Photo: Citobun · CC BY-SA 4.031 schools in and around North End: 21 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade
2 are inside the town itself and 29 lie within 3 km of its edge. One of the 31 teaches in French, against 6% of schools in Nova Scotia.
Where the 31 schools in and around North End are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around North End
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.
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial runs the French-language ones: École Mer et Monde.
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 North End’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
System by system: English public 30 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education runs the most, 30 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationBicentennial, Burton Ettinger, Chebucto Heights, Citadel High, Clayton Park Junior High, Crichton Park, Cunard Junior High, Dartmouth High … | English public | 30 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialMer et Monde | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in North End
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 31 schools in and around North End
High schools within reach of North End
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 30: 28 English public and 2 French public. Nearest: Oxford, 1 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| OxfordAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.1 km |
| Halifax Central Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.5 km |
| Highland Park Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.7 km |
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.2 km |
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.3 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.4 km |
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.4 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 3 km |
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3 km |
All 30 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.4 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 5.6 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.8 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.9 km |
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.2 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.3 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.1 km |
| Ridgecliff Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.6 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.8 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.6 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.9 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.4 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
| Sackville 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
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | 28,848 | 19 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | 21,578 | 15 | 1 | 8.4 km |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 37 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Windsor | 20,318 | 11 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 21 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| North End | 19,733 | 31 | 1 | 1 km |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 24 | 1 | 0.8 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 |
| … | ||||
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 11 | 0 | 7 km |
Of the 21 others, 3 count more schools. 17 of 22 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 North End
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North End | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 km |
| Windsor Park 1.7 km | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Schmidtville 1.8 km | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Austinville 2.8 km | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Westmount 2.8 km | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Fairview 3.4 km | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Manor Park 3.7 km | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 km |
Most schools next door: Austinville, 35.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside North End or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in North End
How do I get a place at a school in North End?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in North End?
Yes: École Mer et Monde, the French-language schools here.
Which boards run the schools in North End?
By number of schools: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (30) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (1).
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Schools grade in Nova Scotia: none (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).