Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5Arviat’s teenagers travel 253 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. We don’t grade schools in Nunavut. The reason: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Arviat
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Schooling in English and French around Arviat
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nunavut.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nunavut.
None of them teaches in French.
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 Arviat’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Arviat
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends 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 Arviat
Canadian towns its size
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normand Park | 5,299 | 39 | 3 | 2.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Sheet Harbour | 3,334 | 2 | 0 | 42 km |
| Eaux Claires | 3,334 | 48 | 1 | 1 km |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 7 | 6 | 7 km |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 4 | 4 | 13 km |
| Arviat | 3,330 | 3 | 0 | 253 km |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | 3,328 | 7 | 7 | 3.2 km |
| Division No. 19, Unorganized | 3,324 | 3 | 0 | 100 km |
| Virden | 3,322 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | 3,319 | 43 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
652 of the 895 others have more schools in reach. Teaching in French: 451 of the 896 have it.
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. The area is Arviat plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The year. ODEF, from 2019–22, is the only open list: newer schools may be missing.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
Questions about schools in Arviat
How many schools are there in Arviat?
All 3 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Arviat?
Not within 3 km of Arviat. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Arviat?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).