Photo: HS01 · CC BY-SA 3.0The 2 schools of Wallace-Woodworth: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
Fort la Bosse School Division is the only board. The schools grade is left out in Manitoba, as the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 2 schools in and around Wallace-Woodworth are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Wallace-Woodworth
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Wallace-Woodworth’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 Wallace-Woodworth
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Wallace-Woodworth
High schools within reach of Wallace-Woodworth
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Virden Collegiate, 3.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virden CollegiateSecondary | Fort la Bosse School Division | English public | 3.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flin Flon (Part) | 4,732 | 4 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Luxton | 3,047 | 78 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 86 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Lorne | 3,022 | 2 | 1 | 14 km |
| Varsity View | 2,985 | 28 | 0 | 2 km |
| Wallace-Woodworth | 2,983 | 2 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Norwood West | 2,909 | 69 | 5 | 0.6 km |
| Grant Park | 2,898 | 56 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Minnedosa | 2,859 | 4 | 0 | 27 km |
| Grassie | 2,857 | 27 | 1 | 1.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Pembina | 2,502 | 0 | 0 | 33 km |
73 out of 87 comparable towns have more schools. Teaching in French: 42 of the 88 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wallace-Woodworth
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace-Woodworth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Virden 3.1 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 km |
Most schools next door: Virden, 4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Wallace-Woodworth or within 3 km of it are here.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- The year. This province’s list is ODEF, compiled by Statistics Canada in 2019–22: a few years old.
Questions about schools in Wallace-Woodworth
How do I get a place at a school in Wallace-Woodworth?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Wallace-Woodworth?
Not within 3 km of Wallace-Woodworth. 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).