Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5No high school in or near Baker Lake: the closest is 608 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. No schools grade in Nunavut: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Baker Lake
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Schooling in English and French around Baker Lake
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nunavut.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nunavut.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 Baker Lake’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Baker Lake
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 Baker Lake
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Boards and systems. Public schools belong to English and French-language boards (or districts); independent schools run themselves.
- The year. ODEF, from 2019–22, is the only open list: newer schools may be missing.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Counted: Baker Lake’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Baker Lake
How many schools are there in Baker Lake?
All 2 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Baker Lake?
Not in or within 3 km of Baker Lake; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Baker Lake?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).