Mount View High School

The heritage value of the Mount View High School is associated with the long-term development of its neighbourhood. Carey lies in the southwest portion of Saanich, and was first settled in the early 1850s by Hudson's Bay Company officials and farm settlers from Britain. The coming of the B.C. Electric Interurban Railway through the area in 1912 spawned wild land speculation and the development of the Marigold subdivision. Other subdivisions of farmland occurred as early as the 1890s, in the boom years of the late 1940s and the 1950s, and have continued up to the present day. Carey is now predominantly suburban.

Constructed as one of three high schools built in Saanich in the 1930s, Mount View High School is valued as a Depression-era Saanich high school, and for its association with the advancement of secondary education, which contributed to the development of the community. Despite the financial constraints of the Depression, the Saanich School Board decided to build this school to serve the local community, indicating the ongoing growth in the area. It consisted of ten classrooms including one commercial and one home economics area, an auditorium and office space on grounds that had tennis courts and several playing fields. The subsequent additions to the original 1930s portion of the school are significant because they reflect community development in the 1970s as new residential sub-divisions were built near the school. At the time, the province initiated a revised secondary curriculum that mandated specific layout of new facilities.

The school is also valued for its association with its original architects, Hubert Savage (1884-1955) and Eric C. Clarkson (1895-1977).