Photo: Lindsay Nicole Terry · CC BY 2.0No high school in or near Pangnirtung: the closest is 575 km off
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 Pangnirtung
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Schooling in English and French around Pangnirtung
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Nunavut.
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 Pangnirtung’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one 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 Pangnirtung
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 Pangnirtung
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. Schools come from StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, so a recent opening or closure may not show.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Pangnirtung’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Pangnirtung
Is there a French-language school in Pangnirtung?
No, none within 3 km of Pangnirtung; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Pangnirtung?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
How do I get a place at a school in Pangnirtung?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
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).