A French-curriculum international college in Montréal, Quebec, with a history dating to 1939.
The Collège international Marie de France is located at 4635, Chemin Queen Mary, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W3. The college offers a global education aimed at excellence that combines logic and creativity, well-being and human connection, inclusion and openness to the world. Its mission is to train students who can reflect, create, innovate, adapt and connect with others.
The college traces its origins to Benoît Brouillette and his wife Louise, who set out to open a French teaching college for young women. The first school year opened in September 1939 at 3666, rue Sainte-Famille. In 1946 the college moved to its current address on Chemin Queen-Mary. It became coeducational in 1971, and in November 2004 it was renamed the Collège International Marie de France. The primary school building was inaugurated in August 1986 after a fundraising campaign launched in 1984. In 2024 the college reached its maximum capacity with 1850 students.
The college is accredited by the French Ministry of National Education, which guarantees its educational and pedagogical excellence, and is recognized by the Quebec Ministry of Education. Its academic program combines the strengths of the French education system with the Quebec model, which allows students to move easily into Quebec higher education after the Baccalauréat. The college reports a 100% success rate at the Baccalauréat, with 37% of students graduating with Mention Très Bien.
Campus facilities include a primary library and documentation centre (BCD), a Centre de Documentation et d'Information (CDI), La Marmothèque, a cafeteria, and Maison Converse. The college has launched a fundraising campaign to renovate its premises and build new study, leisure and sport spaces over the next three years.
Admission without examination is available to students coming from an AEFE network or French Ministry-recognized institution, and to students entering kindergarten. Other students take an admission examination, and a secondary admission examination is also offered. Admission to kindergarten and primary school is without examination.