# Collegiate institute

> A collegiate institute is an institution that provides either secondary or post-secondary education, dependent on where the term is used. In Canada, the term is used to describe institutions that provide secondary education, while the word is used to describe a post-secondary institutions in the United States. The term has fallen out of use throughout [&hellip;]

A **collegiate institute** is an institution that provides either secondary or post-secondary education, dependent on where the term is used. In Canada, the term is used to describe institutions that provide secondary education, while the word is used to describe a post-secondary institutions in the United States.

The term has fallen out of use throughout most of North America, except in the Canadian province of Ontario, which continues to use the term in the names of their secondary schools. Variations of the term also see use in other parts of Canada, with select areas of western Canada using the term **collegiate** in the names of their secondary schools.

## Canada

The term *collegiate institute* originally referred to a distinct type of secondary school in several provinces in Canada. However, the term has since transformed as a synonym for an institution that provides secondary education. The term is most prominent in Ontario, although the term was also used in several other areas in Canada.

### Ontario

In Ontario, *collegiate institute* originally referred to a distinct type

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*Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_institute)*

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