Photo: Plumzee · CC BY-SA 4.0Victoria County, Subdivision A’s teenagers travel 46 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 3 elementary schools, and no high school. We don’t grade schools in Nova Scotia. The reason: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
High schools within reach of Victoria County, Subdivision A
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Where the 3 schools in and around Victoria County, Subdivision A are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Victoria County, Subdivision A
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Victoria County, Subdivision A’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 Victoria County, Subdivision A
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 3 schools in and around Victoria County, Subdivision A
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision A | 4,305 | 4 | 0 | 16 km |
| … | ||||
| Inverness County, Subdivision C | 3,314 | 2 | 0 | 18 km |
| Pictou | 3,307 | 2 | 0 | 9.2 km |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 3,273 | 4 | 1 | 26 km |
| Head of St Margarets Bay | 2,885 | 4 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | 2,746 | 3 | 0 | 46 km |
| Musquodoboit Harbour | 2,719 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Berwick | 2,631 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 14 | 2 | 3.3 km |
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
Of the 21 others, 12 count more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 5 of the 22.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Victoria County, Subdivision A or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Victoria County, Subdivision A
How many schools are there in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Every one of them, 3, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
No, none within 3 km of Victoria County, Subdivision A; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).