History of StFX

St. Francis Xavier University was founded in 1853 and is nowadays one of the oldest university in Canada. At the beginning, as most of the inhabitants came from British islands, the language spoken in Nova Scotia was Gaelic. The university began to welcome and to teach to these people. From the 20^th century, its name became to be spread all over the country and is quickly become a national well-known university.

Nowadays, half from students come from every parts from Canada and North America, and graduates in StFX come more than 140 countries all over the world. This university is well recognized, since she is considered as being one of the best Canadian university, among the undergraduate universities. It is also well known for its great and amazing campus life.

Hello!

My name is Delphine Lavernhe. I am student in Esdes, a business school in Lyon, in second year. During our formation, we have to spend a semester abroad, in a partner university and I decided to spend it  in Saint Francis Xavier University.

It is a rather little university, located in Antigonish, In Nova Scotia, in Canada. It is approximately one hundred miles (161 km) northeast of Halifax, the biggest city from the province.

Antigonish is a little town, of 4524 inhabitants. This town is appeared in 1784.