Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 4.0The 24 schools of Mount Royale: 16 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade
They all come under Halifax Regional Centre for Education. None of them teaches in French, though 6% of schools in Nova Scotia do.
Schooling in English and French around Mount Royale
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Nova Scotia marked.
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.
Where the 24 schools in and around Mount Royale 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.
Who runs Mount Royale’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems 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 Mount Royale
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 24 schools in and around Mount Royale
High schools within reach of Mount Royale
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 30 high schools: 28 English public and 2 French public. First by distance comes Fairview Junior High, at 0.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 0.4 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.2 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.3 km |
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.7 km |
| Ridgecliff Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.1 km |
| Highland Park Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.6 km |
| OxfordAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.9 km |
| Halifax Central Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.4 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.2 km |
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.5 km |
All 30 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.1 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 6.4 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.6 km |
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.7 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 8.5 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.6 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.5 km |
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
| Brookside Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Five Bridges Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Sackville HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | 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
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 15 | 1 | 0.7 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 |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C | 8,847 | 10 | 0 | 5.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 6 | 1 | 5.9 km |
More schools are within reach in 4 of the 39 other towns. Schooling in French is on hand in 15 of the 40.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Mount Royale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royale | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Fairview 1.5 km | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Clayton Park West 2.9 km | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Westmount 3 km | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Windsor Park 3.4 km | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| North End 4.7 km | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 km |
| South End 5.3 km | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Windsor Park (32).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Mount Royale’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- 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. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. The province’s 2025-26 list.
Questions about schools in Mount Royale
Is there a French-language school in Mount Royale?
Not in or within 3 km of Mount Royale; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Mount Royale?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Source note: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20, so there’s no schools grade in 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).