Villa Maria is a subsidized private Catholic co-educational high school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that offers both a francophone and an anglophone stream.

[6] In 1795, James Monk, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, purchased an estate in Montreal that had previously belonged to the Décarie family.

Soon, Lady Elgin gave birth to a son, Victor Bruce, the future Viceroy of India, in a second floor room.

During the 1840s, the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal's teaching order faced overcrowded classrooms and began searching for a new place.

[1] At that time in history, Villa Maria was a leader in education in Montreal, and was visited by a number of dignitaries, starting with the future King Edward VII in 1860.

[7] This change was speculated to be a means of boosting enrollment, due to decreased numbers of eligible students entering the anglophone stream.