Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Callander’s teenagers travel 10 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. Results lean low: 3 of 3 in the lower two fifths in Ontario.
High schools within reach of Callander
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public and 1 French public. Nearest: West Ferris Secondary School, 10 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Ferris Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Near North DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 770 | 10 km |
| Chippewa Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Near North DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 840 | 14 km |
| École secondaire publique OdysséeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario | French public | Second fifth | 50 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Callander’s schools do on Ontario’s tests
EQAO’s Grade 3, 6 and 9 assessments and the literacy test, 2024-25: each school against every school in Ontario.
Its School Grade is C−: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 3 | 51% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 50% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 80% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 81% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 38% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 3 reading, where the area’s schools reach 51% against 76% in Ontario. Of 6 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 6 below. Over three years, 2 schools gained on most measures and 1 lost ground.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| M T Davidson Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 40% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| St Theresa SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 51% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Sunset Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 29% | Fourth fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Where the 3 schools in and around Callander are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Callander
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
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 Callander’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 2 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Among 2 boards, Near North DSB leads with 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near North DSBSunset Park, M T Davidson | English public | 2 | 545 |
| Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSBSt Theresa | English Catholic | 1 | 355 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Callander
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Callander
Towns its size in Ontario
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy | 6,400 | 9 | 4,140 | 1 | 9.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Perth South | 4,055 | 18 | 6,390 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Centremount | 4,053 | 47 | 20,995 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| Oakes | 4,048 | 19 | 9,400 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Morris-Turnberry | 4,028 | 4 | 1,260 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Callander | 4,021 | 3 | 900 | 0 | 10 km |
| Kentley | 4,007 | 22 | 13,080 | 0 | 1 km |
| Stinson | 3,969 | 37 | 16,070 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Watford | 3,955 | 5 | 1,635 | 0 | 19 km |
| Lisgar | 3,945 | 35 | 17,285 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
More schools than here: 209 of the 246 others. Schooling in French is on hand in 155 of the 247.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Callander
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
The busiest neighbour is North Bay, with 29 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- Which schools count. Inside Callander’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
Questions about schools in Callander
How do I get a place at a school in Callander?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Callander?
By number of schools: Near North DSB (2) and Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB (1).
Is there a French-language school in Callander?
Not within 3 km of Callander. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Callander?
2 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · 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).