Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain5 schools serve Antigonish County, Subdivision A, 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
All of them belong to Strait Regional Centre for Education. In Nova Scotia, there’s no schools grade: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
Where the 5 schools in and around Antigonish County, Subdivision A are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Antigonish County, Subdivision A
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A’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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A
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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A
High schools within reach of Antigonish County, Subdivision A
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High, at 2.8 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Strait Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.8 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 15 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Portland Estates | 10,164 | 29 | 0 | 2 km |
| Amherst | 10,072 | 5 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Bridgewater | 9,989 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Hatchet Lake | 9,930 | 19 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 9,682 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | 24 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Fall River | 9,214 | 18 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Beaver Bank | 9,157 | 21 | 1 | 4.9 km |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 9 | 0 | 3.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 6,040 | 7 | 0 | 8.1 km |
30 of 38 similar towns count more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 14 of the 39.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Antigonish County, Subdivision A
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Antigonish 3.7 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 km |
Each of its 1 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Antigonish County, Subdivision A plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
Questions about schools in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
Is there a French-language school in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
None within 3 km of Antigonish County, Subdivision A. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How do I get a place at a school in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · 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).