École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges or ESCBD, is a French language high school teaching grades 7-12, which also houses a community child day care centre, in the community of Orléans in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario . It is currently the largest or second largest and most populated French high school in Ontario, either surpassing or coming very close to that of the Thériault Catholic High School located in Timmins.HistoryThe school is named after Béatrice Desloges, an early twentieth century Franco-Ontarian teacher in Ottawa who, with her sister Diane, successfully opposed Regulation 17, which aimed at rendering illegal all French language teaching in the province of Ontario.The school opened its doors in 1997, in order to give more space to the overcrowded Garneau high school in Orléans, Ontario. The student population grew rapidly when the 7th and 8th grade groups were incorporated to the 9-12 group in 2001, and since then, the school has been undergoing expansion in order to accommodate the growing number of students.
"Située dans l'est d'Ottawa, à Orléans, l'École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges offre une éducation francophone de haute qualité aux élèves de la 7e à la 12e année. Elle fait partie du réseau du Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est CECCE."
