[1] The building was granted Historical Heritage Site status in 1983, and was transferred to Lakehead University in 2008.

After extensive renovations, the building became home to Lakehead's Faculty of Law, and welcomed its inaugural class in September 2013.

Howell, staff Messrs Cranston, Milne, Rosevear, and Whiddon and Misses Aitcheson and Cloney.

Hillcrest High School closed in 2009, and in September of that year students will attend Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute.

In 2013, Lakehead University's Bora Laskin Faculty of Law opened up in the old Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, after extensive renovations.