Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Labrador City has one French-language school among its 3
Those are Centre educatif l'ENVOL (Conseil scolaire francophone). Counting a 3 km margin, Labrador City has 1 elementary school, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade.
Schooling in English and French around Labrador City
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The French-language schools are Centre educatif l'ENVOL, run by Conseil scolaire francophone.
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.
Where the 3 schools in and around Labrador City are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
2 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Labrador City’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 2 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
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is NLESD - Labrador Region, with 2.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| NLESD - Labrador RegionA. P. Low Primary, Menihek | English public | 2 |
| Conseil scolaire francophoneCentre educatif l'ENVOL | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Labrador City
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Labrador City
High schools within reach of Labrador City
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Centre educatif l'ENVOL, at 0.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre educatif l'ENVOLAll grades | Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | 0.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Newfoundland and Labrador
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | 5 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Gander | 12,707 | 5 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 2 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 4 | 0 | 6.9 km |
| Happy Valley-Goose Bay | 8,197 | 4 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Labrador City | 7,965 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Clarenville | 7,441 | 3 | 0 | 101 km |
| Stephenville | 6,840 | 5 | 0 | 16 km |
| Bay Roberts | 6,407 | 2 | 0 | 37 km |
| Deer Lake | 5,319 | 3 | 0 | 44 km |
| … | ||||
| Pasadena | 3,930 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
More schools are within reach in 5 of the 12 other towns. Of the 13, 2 offer 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 Labrador City
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labrador City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Wabush 5.7 km | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.6 km |
It has more schools than any of its 1 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Labrador City’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. The list is Statistics Canada’s ODEF (2019–22): schools opened since are missing, and some closed since may still appear.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
Questions about schools in Labrador City
Which boards run the schools in Labrador City?
By number of schools: NLESD - Labrador Region (2) and Conseil scolaire francophone (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Labrador City?
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.
How many schools are there in Labrador City?
All 3 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Labrador City?
Yes, there are French-language schools: Centre educatif l'ENVOL.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador aren’t in the schools rankings: the province publishes no results school by school. · 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).