Photo: D. Mulligan · CC BY-SA 3.0The schools around Canmore answer to 3 boards
The Canadian Rockies School Division has 5 of them, and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division and The Southern Francophone Education Region share the others. On the tests, 2 of 5 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 2 under it. Taken together, Canmore and its 3 km edge hold 3 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade for 2,112 students.
What stands out about Canmore’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Alpenglow Community School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canadian Rockies School DivisionCanmore Collegiate, Elizabeth Rummel, Lawrence Grassi, Alpenglow, Canadian Rockies Education Outreach | English public | 5 | 1,304 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionOur Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy | English Catholic | 1 | 594 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionNotre-Dame des Monts | French public | 1 | 214 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Canmore’s schools do on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Its School Grade is A−: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Alberta |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 5 | 64% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 16% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 16% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Alpenglow Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 41% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of the Snows Catholic AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| École Notre-Dame des MontsAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Lawrence Grassi Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Canmore CollegiateSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
Alberta Education and Childcare, PAT multiyear school results (core courses pooled). Alberta’s own notes: breaches in 2021–22, wildfires in 2022–24, the January 2026 sitting cancelled, pilot-curriculum students excused. Open Government Licence – Alberta.
Where the 7 schools in and around Canmore are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Canmore
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Alberta marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
1 of them teach in French: École Notre-Dame des Monts; the public ones belong to The Southern Francophone Education Region.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Canmore’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 5, English Catholic 1 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Canmore
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
French-language schools
French-language schools are for children of section 23 rights-holders first; the board may admit others case by case.
Catholic schools
The province funds Catholic separate schools beside the public ones. Each separate board sets its own admission rules, usually giving Catholic families first place.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Canmore
High schools within reach of Canmore
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 2 English public, 1 French public and 1 English Catholic. The shortest trip is to Canadian Rockies Education Outreach, 1.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Rockies Education OutreachSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Canadian Rockies School Division | English public | – | 23 | 1.6 km |
| Canmore CollegiateSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Canadian Rockies School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 505 | 2.8 km |
| École Notre-Dame des MontsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 214 | 3.7 km |
| Our Lady of the Snows Catholic AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 594 | 4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 26,305 | 14 | 7,943 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Cold Lake | 17,798 | 14 | 4,588 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 32 | 20,151 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Brooks | 17,537 | 13 | 4,065 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Coventry Hills | 17,391 | 14 | 11,841 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Canmore | 17,341 | 7 | 2,112 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Summerside | 16,760 | 18 | 10,845 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Strathmore | 16,416 | 31 | 5,213 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Leduc County | 16,400 | 54 | 28,200 | 1 | 5.8 km |
| Thorncliffe | 15,570 | 57 | 27,386 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Dover | 10,440 | 37 | 20,144 | 0 | 0.7 km |
73 of the 79 others have more schools in reach. 34 of 80 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Canmore
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canmore | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Bighorn No. 8 12 km | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 km |
Most schools next door: Bighorn No. 8, 9.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Canmore or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Canmore
Is there a French-language school in Canmore?
Yes, schooling in French is at École Notre-Dame des Monts.
How many schools are there in Canmore?
Every one of them, 7, is inside the town.
How do I get a place at a school in Canmore?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Canmore?
The Canadian Rockies School Division (5), The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (1) and The Southern Francophone Education Region (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).