Notable Alumni
- Roy Thomson - won Jarvis entrance scholarship 1906 - left after one year to go to work to help his family - multi-millionaire, owner of newspapers in many countries - given title Lord Thomson of Fleet
- Conn Smythe 1910-1912 - won Stanley Cup 7 times - owner of Toronto Maple Leafs - built Maple Leaf Gardens
- Sir Ernest MacMillan - piano prodigy, performed at JCI in 1905; director of Mendelssohn Choir for 15 years; conductor of Toronto Symphony for 25 years; Dean of University of Toronto Faculty of Music; knighted 1935
- John Strachan - leading figure in early Ontario history - bigwig in Family Compact, etc. - headmaster of Jarvis 1812 - 1823 - founder of University of Toronto in 1827 when he secured a charter for King's College - first Bishop of Toronto 1836
- Lash Miller, 1880s - chemist, Commander of the British Empire
- Sir Sam Hughes - JCI teacher - Member of Parliament 1911, Minister of the Militia - knighted 1915
- Sir Allan McNab - enrolled in Jarvis during its first year, 1807 - Prime Minister of Upper Canada, 1854-1856 - knighted for fighting in Rebellion of 1837
- George Ignatieff - Jarvis 1932 - Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, President of U.N. Security Council
- Saul Rae - Jarvis 1931 - Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
- Herbert Dewart - Leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario, 1917–22
- Sir Lyman Duff - appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1933 - knighted
- Harry Sniderman - best baseball pitcher ever from Canada - invented the drop pitch
- Hector Charlesworth, 1880s - first chairman of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Corporation
- John Falconbridge, 1880s - Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School
- George Henry - Premier of Ontario 1930-34
- Omond Solandt - Chancellor, University of Toronto
- William Finlayson - Ontario Minister of Lands and forests, 1930s
- Ernest Thompson Seton, 1870s - artist, nautralist, writer
- Henry Lumley Drayton, 1880s - Minister of Finance, 1919–1921
- Bertha Harmer, grad. 1901 - Textbook of the Principles and Practices of Nursing, standard text in hospitals across North America, translated into several language; organized Yale University's School of Nursing; director of McGill School for Graduate Nurses
- Edward Safarian - 1940s - Dean of University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies
- George Crum - 1940s - Musical Director of National Ballet of Canada
- Allan Lawrence - 1940s - Attorney-General of Canada
- Five mayors of Toronto - Bert Wemp, mayor 1929
- Torquil Campbell - Member of the band Stars
- Amy Millan - Member of the band Stars
- Olivia Chow - Member of Parliament
- David Common - CBC News Correspondent
- Christian Lander - Author of Stuff White People Like
- Nicole Stoffman - Actress and jazz singer
- Mia Kirshner - Actress and writer
- Drake - Actor and rapper
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