Boarding and
Campus Life

A community to call home

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Boarding at RLC is about living well together and looking out for one another. Each year, about 100 boarders from across Canada and around the world make their home on our 56-acre campus on Lake Rosseau, in Muskoka.

"And then there were the evenings in Bricks House… the moments of laughter are what I cherish the most."

^{Kateryna '24, Ukraine, now studying at Wilfred Laurier University}

Life in the houses

Three houses, one family. Students live in The Bricks, Clarkson House, or Brock House. Mixed-age, gender-based dorms build friendships across grades and give older students the chance to mentor younger ones.

Cared for, every day. Two houseparents live in each house, with staff support evening and weekends.

Evenings. Supervised study time comes first, then there’s time to unwind, much like at home.

The village. Rosseau, a quiet Muskoka village with a historic general store and a bakery, is a short walk from campus. Students sign out with the staff member on duty and walk in together, in pairs or small groups, and RLC students are familiar faces in town.

Weekends at RLC

Weekdays are for learning. Weekends are for adventure. Our weekend boarding team plans activities on campus, adventures across Muskoka, and trips to nearby towns and cities, all organized and chaperoned by RLC staff. Every student takes part in at least one activity each weekend.

Long weekends. Long weekends bring bigger trips: Toronto and Niagara Falls, Québec City’s Winter Carnival, and Vancouver and Victoria, plus Thanksgiving together on campus. Long weekend trips are open to boarders and day students, at an additional cost.

See this year’s long weekend trips →