Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0In and around Caraquet, 2 schools: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
Dsf-Ne is the only board. The schools grade is left out in New Brunswick, as the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 2 schools in and around Caraquet are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Caraquet
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in New Brunswick.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in New Brunswick.
The 2 French-language schools are École Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux; Dsf-Ne runs the public ones.
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 Caraquet’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one French-language.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Caraquet
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Caraquet
High schools within reach of Caraquet
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux, at 1 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyvalente Louis-MaillouxSecondary | Dsf-Ne | French public | 1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in New Brunswick
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 6,840 | 4 | 0 | 15 km |
| … | ||||
| Bathurst | 4,840 | 10 | 4 | 6.2 km |
| Hampton | 4,754 | 4 | 0 | 1.2 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 |
| … | ||||
| Sussex | 2,742 | 6 | 0 | 8.5 km |
Set against 38 others, 27 have more schools in reach. 21 of the 39 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 Caraquet
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caraquet | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 km |
| Bas-Caraquet 8.2 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Caraquet 11 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| Bertrand 12 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 km |
| Inkerman 15 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 km |
| Shippagan 18 km | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Paquetville 19 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 km |
It outnumbers its 6 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. This province’s list is ODEF, compiled by Statistics Canada in 2019–22: a few years old.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Which schools count. Counted: Caraquet’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
Questions about schools in Caraquet
Is there a French-language school in Caraquet?
Yes: École Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux, the French-language schools here.
How do I get a place at a school in Caraquet?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).