Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.0Gananoque’s schools mostly beat the middle in Ontario, 2 of the 3 with results
The strongest include St Joseph's Separate School and Gananoque Secondary School. Its elementary schools are small, 193 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. In or within 3 km of Gananoque: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 915 students.
How Gananoque’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 A: 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 | 2 | 86% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 81% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 92% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 53% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 67% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 89% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 3 writing, where the area’s schools reach 81% against 65% in Ontario. 7 measures above the provincial middle, 0 below, out of 8. The three-year changes lean upward at 1 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 57% | Second fifth |
| Gananoque Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 67% · OSSLT 89% | Second fifth |
| Linklater Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 86% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 48% | Middle fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 4 schools in and around Gananoque
Where the 4 schools in and around Gananoque are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Gananoque
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.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Gananoque’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 3 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Upper Canada DSB has 3 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBGananoque, Linklater, Gananoque Intermediate | English public | 3 | 625 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioSt Joseph's Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 290 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Gananoque
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Gananoque
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Gananoque Secondary School, 0.6 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gananoque Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Second fifth | 335 | 0.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT Cooksville | 8,864 | 44 | 21,415 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Carp | 5,621 | 15 | 7,250 | 2 | 8.5 km |
| Creditview | 5,598 | 34 | 23,540 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Greenboro West | 5,597 | 34 | 14,460 | 8 | 2.4 km |
| Countryside | 5,595 | 32 | 21,240 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Gananoque | 5,568 | 4 | 915 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| West Lorne | 5,566 | 3 | 865 | 0 | 3.1 km |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 22 | 12,925 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Espanola | 5,504 | 5 | 1,205 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Stirling | 5,489 | 1 | 690 | 0 | 16 km |
| … | |||||
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | 3,319 | 43 | 22,315 | 0 | 0.8 km |
Among 290 towns its size, 250 have more schools nearby. Teaching in French: 183 of the 291 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Gananoque
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gananoque | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands 12 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 km |
Top among the neighbours: Leeds and the Thousand Islands, 7 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Ontario’s schools on that test; the card shows the average of a school’s fifths.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Gananoque’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Gananoque
How many schools are there in Gananoque?
The town holds all 4; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Gananoque?
There is none in or near Gananoque (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
Which boards run the schools in Gananoque?
Upper Canada DSB (3) and CDSB of Eastern Ontario (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Gananoque?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).