Blyth Academy

Blyth Academy is Canada’s leading private school by enrollment. With average class sizes of 7 or fewer, individuated teaching and an experiential approach, Blyth Academy offers excellent university preparation. More than 98% of our graduates attend the universities and colleges of their first choice and this year students have received admissions offers some of the top universities in the world including Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT.

Founded in 1977, Blyth was a pioneer in the early years of education and adventure travel. Amongst various educational firsts was the establishment of a Canadian high school in France, the Lycee canadien en France and a university campus, the Universite canadienne en France as well as the first accredited high school program on the campus of Oxford University.

In the field of travel, Blyth operated the first bike tour in the People’s Republic of China in 1979 as well as adult bike trips behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1980’s. By the year 2000 we were the Global leader in the field, opening up new areas to environmentally sensitive exploration.

In 2002 Blyth Academy opened its first high school in Canada located on the third floor of a walkup building in the heart of Toronto. With enrollment of 12 students and three classrooms it was a modest, but promising start. In 2005 a second school followed in Thornhill, and we now have 14 schools in Canada as well as Blyth Academy Online and the Global High School. Blyth Academy International Summers is Canada’s largest provider of internationally accredited education with more than 1200 students taking part in 2015 in 25 programs to more than 40 countries.

In 2015 we opened Blyth Templeton Academy in Washington DC and in 2016 received Candidacy Accreditation from the Middle States Association.

In 2016 Blyth Academy opened a school in Waterloo, Ontario and Doha, Qatar, and in 2017 Blyth Academy a new campus in Florence, Italy.