Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest high school to Beresford is 8.5 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. The schools grade is left out in New Brunswick, as the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Beresford
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public and 1 French public. Closest of all: École secondaire Népisiguit (8.5 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire NépisiguitSecondary | Dsf-Ne | French public | 8.5 km |
| Bathurst Transition CenterAll grades | – | English public | 9.5 km |
| Bathurst High SchoolSecondary | Asd-N | English public | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Beresford 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 Beresford
The language each school teaches in, against every school in New Brunswick.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in New Brunswick.
Carrefour Étudiant and Cité de l'Amitié teach in French; Dsf-Ne runs the public ones among the 2.
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 Beresford’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one French-language.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Beresford
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
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 2 schools in and around Beresford
Towns its size in New Brunswick
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 6,840 | 4 | 0 | 15 km |
| … | ||||
| Dundas | 4,733 | 4 | 4 | 11 km |
| Shippagan | 4,721 | 4 | 4 | 9.2 km |
| Caraquet | 4,572 | 2 | 2 | 1 km |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 km |
| Beresford | 4,389 | 2 | 2 | 8.5 km |
| Simonds | 4,263 | 1 | 0 | 13 km |
| Haut-Madawaska | 4,098 | 2 | 2 | 23 km |
| Salisbury | 3,806 | 5 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Alnwick | 3,767 | 4 | 2 | 5 km |
| … | ||||
| Grand Manan | 2,648 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools than here: 29 of the 41 others. 22 of the 42 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Beresford
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Nigadoo 4.6 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Beresford 7.9 km | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 km |
| Bathurst 8.7 km | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Petit-Rocher 9.5 km | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 km |
| Bathurst 10 km | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6.2 km |
Of the neighbours, Bathurst counts the most schools: 10.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Beresford’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. The list is Statistics Canada’s ODEF (2019–22): schools opened since are missing, and some closed since may still appear.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
Questions about schools in Beresford
How many schools are there in Beresford?
The town holds 1 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Beresford?
Yes, there are French-language schools: Carrefour Étudiant and Cité de l'Amitié.
How do I get a place at a school in Beresford?
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).