Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5Cape Dorset’s teenagers travel 207 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Nunavut aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Cape Dorset
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Where the 2 schools in and around Cape Dorset are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Cape Dorset
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.
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 Cape Dorset’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 Cape Dorset
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Cape Dorset
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- The year. An older list, StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, is used here.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Cape Dorset’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Cape Dorset
Is there a French-language school in Cape Dorset?
None within 3 km of Cape Dorset. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Cape Dorset?
All 2 sit within the town’s own boundary.
How do I get a place at a school in Cape Dorset?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).