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Saint Dominic Catholic Secondary School

catholic high school in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ7401180 ↗
Source-derived summary

St. Dominic Catholic Secondary School is a high school in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada that serves all students from the Muskoka and Parry Sound area. Opened in 1995, the school campus has seen several stages of expansion to accommodate the school's growth in programming and population. St. Dominic C.S.S. is part of the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.

History

In 2014, the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board invested in the school's one-to-one technology initiative which provided every student with an opportunity to use a Chromebook for the school year.

Teams and clubs

St. Dominic offers athletic team sports as well as several school clubs.

Teams include volleyball, basketball, soccer, badminton, and cross-country along with several other major team sports.

Clubs include Yearbook, Coding Club, Robotics Club, among various others.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Saint Dominic Catholic Secondary School” as catholic high school in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Saint, Dominic and Catholic.

Editorial reviewA useful synthesis for locating the documentary relationships between formal authority, participants and affected communities. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Saint, Dominic and Catholic providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7401180. Authority coordinates are 45.048, -79.296. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Saint Dominic Catholic Secondary School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.