Photo: Red Castle · CC BY-SA 4.0No high school in or near Lamèque: the closest is 10 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. In New Brunswick, there’s no schools grade: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Lamèque
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: École Marie-Esther, 10 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Marie-EstherSecondary | Dsf-Ne | French public | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Lamèque 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 Lamèque
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.
In French: École Soeur-Saint-Alexandre and École L'Étincelle. The public ones of the 2 come under District Scolaire Francophone Nord-Est and 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 Lamèque’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one French-language.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is District Scolaire Francophone Nord-Est, with 1.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| District Scolaire Francophone Nord-EstSoeur-Saint-Alexandre | French public | 1 |
| Dsf-NeL'Étincelle | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Lamèque
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
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Lamèque
Schools in the towns around Lamèque
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamèque | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 km |
| Shippagan 2.5 km | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9.2 km |
| Shippagan 10 km | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Bas-Caraquet 15 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Caraquet 17 km | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 km |
Most schools next door: Shippagan, 4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. The schools are those in ODEF, 2019–22; check with the board for any opened since.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Lamèque’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Lamèque
How many schools are there in Lamèque?
1 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Lamèque?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École Soeur-Saint-Alexandre and École L'Étincelle.
How do I get a place at a school in Lamèque?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Lamèque?
By number of schools: District Scolaire Francophone Nord-Est (1) and Dsf-Ne (1).
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).