Photo: Yergoneby · CC BY-SA 4.0In and around Bonavista, 2 schools: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
One board, NLESD - Central Region, runs them all. The province publishes no results school by school, which leaves towns in Newfoundland and Labrador without a schools grade.
Schooling in English and French around Bonavista
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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 Bonavista’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Bonavista
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 2 schools in and around Bonavista
Towns its size in Newfoundland and Labrador
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marystown | 5,196 | 2 | 0 | 36 km |
| … | ||||
| Pasadena | 3,930 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
| Lewisporte | 3,405 | 3 | 0 | 25 km |
| Channel-Port aux Basques | 3,379 | 2 | 0 | 107 km |
| Placentia | 3,374 | 1 | 0 | 48 km |
| Bonavista | 3,293 | 2 | 0 | 118 km |
| Bishop's Falls | 3,162 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 km |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision E | 2,978 | 1 | 0 | 58 km |
| Springdale | 2,893 | 2 | 0 | 57 km |
| Botwood | 2,884 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 7 | 0 | 4.2 km |
Set against 16 others, 3 have more schools in reach. 0 of 17 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Bonavista
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 km |
| Trinity Bay North 15 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Bonavista or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. The schools are those in ODEF, 2019–22; check with the board for any opened since.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
Questions about schools in Bonavista
How do I get a place at a school in Bonavista?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Bonavista?
There is none in or near Bonavista (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).