Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.019 schools serve Hatchet Lake, 15 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 schools for every grade
One board, Halifax Regional Centre for Education, runs them all. No French-language school is among them; in Nova Scotia, 6% of schools are.
Schooling in English and French around Hatchet Lake
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.
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.
Where the 19 schools in and around Hatchet Lake are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Hatchet Lake’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 Hatchet Lake
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 19 schools in and around Hatchet Lake
High schools within reach of Hatchet Lake
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
6 secondary schools are within 15 km: 6 English public. Brookside Junior High lies closest, 1.8 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.8 km |
| Ridgecliff Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 15 km |
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 15 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| New Glasgow | 10,378 | 6 | 0 | 3 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 |
| … | ||||
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 6,040 | 7 | 0 | 8.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 7 of the 38 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 14 towns of 39.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Hatchet Lake
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchet Lake | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Harrietsfield 9.5 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Timberlea 12 km | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Mount Royale 14 km | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Westmount 14 km | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| South End 14 km | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 km |
| Fairview 15 km | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 km |
Most schools next door: Westmount, 29.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Hatchet Lake’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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 province’s school list, 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- 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 Hatchet Lake
Is there a French-language school in Hatchet Lake?
None within 3 km of Hatchet Lake. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How do I get a place at a school in Hatchet Lake?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · In Nova Scotia, no schools grade. The province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20. · 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).