Photo: TravelingOtter from Houston, Texas, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Schools in Yellowknife: 3 boards, side by side
YK1 leads with 6 schools, alongside YCS and CSF. Of the 10, one teaches in French (4% of schools in the Northwest Territories). Its 3 km reach takes in 7 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, all of Yellowknife’s schooling.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| YK1Mildred Hall, N.J. Macpherson, Range Lake North, J.H. Sissons, Sir John Franklin, William McDonald | English public | 6 |
| YCSWeledeh, St. Joseph, St. Patrick | English public | 3 |
| CSFAllain St-Cyr | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 10 schools in and around Yellowknife are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
3 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Yellowknife
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.
CSF runs the French-language ones: École Allain St-Cyr.
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 Yellowknife’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 9 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Yellowknife
French-language schools
Eligibility comes from the parents: French as a first language, or French schooling in Canada; otherwise, the board’s admissions committee decides.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 10 schools in and around Yellowknife
High schools within reach of Yellowknife
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
École Allain St-Cyr, 0.6 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Allain St-CyrAll grades | CSF | French public | 0.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Canadian towns its size
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metrotown | 36,594 | 55 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| High Park-Swansea | 22,970 | 100 | 8 | 1.7 km |
| Steeles | 22,943 | 84 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 13 | 6 | 3.7 km |
| New Hamburg | 22,890 | 34 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| Yellowknife | 22,858 | 10 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Mont-Royal | 22,821 | 184 | 136 | 0.6 km |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 77 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Colwood | 22,794 | 27 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Erindale | 22,755 | 79 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Wetaskiwin | 13,703 | 10 | 0 | 0.5 km |
534 of the 591 others have more schools in reach. 462 towns of the 592 have a French-language school.
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
- Which schools count. Schools inside Yellowknife and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- 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.
- The year. An older list, StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, is used here.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
Questions about schools in Yellowknife
How many schools are there in Yellowknife?
Every one of them, 10, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Yellowknife?
Yes: École Allain St-Cyr, the French-language schools here.
How do I get a place at a school in Yellowknife?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Yellowknife?
YK1 (6), YCS (3) and CSF (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · Schools grade in the Northwest Territories: none (the province publishes no results school by school). · 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).