Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0In and around Dalhousie, 5 schools: 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade
All of them are within the town’s own boundary. In French: 2 of the 5 schools, where in New Brunswick the share is 28%.
Where the 5 schools in and around Dalhousie 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 Dalhousie
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.
The French-language schools are Académie Notre-Dame and Aux quatre vents, run by Dsf-Ne.
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 Dalhousie’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 3 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is Dsf-Ne: 2 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Dsf-NeAcadémie Notre-Dame, Aux quatre vents | French public | 2 |
| Asd-NDalhousie Regional, L.E. Reinsborough | English public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Dalhousie
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Dalhousie
High schools within reach of Dalhousie
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 3 English public and 1 French public. For the shortest journey, Dalhousie Learning Center: 0.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie Learning CenterSecondary | – | English public | 0.5 km |
| Dalhousie Regional High SchoolAll grades | Asd-N | English public | 0.7 km |
| Aux quatre ventsSecondary | Dsf-Ne | French public | 1.7 km |
| École Intermédiaire d'EscuminacAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in New Brunswick
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 9 | 1 | 7.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Kingston | 3,577 | 11 | 1 | 9.7 km |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 5 | 4 | 3.1 km |
| Atholville | 3,346 | 7 | 3 | 8.5 km |
| Hampton | 3,268 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 1 | 0 | 13 km |
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 11 | 0 | 18 km |
| Cap-Pelé | 3,092 | 1 | 1 | 20 km |
| Shippagan | 3,073 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
6 out of 32 comparable towns have more schools. 16 of the 33 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 Dalhousie
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Eel River Crossing 7.7 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Charlo 8.2 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 km |
| Nouvelle 9.7 km | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9.4 km |
| Dalhousie 10 km | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| Balmoral 11 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 km |
The busiest neighbour is Dalhousie, with 6 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Dalhousie’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- The year. Statistics Canada’s ODEF, 2019–22: the latest open list for this province.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Dalhousie
How do I get a place at a school in Dalhousie?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Is there a French-language school in Dalhousie?
Yes: Académie Notre-Dame and Aux quatre vents, the French-language schools here.
Which boards run the schools in Dalhousie?
By number of schools: Dsf-Ne (2) and Asd-N (2).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · Ungraded on schools in New Brunswick, because 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).