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(Redirected from Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec) Primary school in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Ecole des Ursulines
Address
4, rue du Parloir
Quebec City, Quebec, G1R 4M5
Canada
Information
School typePrimary
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Established1639; 386 years ago (1639)
PrincipalSerge Goyette
Websitewww.ursulinesquebec.com/francais/quebec/

The Ecole des Ursulines, known in English as the School of the Ursulines, is among North America's oldest schools. Still operating as a private school for both girls and boys, it was founded in 1639 by French nun Marie of the Incarnation and laywoman Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie. This was also the beginning of the Ursuline order in New France.

The convent has many of its original walls intact and houses a little chapel and a museum. Located in the middle of the historical Old Quebec neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, which is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage District. The school has two campuses. In the Quebec City campus, there are more than four hundred children enrolled from pre-school through primary school (5 to 12 years). There is also a coeducational campus in Loretteville.

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