Lower Canada College (LCC) is an English-language elementary and secondary level independent school located in Montreal, Quebec. It is located in the Monkland Village area of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood. The school offers education from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Students graduate from Grade 11 and then have the option of leaving the school and going to a Pre-University college (unique to the Quebec system) or returning to LCC for the Pre-University year. Once boys-only, LCC is now co-educational, with roughly 40 percent of the student body being female. Girls were first admitted to Grade 12 in 1992 and were phased into the other grades beginning in the 1995–96 school year. Until recently, LCC was one of the few remaining schools with a covered outdoor ice hockey rink. This has been replaced by a new athletics centre, as well as a new arena. In addition to hockey, LCC has been known for fielding strong teams in Canadian football, soccer and basketball. Rugby was canceled in 2017 because it was deemed "too dangerous". LCC's traditional rival in sports and other matters is Selwyn House School. The annual tuition fees for attending LCC range from $18,695 to $23,845. International students in high school also have to pay an additional $4,771 to cover the grant the school receives for local students. The school receives subsidies from the provincial government that is available to all private schools for Grades 7 to 11, which means all students in the high school section must have a certificate of eligibility allowing them to attend government-funded English schools in Quebec in accordance with Bill 101. Students without the certificate can attend the non-subsidized elementary school section and qualify for the certificate after three years as long as they and any siblings have never previously attended a French school. History Lower Canada College was opened on Royal Avenue by Dr. Charles Fosbery on September 20, 1909. LCC can trace its roots to 1861, when the boarding school St. John's School was started by the Church of St John the Evangelist. In 1995, LCC added enrolment for female students. Before then admission was available to the Pre-University (PreU) program exclusively. Today, women account for approximately 50% of the student population. Houses LCC, like many other Commonwealth schools, divides its students into houses. These eight houses are named after alumni. There is also one house specifically for Grade 12 students. They are: Beveridge