Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Souris, 3 schools for every grade: 3 schools in all
Every school here answers to Southwest Horizon School Division. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Manitoba aren’t graded on schools.
Schooling in English and French around Souris
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in French.
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 Souris’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 Souris
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Souris
Towns its size in Manitoba
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spence | 4,378 | 77 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Grassie | 2,857 | 27 | 1 | 1.9 km |
| Mathers | 2,785 | 33 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Talbot-Grey | 2,756 | 57 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| Rivergrove | 2,742 | 24 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Souris | 2,737 | 3 | 0 | 25 km |
| Central River Heights | 2,736 | 49 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Tuxedo Industrial | 2,726 | 37 | 0 | 2 km |
| Russell | 2,715 | 1 | 0 | 31 km |
| Swan Valley West | 2,702 | 2 | 0 | 17 km |
| … | ||||
| Pembina | 2,502 | 0 | 0 | 33 km |
55 of the 76 others have more schools in reach. Of the 77, 34 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Souris’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- The year. This province’s list is ODEF, compiled by Statistics Canada in 2019–22: a few years old.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
Questions about schools in Souris
How do I get a place at a school in Souris?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Souris?
Not within 3 km of Souris. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).