Today, the Séminaire offers five years of secondary school and several college programs and continuing education.

Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée (known as St. Charles Seminary in English) was founded by Monseigneur Antoine Racine in 1875, the year after he became the first Bishop of Sherbrooke.

[1] A degree granting institution, perhaps its most famous alumnus was Prime Minister of Canada Louis St. Laurent, who graduated in 1902.

In 1968, classical courses (French: cours classique) were abandoned and the institution became the responsibility of the Ministry of Education of Quebec.

For the first time since the beginning of its existence, the Séminaire was directed by a layman, André Métras, who had been on the staff of the school in various roles for over 20 years.