Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.06 school boards share Buchanan
Most belong to St. James-Assiniboia School Division (19); Pembina Trails School Division, Institutional Schools and Division scolaire franco-manitobaine run the remainder. In French: one of the 29 schools, where in Manitoba the share is 3%. Within 3 km of Buchanan are 22 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Manitoba aren’t graded on schools.
6 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| St. James-Assiniboia School DivisionAthlone, Bruce, Buchanan, Collège Sturgeon Heights Collegiate, Crestview, Educational Support Services, Golden Gate, Heritage … | English public | 19 |
| Pembina Trails School DivisionBeaumont, Beaverlodge, Oak Park High, River West Park, Westdale Junior High, Westgrove | English public | 6 |
| Institutional SchoolsManitoba School for the Deaf | English public | 1 |
| Division scolaire franco-manitobaineRoméo-Dallaire | French public | 1 |
| Arch. of Winnipeg Catholic SchoolsSt. Charles Interparochial | English Catholic | 1 |
| Independent SchoolsWinnipeg Mennonite | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 29 schools in and around Buchanan are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Buchanan
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Manitoba.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Manitoba.
Division scolaire franco-manitobaine runs the French-language ones: École Roméo-Dallaire.
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 Buchanan’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 28 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Buchanan
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
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 29 schools in and around Buchanan
High schools within reach of Buchanan
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 60 high schools: 55 English public, 3 English Catholic and 2 French public. 0.6 km away, John Taylor Collegiate is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Taylor CollegiateSecondary | St. James-Assiniboia School Division | English public | 0.6 km |
| Manitoba School for the DeafAll grades | Institutional Schools | English public | 1 km |
| Westwood CollegiateSecondary | St. James-Assiniboia School Division | English public | 1.8 km |
| Collège Sturgeon Heights CollegiateSecondary | St. James-Assiniboia School Division | English public | 3.6 km |
| Oak Park HighSecondary | Pembina Trails School Division | English public | 4.1 km |
| Educational Support ServicesAll grades | St. James-Assiniboia School Division | English public | 4.5 km |
| Jameswood Alternative SchoolSecondary | St. James-Assiniboia School Division | English public | 4.5 km |
| St. James CollegiateSecondary | St. James-Assiniboia School Division | English public | 7.1 km |
| Shaftesbury HighSecondary | Pembina Trails School Division | English public | 7.1 km |
| St. Paul's High SchoolSecondary | Arch. of Winnipeg Catholic Schools | English Catholic | 7.3 km |
All 60 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Academy of Jewish EducationAll grades | Winnipeg Board of Jewish Ed | English public | 8 km |
| Interdivisional Student ServicesAll grades | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 10 km |
| Prince Charles Edu. Resource CentreAll grades | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 10 km |
| Tech-Vocational High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 10 km |
| General Wolfe SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Daniel McIntyre Collegiate InstituteSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| École Sec. Kelvin High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Gordon Bell High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Grant Park High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| New Directions Inc. SchoolSecondary | Institutional Schools | English public | 11 km |
| Sisler High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Montcalm SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 11 km |
| Wapaskwa Virtual CollegiateSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 11 km |
| Westgate Mennonite CollegiateAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 11 km |
| Balmoral Hall SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Twelve Tribes SchoolAll grades | Non-Funded Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Univ. of Winnipeg Coll. Summer SchoolSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 12 km |
| University of Winnipeg CollegiateSecondary | Independent Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Hugh John Macdonald SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| Winnipeg Adult Education CentreSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| Manitoba Institute of Trades and Tech.Secondary | Manitoba Institute of Trades and Tech | English public | 12 km |
| Inform NetSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Andrew Mynarski V.C. SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 12 km |
| Freedom International SchoolSecondary | Non-Funded Schools | English public | 12 km |
| Isaac Newton SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Jobworks Alternative High SchoolSecondary | Institutional Schools | English public | 13 km |
| Niji Mahkwa SchoolAll grades | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Maples Met SchoolSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Seven Oaks S.D. Summer SchoolSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 13 km |
| Maples CollegiateSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 13 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 |
| Vincent Massey CollegiateSecondary | Pembina Trails School Division | English public | 13 km |
| St. Aidan's Christian SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 13 km |
| Collège ChurchillSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| Churchill High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 13 km |
| St. Maurice SchoolAll grades | Arch. of Winnipeg Catholic Schools | English Catholic | 14 km |
| Argyle Alternative High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Winnipeg S.D. Summer SchoolSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 14 km |
| St. John's High SchoolSecondary | Winnipeg School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Met SchoolSecondary | Seven Oaks School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Faith AcademyAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 14 km |
| Nelson McIntyre Coll. Summer SchoolSecondary | Evening, Summer & Virtual Schools | English public | 14 km |
| Nelson McIntyre CollegiateSecondary | Louis Riel School Division | English public | 14 km |
| Collège Louis-RielSecondary | Division scolaire Franco-Manitobaine | French public | 15 km |
| Southeast CollegiateSecondary | First Nations Schools | English public | 15 km |
| Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Inst.All grades | Independent Schools | English public | 15 km |
| St. Boniface Diocesan High SchoolSecondary | Catholic Schools Commission | English Catholic | 15 km |
| Cntr D'Apprentissage Franco-ManitobainSecondary | Division scolaire franco-manitobaine | French public | 15 km |
| St. John's-Ravenscourt SchoolAll grades | Independent Schools | English public | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows Central | 5,565 | 72 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Beausejour | 3,565 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Morris | 3,550 | 2 | 1 | 13 km |
| Carman | 3,547 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Bifrost-Riverton | 3,518 | 2 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Buchanan | 3,473 | 29 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Niakwa Place | 3,461 | 44 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| North St. Boniface | 3,358 | 93 | 5 | 0.7 km |
| Division No. 19, Unorganized | 3,324 | 3 | 0 | 100 km |
| Virden | 3,322 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Pembina | 2,502 | 0 | 0 | 33 km |
54 of the 106 others have more schools in reach. A French-language school is within reach in 49 of the 107.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Buchanan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Crestview 0.9 km | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Glendale 2.1 km | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Westwood 2.1 km | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Sturgeon Creek 2.1 km | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Heritage Park 2.6 km | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Kirkfield 2.6 km | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 km |
36 schools make Kirkfield the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Buchanan or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- The year. The list is Statistics Canada’s ODEF (2019–22): schools opened since are missing, and some closed since may still appear.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Buchanan
Which boards run the schools in Buchanan?
By number of schools: St. James-Assiniboia School Division (19), Pembina Trails School Division (6), Institutional Schools (1), Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (1) and Arch. of Winnipeg Catholic Schools (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Buchanan?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
How many schools are there in Buchanan?
2 are inside the town itself and 27 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Buchanan?
Yes: École Roméo-Dallaire, the French-language schools 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).