Balfour Collegiate

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Balfour Collegiate
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Balfour Collegiate
1245 College Avenue

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Canada
Coordinates 50°26′25″N104°35′57″W / 50.4402°N 104.5991°W / 50.4402; -104.5991
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School type High School
MottoTradition and Togetherness
Founded1930
School board Regina Public School Division
PrincipalLawrence Somers
Grades 9-12
Enrollment900
Language English
Area Regina
Colour(s)Red, White and Black    
Team nameBears
Website balfour.rbe.sk.ca

Balfour Collegiate is a public high school in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the city's former mayor, James Balfour. A part of Regina Public Schools, it officially opened on September 2, 1930. It is located in the Core Group neighbourhood of central Regina. Originally a technical school (with an attached commercial high school), Balfour was given official collegiate status in 1984 due to the closure of nearby Central Collegiate Institute.

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Balfour Collegiate was chosen in 1995 as an exemplary secondary school by the Canadian Education Association.

Its feeder schools include Arcola Community School, Douglas Park School, Thomson Community School, Wascana Plains School, and W.F. Ready School.

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