Photo: Leonora Enking · CC BY-SA 2.0Around Kingston, 10 elementary schools and 1 secondary school: 11 schools in all
1 in the town, 10 just beyond it, within 3 km. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 11; in New Brunswick, 28% of schools teach in it. We don’t grade schools in New Brunswick. The reason: the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 11 schools in and around Kingston 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 Kingston
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in New Brunswick marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in New Brunswick.
Dsf-S runs the French-language ones: École des Pionniers.
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 Kingston’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 10 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The biggest of the 2 is Asd-S: 10 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Asd-SChris Saunders Memorial, Fairvale, Harry Miller, Kennebecasis Park, Lakefield, Macdonald Consolidated, Quispamsis, Rothesay … | English public | 10 |
| Dsf-Sdes Pionniers | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Kingston
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
French-language schools
Eligibility comes from the parents: French as a first language, or French schooling in Canada; otherwise, the board’s admissions committee decides.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Kingston
High schools within reach of Kingston
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. For the shortest journey, Kennebecasis Valley High School: 9.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennebecasis Valley High SchoolSecondary | Asd-S | English public | 9.6 km |
| Rothesay High SchoolSecondary | Asd-S | English public | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shediac | 5,699 | 5 | 3 | 3 km |
| … | ||||
| Salisbury | 3,806 | 5 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Alnwick | 3,767 | 4 | 2 | 5 km |
| Studholm | 3,668 | 4 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| Bright | 3,648 | 2 | 0 | 23 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 |
| … | ||||
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
It tops the 37 others on schools within reach. 20 of the 38 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 Kingston
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Of the neighbours, Rothesay counts the most schools: 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. An older list, StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, is used here.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Which schools count. Inside Kingston’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Kingston
How do I get a place at a school in Kingston?
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.
Which boards run the schools in Kingston?
By number of schools: Asd-S (10) and Dsf-S (1).
Is there a French-language school in Kingston?
Yes: École des Pionniers, 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).