge Public School

Rock School

Brockville

George and Perth St.

1405 McDonald Rd.

Hwy 2 West of Brockville, West of Oakland Cemetery


1
st: West of present site


Before: Bank of Grant’s creek

Lyn Public School

Victoria School

Brockville

Wall St.

1973

General Brock School


Prince of Wales Public School

(Until Vanier Public School was completed)

Prince of Wales Public School
Brockville

210 Pearl St. W. 
September 2018
Commonwealth Public School (as of September 2018)

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)
Toniata Public School Brockville

24 Scace Ave.
June 2024 Commonwealth Public School (a of September 2018)

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)

Horton School

Brockville

James St. East at Victoria

1950

Commonwealth Public School

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)

General Brock School

Brockville

George and Clarissa St.

1983-demolished

1976-closed

Prince of Wales Public School

Commonwealth Public School (as of September 2018)

Swift Waters Elementary School (as of September 2024)

Windsor School

Brockville


Stewart Blvd.

Was later used for special-education purposes and moved

Dates unknown; registers up to 1978

Vanier Public School

Toniata Public School

Swift Waters Public School (as of September 2024)

Lyn Tincap

Lyn-Tincap

2001

Lyn Public School

Lyn Tincap Public School

Lyn-Tincap

1994

Lyn Public School

Lyn/Tincap School Complex

Lyn-Tincap

1993

Lyn Public School

Lyn-Tincap Public School

Lyn-Tincap

1978

Lyn Public School

S.S. No. 7 Lyn School

Lyn

By creek, w
est end of village

Lyn Public School (after 1956)

Tincap

Tincap

1972

Lyn Public School

Yonge Elementary

Front of Yonge Twp.

1969

Front of Yonge Public School

Mallorytown

Mallorytown

1969

Front of Yonge Public School

Mallorytown Consolidated

Mallorytown

1929

Front of Yonge Public School (after 1968)

Mallorytown Continuation

Mallorytown

1957

Brockville Collegiate Institute

Malloy S.S. #11

1969

Front of Yonge Public School

Rideau Centennial Elementary School (after 1963)

Rideau Lakes

September 2017 South Crosby Public School (as of September 2017)

Central School (Smiths Falls), Recreation Centre

Smiths Falls

79 Beckwith Street North

Common and Grammar Schools combined on property

1973

Chimo Elementary School

Chimo Senior Elementary School

Smiths Falls

1995

Chimo Elementary School

S.S. No. 5 Elgin Public School

Elgin

1967

South Crosby Public School

Elgin and Central

Elgin

1939

Rideau Centennial Elementary School (after 1963)

South Crosby Public school (as of September 2017)

S.S. No. 5 Elgin Public School (Red Brick School)

Elgin

48, Halladay Street

1964

South Crosby Public School

Elgin/Lyndhurst Continuation School

Elgin/Lyndhurst

1939

Rideau District High School (after 1960)

Lyndhurst School

Lyndhurst

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

Lyndhurst Continuation School (High School/Collegiate Institute)

Lyndhurst

1957

Athens District High School

Long Point School

Lyndhusrt

Long Point Rd.
 

Sweets Corners Public School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 7 Forfar

Forfar 

1967

South Crosby Public School

S.S. No. 8 Harlem

Chantry

Harlem Rd.

1967

South Crosby Public School

Harper-Condie

Smiths Falls

Near Harper-Condie Rd. 

1976

Chimo Elementary School

Johnston Public School (Smiths Falls)

Smiths Falls

1949

North Elmsley Public School (after 1964)


Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 2 Johnston

Smith Falls

1960

North Elmsley Public School (after 1964)

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Lyndhurst Public School

Lyndhurst

1964

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 6 Lombardy School

Rideau Ferry

County Road #1 (Rideau Ferry Road)

1963

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

Long Point School

Lyndhurst

3410 County Road 3

1960

Sweet Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S No. 9 Morton Public School

South Crosby

June 1965

South Crosby Public School

S.S. No. 1 Montague

Andrewsville

Merrickville Public School (after 1966)

S.S. No 6 Montague

Montague Twp.

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 11 Montague

Montague Twp.

1959

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 12 Montague

Montague Twp.

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 13 Montague

Montague Twp.

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 14 Montague

Montague Twp.

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 15 Montague

Montague Twp.

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 16 Montague

Montague Twp.

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 20 Montague

Montague Twp.

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 8 Montague

Montague Twp.

1949

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)


Montague Central School (after 2004)

New Aberdeen

Smiths Falls

June 2004

Montague Central School

Newboro Public School

Newboro

1929

Rideau Vista Public School

Village of Newboro

Newboro

1926

Rideau Vista Public School

S.S. No. 9 Philipsville

Philipsville

1966

South Crosby Public School

Rideau Centennial, Portland

Portland

1969

Rideau Centennial Elementary School

South Crosby Public School (as of September 2017)

Rideau Regional Centre School

Rideau Lakes Twp. 

1988

South Crosby Public School

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