Photo: s.yume from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.03 school boards share Winkler
Most belong to Garden Valley School Division (8); Non-Funded Schools and Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools run the remainder. Within 3 km of Winkler are 6 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Valley School DivisionBorder Valley, Emerado Centennial, Garden Valley Collegiate, J. R. Walkof, Northlands Parkway Collegiate, Parkland, Pine Ridge, Winkler | English public | 8 |
| Non-Funded SchoolsGrace Valley Mennonite Academy, New Life Fellowship, Valley Mennonite Academy | English public | 3 |
| Evening, Summer & Virtual SchoolsDistance Learning Unit | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 12 schools in and around Winkler are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
10 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Winkler
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Winkler’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 Winkler
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 12 schools in and around Winkler
High schools within reach of Winkler
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 English public. Garden Valley Collegiate lies closest, 1.2 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Valley CollegiateSecondary | Garden Valley School Division | English public | 1.2 km |
| Christ Full Gospel AcademyAll grades | Non-Funded Schools | English public | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| … | ||||
| Stanley | 9,929 | 3 | 0 | 5.6 km |
16 out of 26 comparable towns have more schools. In 12 of the 27, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Winkler
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. StatCan’s ODEF (2019–22) is the open source here; it may miss new schools.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. Inside Winkler’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Winkler
Which boards run the schools in Winkler?
By number of schools: Garden Valley School Division (8), Non-Funded Schools (3) and Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Winkler?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Winkler?
No, none within 3 km of Winkler; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Winkler?
Every one of them, 12, is inside the town.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · In Manitoba, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school. · 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).