Cobequid Educational Centre

Home of the Cougars

OUR SCHOOL

Cobequid Educational Centre is located in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. We are a large senior high school of approximately 1400 students and 80 teaching staff.

Our mission is to provide a broad-based, quality education for all of our students and it is our belief that to do this we need to provide diversity of experience, as well as excellence in individual courses, programs and experiences. It is our aim to provide our students not just with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are necessary to become life-long thinkers and learners, but also to develop them to the fullest of their potential both academically and as good citizens of our community.

We offer outstanding programs in almost every area: academics, advanced courses, At-Risk Intervention program, School-to-Work program, Band, Music, Drama, Art, Physical Education, Business Education, Technology Education, Career and Life Management, Yearbook Production, Student Government and Student Services.

Our Community

Our school sits on the unceded traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq in the district of Sipekne'katik. For thousands of years before Europeans settled in the area, Mi’kmaw people inhabited this land. Throughout the late 1600s, 1700s and 1800s Acadian, Ulster Scot and Black settlers came to the region and established the town now called Truro. 

The population of Truro today is approximately 13, 000. A range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds are represented here. Our community has benefited from the diversity of its people.

Truro, nicknamed “The Hub of Nova Scotia”, has a vibrant downtown core which incorporates local shops and businesses, the Marigold Cultural Centre, a farmer’s market and public library.  The outdoor civic square provides skating in winter; concerts and festivals in the summer. 

A wide range of recreation activities, playgrounds and parks can be found in Truro.  Victoria Park, a 3000 hectare greenspace, includes a public outdoor pool, a series of hiking trails as well as the Railyard bike trails system.  The Rath Eastlink Centre, Cougar Dome and Legion Stadium provide additional options for leisure activities like skating/hockey, tennis, rockwall climbing and swimming.