Plans to build a new secondary school in Owen Sound began in 1947, with the creation of an expansion program by the Ontario Board of Education.

[1] The job of designing the school was given to the architecture firm Jackson, Ypes and Associates of Willowdale, Ontario.

[1] West Hill was opened to students in September of the same year, with Gordon H. Bailey serving as the first principal.

[4] The Bluewater Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) began assessing the financial situations of schools in Grey and Bruce counties as early as September 2015.

[6] The amalgamation of West Hill and OSCVI was finally approved at a meeting of Bluewater district trustees on April 19, 2016.