Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/naturallight/ Leslie Philipp · CC BY 2.0Naujaat’s teenagers travel 590 km to the nearest high school
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Nunavut aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Naujaat
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Schooling in English and French around Naujaat
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nunavut.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nunavut.
No school here 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 Naujaat’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems 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 Naujaat
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Naujaat
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Naujaat plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. This province’s list is ODEF, compiled by Statistics Canada in 2019–22: a few years old.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
Questions about schools in Naujaat
Is there a French-language school in Naujaat?
There is none in or near Naujaat (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Naujaat?
All 2 sit within the town’s own boundary.
How do I get a place at a school in Naujaat?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).