A collegiate institute is a school either of secondary education or higher education.
At the same time, as universities began teaching science and engineering, so did the collegiate institutes.
Most cities, the oldest and most established high schools are still known as collegiate institutes.
Most cities in Ontario have a collegiate institute near the centre.
In some cases, a more academic focus has been retained, and collegiate institutes are thus sometimes regarded as better than "standard" high schools.
Almost every high school in the city of Toronto is a "collegiate institute".
Schools able to offer classical studies were given additional funding as collegiate institutes.
He was educated in a collegiate institute at Ramsgate.
Dr. Torsey also opened a female collegiate institute, one of the first to offer degrees to women at the time.
It was one of the first collegiate institutes in the province.