Photo: Scott Davis · CC BY 2.5Around Wakefield, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade: 2 schools in all
They all come under Asd-W. 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield
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.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Wakefield’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 Wakefield
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Wakefield
High schools within reach of Wakefield
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public. Closest of all: Hartland Community School (8 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland Community SchoolAll grades | Asd-W | English public | 8 km |
| Woodstock High SchoolSecondary | Asd-W | English public | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 4,389 | 2 | 2 | 8.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 11 | 0 | 18 km |
| Cap-Pelé | 3,092 | 1 | 1 | 20 km |
| Shippagan | 3,073 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 2 | 2 | 14 km |
| Wakefield | 2,749 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Sussex | 2,742 | 6 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 3 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Saint George | 2,675 | 5 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Grand Manan | 2,648 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 12 of the 22 other towns. In 11 of the 23, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wakefield
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Woodstock has the most schools nearby, 4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Wakefield’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- The year. The open list is ODEF (2019–22), which may still show schools since closed.
- 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. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Wakefield
How do I get a place at a school in Wakefield?
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.
Is there a French-language school in Wakefield?
Not within 3 km of Wakefield. 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).