Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/naturallight/ Leslie Philipp · CC BY 2.0Sanikiluaq’s teenagers travel 161 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. No schools grade in Nunavut: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Sanikiluaq
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 Sanikiluaq
The language each school teaches in, against every school 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 Sanikiluaq’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to 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 Sanikiluaq
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Sanikiluaq
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Sanikiluaq’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- The year. An older list, StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, is used here.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
Questions about schools in Sanikiluaq
How do I get a place at a school in Sanikiluaq?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Sanikiluaq?
All 2 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Sanikiluaq?
Not within 3 km of Sanikiluaq. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).