Photo: Dig deeper · CC BY-SA 4.0West St. Paul’s schools come under 4 different boards
Seven Oaks School Division leads with 12 schools, alongside River East Transcona School Division, Independent Schools and Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools. Taken together, West St. Paul and its 3 km edge hold 17 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade. The schools grade is left out in Manitoba, as the province publishes no results school by school.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Oaks School DivisionAmber Trails, Arthur E. Wright, Maples Collegiate, Maples Met, O. V. Jewitt, Riverbend, West Kildonan Collegiate, West St. Paul … | English public | 12 |
| River East Transcona School DivisionBird's Hill, Chief Peguis Junior High, Donwood, Emerson, John Pritchard, Princess Margaret, River East Collegiate, Springfield Heights … | English public | 9 |
| Independent SchoolsCalvin Christian | English public | 1 |
| Evening, Summer & Virtual SchoolsSeven Oaks S.D. Summer | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 23 schools in and around West St. Paul are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
1 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around West St. Paul
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Manitoba.
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 West St. Paul’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to 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 West St. Paul
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 23 schools in and around West St. Paul
High schools within reach of West St. Paul
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 37 high schools: 35 English public and 2 French public. The shortest trip is to West Kildonan Collegiate, 7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kildonan CollegiateSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 7 km |
| Calvin Christian SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 7.9 km |
| River East CollegiateSecondary | River East Transcona School Division | English public | 8 km |
| Marymound SchoolAll grades | Institutional Schools | English public | 8.9 km |
| Met SchoolSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 9.9 km |
| Miles Macdonell CollegiateSecondary | River East Transcona School Division | English public | 10 km |
| Maples Met SchoolSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 10 km |
| Seven Oaks S.D. Summer SchoolSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 10 km |
| Maples CollegiateSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 10 km |
| Faith AcademyAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 10 km |
All 37 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kildonan-East CollegiateSecondary | River East Transcona School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Winnipeg S.D. Summer SchoolSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 11 km |
| St. John's High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Lockport SchoolSecondary | Lord Selkirk School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Andrew Mynarski V.C. SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| The King's SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Elmwood HighSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| St. Aidan's Christian SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Isaac Newton SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| Sisler High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Inst.All grades | Independent Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Red River Valley Junior AcademyAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Niji Mahkwa SchoolAll grades | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| Children of the Earth High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| R.B. Russell Vocational SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Transcona CollegiateSecondary | River East Transcona School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Argyle Alternative High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Immanuel Christian SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 13 km |
| Cntr D'Apprentissage Franco-ManitobainSecondary | Division scolaire franco-manitobaine | French public | 14 km |
| Montcalm SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Hugh John Macdonald SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Collège Louis-RielSecondary | Division scolaire Franco-Manitobaine | French public | 14 km |
| Collège Pierre-Elliott-TrudeauSecondary | River East Transcona School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Freedom International SchoolSecondary | Non-Funded Schools | English public | 14 km |
| Tech-Vocational High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 15 km |
| Daniel McIntyre Collegiate InstituteSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 15 km |
| Winnipeg Adult Education CentreSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkler | 16,156 | 12 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| William Whyte | 11,432 | 94 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| Bridgwater Trails | 11,365 | 18 | 1 | 2.5 km |
| Peguis | 11,177 | 32 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Linden Woods | 11,134 | 42 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 23 | 0 | 7 km |
| East St. Paul | 10,321 | 15 | 0 | 5.9 km |
| Stanley | 9,929 | 3 | 0 | 5.6 km |
| Daniel McIntyre | 9,584 | 68 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Amber Trails | 9,256 | 21 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| West Broadway | 6,537 | 80 | 4 | 0.4 km |
34 of 62 similar towns count more schools. Teaching in French: 32 of the 63 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around West St. Paul
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West St. Paul | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 km |
| East St. Paul 5 km | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 km |
| Riverbend 6.5 km | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Rivergrove 6.7 km | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Valhalla 7 km | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| River East 7.2 km | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| West Kildonan Industrial 7.5 km | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 km |
Next door, West Kildonan Industrial counts 40 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- The year. The open list is ODEF (2019–22), which may still show schools since closed.
- 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. Counted: West St. Paul’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in West St. Paul
Is there a French-language school in West St. Paul?
No, none within 3 km of West St. Paul; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in West St. Paul?
The town holds 1 of them; 22 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Which boards run the schools in West St. Paul?
Seven Oaks School Division (12), River East Transcona School Division (9), Independent Schools (1) and Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in West St. Paul?
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.
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).