Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain3 schools serve Portage la Prairie, 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to Portage la Prairie School Division. With no open results to compare (the province publishes no results school by school), there’s no schools grade in Manitoba.
Where the 3 schools in and around Portage la Prairie are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Portage la Prairie
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Manitoba marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Manitoba.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Portage la Prairie’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Portage la Prairie
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Portage la Prairie
High schools within reach of Portage la Prairie
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Portage Collegiate Institute, 11 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Collegiate InstituteSecondary | Portage la Prairie School Division | English public | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Manitoba
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morden | 11,578 | 4 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | ||||
| Central St. Boniface | 7,772 | 89 | 5 | 0.5 km |
| Pulberry | 7,723 | 58 | 1 | 1 km |
| Betsworth | 7,476 | 24 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Sage Creek | 7,391 | 10 | 1 | 3.2 km |
| Portage la Prairie | 7,359 | 3 | 0 | 11 km |
| Whyte Ridge | 7,299 | 12 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Niverville | 7,277 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| North River Heights | 7,228 | 74 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| King Edward | 7,190 | 45 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| De Salaberry | 4,401 | 1 | 1 | 6 km |
Among 94 towns its size, 89 have more schools nearby. Of the 95, 48 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Portage la Prairie
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage la Prairie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Portage la Prairie 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
Each of its 1 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Portage la Prairie’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. Schools come from StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, so a recent opening or closure may not show.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
Questions about schools in Portage la Prairie
How do I get a place at a school in Portage la Prairie?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in Portage la Prairie?
None within 3 km of Portage la Prairie. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · 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).