St. Patrick's Intermediate School

St. Patrick's Intermediate started as a high school. The campus was built in the 1960s and won acclaim for its marvelous architecture. There were actually two schools on that campus: St. Patrick's High School (which used to be an all boys school) and Notre Dame High School (which used to be an all girls school). The campus was known as "Campanile," meaning Bell Tower because of the real bell tower at the centre of the campus. That areas was known as "The Quad," sandwiched between four larger buildings. When the students reached the 11th grade, the classes were merged. There were many buildings on the campus which were linked by tunnels, in case of inclement weather. The buildings included: two cafeterias, two gyms, a church/chapel, and a theatre. There were also two seven story buildings, one for boarders and one for the nuns. By the mid 1970s the two schools could not afford to run anymore because the Ontario Government cut off full funding of Catholic Schools after grade ten. More than HALF of the campus was sold to the [Government of Canada]], with two school buildings, the lobby entranceway and one gym kept back for the formation of St. Patrick's Junior Highschool. That school served grades 7-10 (with Ontario school funding) for years. Before retiring, Ontario Premier Bill Davis surprised many by announcing that full funding would return to Catholic Schools, and St. Patrick's High school was once again alive -- this time just up the street on Heron Road in the former home of Charlebois (French) Highschool. The Jr. Highschool became known as "St. Patricks Intermediate School," and lasted until June 2018. Notre Dame Highschool had moved as an all girls school and was located on Bronson Avenue at Lisgar for many years. Later it became co-educational and is currently (2019) located on Col By Drive in the former Algonquin College buildings.

The students and staff of St. Patrick's Intermediate sometimes used the government theatre for drama presentations and the government gym on special occasions. St. Patrick's Intermediate also had uniforms, which most schools did not have. Although, in June 2018, St. Patrick's intermediate was officially closed down and will be reunited with St. Patrick's highschool.

• "150 years of Catholic Education in Ottawa-Carleton 1856-2006, Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board, 2006". p. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2013.