Georges P. Vanier Secondary School

Georges P. Vanier Secondary School is a high school in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada Its doors opened in January 1968 completing a move of students from the old Courtenay Sr. high school. The school was named after one of Canada's most popular Governors-General. Vanier was built to house a capacity of 1200 students. The school population grew to 1700+ students in the early 2000s with the addition of 36 portable classrooms. This led to the opening of Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School which became the third district secondary school in the early 2000s with Vanier losing some East Courtenay students and students from the Cumberland and Royston, Union Bay and Fanny Bay community catchment areas. Vanier has primarily been the...