Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.03 schools serve Portage la Prairie, 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to Portage la Prairie School Division. The schools grade is left out in Manitoba, as the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 3 schools in and around Portage la Prairie 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.
Schooling in English and French around Portage la Prairie
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Manitoba.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Manitoba.
There is no French-language school among them.
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.
They all share one system, 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
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
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
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Portage Collegiate Institute, 0.3 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Collegiate InstituteSecondary | Portage la Prairie School Division | English public | 0.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Manitoba
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach | 21,671 | 11 | 0 | 12 km |
| Mitchell | 19,950 | 10 | 0 | 16 km |
| Oakbank | 17,494 | 27 | 1 | 11 km |
| Winkler | 16,156 | 12 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Portage la Prairie | 14,738 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| The Maples | 13,766 | 39 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Rossmere-A | 13,613 | 53 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Lorette | 13,509 | 7 | 3 | 4.2 km |
| Dakota Crossing | 13,048 | 24 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Munroe East | 8,873 | 52 | 4 | 0.6 km |
Among 32 towns its size, 30 have more schools nearby. Of the 33, 16 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 | 0.3 km |
| Portage la Prairie 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Long Plain 6 19 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Counted: Portage la Prairie’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- The year. The schools are those in ODEF, 2019–22; check with the board for any opened since.
Questions about schools in Portage la Prairie
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.
How do I get a place at a school in Portage la Prairie?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).