Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Teaching in French: 3 of Chapleau’s 6 schools
Those are École élémentaire Sacré-Coeur, École élémentaire catholique Trillium and École secondaire catholique Trillium (CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario). 3 of 3 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Chapleau has 4 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, for 310 students.
What stands out about Chapleau’s schools
More Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 4 of 6 here, above the 34% in Ontario, under CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario and Huron-Superior CDSB. Who runs them ↓
Several boards
The area’s schools come under 3 boards, CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario, Algoma DSB and Huron-Superior CDSB. The boards ↓
Small elementary schools
At 82 students on average, against 365 in Ontario, the elementary schools are small. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Schooling in English and French around Chapleau
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
The French-language schools are École élémentaire Sacré-Coeur, École élémentaire catholique Trillium and École secondaire catholique Trillium, run by CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario.
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.
How Chapleau’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 D−: 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 | 1 | 27% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 45% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 64% | 65% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 17% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 69% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 17% against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 4: that is the 5 measures. The three-year changes lean upward at 1 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École élémentaire Sacré-CoeurElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 27% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Fourth fifth |
| École secondaire catholique TrilliumSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 17% · OSSLT 82% | Bottom fifth |
| Chapleau High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math not reported · OSSLT 56% | Bottom 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 6 schools in and around Chapleau are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Chapleau’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, English Catholic 1 and French-language 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSDC du Nouvel-OntarioSacré-Coeur, Trillium, Trillium | French Catholic | 3 | 90 |
| Algoma DSBChapleau, Chapleau | English public | 2 | 165 |
| Huron-Superior CDSBOur Lady of Fatima | English Catholic | 1 | 55 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Chapleau
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.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Chapleau
High schools within reach of Chapleau
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 French Catholic. First by distance comes Chapleau High School, at 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapleau High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algoma DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 65 | 0.7 km |
| École secondaire catholique TrilliumSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario | French Catholic | Bottom fifth | – | 0.8 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Chapleau’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
Questions about schools in Chapleau
How do I get a place at a school in Chapleau?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which boards run the schools in Chapleau?
By number of schools: CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario (3), Algoma DSB (2) and Huron-Superior CDSB (1).
Is there a French-language school in Chapleau?
Yes: École élémentaire Sacré-Coeur, École élémentaire catholique Trillium and École secondaire catholique Trillium, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Chapleau?
All 6 are inside the town itself.
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).