St. Ann's Academy was established in Kamloops, B.C., by the Sisters of St. Ann in 1880 in a small house on the Kamloops flats by the river. A later building was erected on a hillside overlooking the city. Originally a boarding school, it was rebuilt as a day school after a fire in 1945. The Sisters withdrew in 1985. The school is still operated by the Christian Brothers and lay staff.