Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSalisbury and its edges hold 5 schools: 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 schools for every grade
Asd-E runs every one of them. We don’t grade schools in New Brunswick. The reason: the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 5 schools in and around Salisbury are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Salisbury
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.
No school here teaches in French.
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 Salisbury’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Salisbury
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Salisbury
High schools within reach of Salisbury
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 3 English public. The closest high school is Petitcodiac Regional School (LC), 8 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petitcodiac Regional School (LC)Secondary | – | English public | 8 km |
| Petitcodiac Regional SchoolAll grades | Asd-E | English public | 8 km |
| J.M.A. Armstrong/Salisbury Middle SchoolAll grades | Asd-E | English public | 9.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 7 | 1 | 11 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 |
| Studholm | 3,668 | 4 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| Bright | 3,648 | 2 | 0 | 23 km |
| Kingston | 3,577 | 11 | 1 | 9.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
8 of the 38 others have more schools in reach. A school in French is nearby in 21 towns of 39.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Salisbury
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Petitcodiac 7.6 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Salisbury 9.3 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Havelock 15 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
It has more schools than any of its 3 neighbours.
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. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Salisbury or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- 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 Salisbury
How do I get a place at a school in Salisbury?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in Salisbury?
Not within 3 km of Salisbury. The French-language board still serves families 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).