in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, a secondary school that meets certain provincial requirements with regard to curriculum, facilities, and specialist staff over and above those required in a high school.
See also: collegiate (def. 1) high school
- 1861  The Red River Academy was a High School or Collegiate Institute, in which along with a thorough English education, the higher classics and mathematics were taught.
- 1963  We have bought hundreds and hundreds of defence planes, each of which has cost the price of an educational institution such as our new collegiate institute in Napanee.