Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe 7 schools of Cumberland County, Subdivision C: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education runs every one of them. With no open results to compare (the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20), there’s no schools grade in Nova Scotia.
Where the 7 schools in and around Cumberland County, Subdivision C 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C
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 7 schools in and around Cumberland County, Subdivision C
High schools within reach of Cumberland County, Subdivision C
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Amherst Regional High, at 7.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Regional HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 9,682 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Antigonish County, Subdivision B | 6,486 | 3 | 1 | 20 km |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B | 6,482 | 12 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Hubley | 6,337 | 7 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Dutch Settlement | 6,234 | 13 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 6,040 | 7 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 6 | 1 | 5.9 km |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 4 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | 5,389 | 3 | 1 | 15 km |
| Upper Tantallon | 5,248 | 15 | 1 | 2.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Westville | 3,731 | 4 | 0 | 4.4 km |
10 of the 40 others have more schools in reach. 13 of 41 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Amherst 9.1 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Westmorland 19 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 km |
It has more schools than any of its 2 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- Which schools count. Inside Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
Questions about schools in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
How do I get a place at a school in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Is there a French-language school in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
Not within 3 km of Cumberland County, Subdivision C. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).