Photo: Sebastian Kasten · CC BY-SA 3.0The nearest high school to Iqaluit is 289 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 5 elementary schools, and no high school. One school here teaches in French; in Nunavut, 2% of schools do. The schools grade is left out in Nunavut, as the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Iqaluit
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Schooling in English and French around Iqaluit
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nunavut.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nunavut.
Commission scolaire francophone du Nuanvut runs the French-language ones: École des trois soleil.
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.
Where the 5 schools in and around Iqaluit are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
3 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Iqaluit’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 4 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Iqaluit
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Iqaluit
Canadian towns its size
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona | 13,783 | 66 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 20 | 16 | 3.3 km |
| Crestview | 8,658 | 25 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Carleton Heights-Courtland Park | 8,621 | 67 | 12 | 0.6 km |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 51 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Iqaluit | 8,612 | 5 | 1 | 289 km |
| Dauphin | 8,587 | 7 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Nolan Hill | 8,581 | 11 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Lac la Biche County | 8,580 | 7 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Puslinch | 8,577 | 37 | 1 | 4.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Grand Bay-Westfield | 5,202 | 5 | 0 | 7.9 km |
Among 999 towns its size, 846 have more schools nearby. A school in French is nearby in 573 towns of 1,000.
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
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Inside Iqaluit’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- The year. ODEF, from 2019–22, is the only open list: newer schools may be missing.
Questions about schools in Iqaluit
Is there a French-language school in Iqaluit?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École des trois soleil.
How many schools are there in Iqaluit?
All 5 are inside the town itself.
How do I get a place at a school in Iqaluit?
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).