École secondaire catholique Garneau (Garneau Catholic High School), is a French-language high school teaching grades 7–12 in the community of Orléans in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario (capital of Canada). History In 1972 the school was opened and named in honour of the French-Canadian politician, poet, and historian François-Xavier Garneau of the 19th century. Building and location In 2001 the construction of l'école élementaire Garneau, a new addition onto l'école secondaire Garneau, was due in part to expanding demographics, the expanded school-closure of the francophone intermediate school, école intermediaire Léo-D-Côté and its transformation into l'École élémentaire catholique Saint-Joseph d'Orléans (703095). Garneau High School would eventually serve as both a high school and intermediate school, which, according to the Ministry of Education (Ontario), are two distinct schools : École intermédiaire Garneau 7e-8e (752576) and École secondaire catholique Garneau (710903). Both schools are physically located at 6588 Rue Carrière, Ottawa, Ontario, K1C 1J4. Double cohort Between the late 1990s and early 2000s high schools in Ontario, including Garneau, were affected by the Ontario Conservative Government's plans to reform secondary schools. A 1997 announcement by the government included plans to reduce Ontario's five-year high school program with a four-year program. In 2003 this created a phenomenon dubbed the double cohort, whereas students from the old program, the five-year Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) or grade thirteen program, and the new four-year program graduated together for the first time. Over-population École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges, another Catholic high school in the Ottawa—Orléans region, was constructed in 1997 (25 years after Garneau) and gradually integrated students one grade year at a time. This prevented most students attending Garneau from switching over to the new school. It also helped with a gradual reduction of Garneau's over-population. Geography Garneau is located in a highly Francophone area (See map of Ottawa showing the francophone concentrations). The next closest structure and organization, which is 200 meters to the east of Garneau, is the Mouvement d'implication Francophone d'Orléans (MIFO), an organisation that has continuously encouraged Francophone culture within the community of Orléans. Approximately another 900 meters from MIFO is located an Independent grocery store. In April 2008, according to the City of Ottawa, Garneau was located in the Innes ward, previously known as "Old Ward no. 2". The property area consisted of and was legally described as "CON 2 OF PT LOT 3". School boards Garneau is listed under the Conseil