School type High School Closed 1982 Area trustee Pamela Gough Motto Cum Aliis, Pro Aliis | Religious affiliation(s) Secular Superintendent Jane Phillips-Long Ceased operations 1982 Founded 1953 | |
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Public transit access Toronto Transit Commission, Royal York Road, The Queensway | ||
Royal York Collegiate Institute (Royal York CI, RYCI, or Royal York) is a former public high school existed from 1953–1982 under the Etobicoke Board of Education (now Toronto District School Board) in the The Queensway – Humber Bay neighbourhood of the Etobicoke district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History
Royal York C.I. was constructed in 1952 and opened on September 8, 1953. It had an active sports program and many championship wins over the years. The girls' Jr. volleyball team won the Borough of Etobicoke Girls' Interschool Volleyball Championship on February 21, 1968.
With declining enrollment, Royal York Collegiate Institute, along with New Toronto Secondary School (later Lakeshore Collegiate Institute), Kingsmill Secondary School (later Bishop Allen Academy), and Alderwood Collegiate Institute underwent a review in 1980 as many Catholic immigrants who arrived in the area transferred their children to the separate school system when full separate school funding commenced. As a consequence, Royal York Collegiate closed in June 1982. The building was then occupied by Etobicoke School of the Arts in 1983.
The school's colours were purple and gold. Royal York C.I.'s motto is "Cum Aliis, Pro Aliis" which translates to With others, for others.