Photo: awmcphee · CC0The 2 schools of Fort Smith: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
All of them belong to Ssdec. No schools grade in the Northwest Territories: the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 2 schools in and around Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in the Northwest Territories marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in the Northwest Territories.
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.
Who runs Fort Smith’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 Fort Smith
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Fort Smith
High schools within reach of Fort Smith
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
The one high school within 15 km is P.W. Kaeser High School, at 0.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| P.W. Kaeser High SchoolSecondary | Ssdec | English public | 0.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The year. StatCan’s ODEF (2019–22) is the open source here; it may miss new schools.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Fort Smith and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Fort Smith
Is there a French-language school in Fort Smith?
No, none within 3 km of Fort Smith; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Fort Smith?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · 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).