Photo: Properpostman · CC BY-SA 4.0In and around Manor Park, 30 schools: 19 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade
Counting the 3 km margin adds 26 to the town’s own 4. Schooling in French is on offer at 4 of 30; in Nova Scotia, 6% of schools teach in it. 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 30 schools in and around Manor Park 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 Manor Park
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.
By name, in French: École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre, École Bois-Joli, École secondaire Mosaïque and École Mer et Monde (Conseil scolaire acadien provincial).
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 Manor Park’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 26 and French-language 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education has 26 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationAdmiral Westphal, Alderney, Bel Ayr, Bicentennial, Brookhouse, Caledonia Junior High, Citadel High, Crichton Park … | English public | 26 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialBois-Joli, Mer et Monde, du Carrefour du Grand-Havre, Mosaïque | French public | 4 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Manor Park
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 30 schools in and around Manor Park
High schools within reach of Manor Park
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
29 secondary schools are within 15 km: 27 English public and 2 French public. Closest of all: Bicentennial (1.7 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.7 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.9 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.3 km |
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.4 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.6 km |
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.4 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.4 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.7 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.2 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 4.4 km |
All 29 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.6 km |
| OxfordAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.7 km |
| Halifax Central Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.7 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 4.8 km |
| Highland Park Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.8 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.9 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.7 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.8 km |
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6 km |
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.2 km |
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.8 km |
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.1 km |
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.1 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.3 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.4 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Ridgecliff Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South End | 22,012 | 27 | 1 | 2 km |
| … | ||||
| Fairview | 16,296 | 26 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 15 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Truro | 14,652 | 9 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 18 | 1 | 9.3 km |
| Manor Park | 14,148 | 30 | 4 | 1.7 km |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 31 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 32 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 11 | 0 | 7 km |
| Chester | 11,740 | 6 | 0 | 4 km |
| … | ||||
| Pictou County, Subdivision C | 8,847 | 10 | 0 | 5.4 km |
More schools are within reach in 4 of the 31 other towns. Teaching in French: 18 of the 32 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Manor Park
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Austinville 2.6 km | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Portland Estates 2.6 km | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 km |
| Woodlawn 2.7 km | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Schmidtville 3.7 km | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| North End 3.7 km | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 km |
| Windsor Park 5 km | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
Most schools next door: Woodlawn, 37.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Manor Park’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Manor Park
Which boards run the schools in Manor Park?
Halifax Regional Centre for Education (26) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (4), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Manor Park?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre, École Bois-Joli, École secondaire Mosaïque and École Mer et Monde.
How do I get a place at a school in Manor Park?
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.
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).