Photo: CambridgeBayWeather · Public domainThe nearest high school to Cambridge Bay is 831 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Nunavut aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Cambridge Bay
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Schooling in English and French around Cambridge Bay
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Nunavut marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nunavut.
Not one 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 Cambridge Bay’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
A single 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 Cambridge Bay
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 Cambridge Bay
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Cambridge Bay or within 3 km of it are here.
- 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. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- The year. The schools are those in ODEF, 2019–22; check with the board for any opened since.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
Questions about schools in Cambridge Bay
Is there a French-language school in Cambridge Bay?
Not in or within 3 km of Cambridge Bay; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Cambridge Bay?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
How do I get a place at a school in Cambridge Bay?
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).