Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Georgian Bay’s teenagers travel 29 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. Its elementary schools are small, 78 students on average, against 365 in Ontario.
High schools within reach of Georgian Bay
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
The 2 schools in and around Georgian Bay
Where the 2 schools in and around Georgian Bay are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Georgian Bay
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Georgian Bay’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Near North DSB, with 1.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near North DSBMactier | English public | 1 | 95 |
| Trillium Lakelands DSBHoney Harbour | English public | 1 | 60 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Georgian Bay
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Hospital | 6,091 | 42 | 17,450 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Corkery | 3,822 | 1 | 275 | 0 | 9.9 km |
| Mulmur | 3,813 | 3 | 1,520 | 0 | 17 km |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 11 | 6,645 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Eleanor | 3,805 | 26 | 11,280 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Georgian Bay | 3,798 | 2 | 155 | 0 | 29 km |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 4 | 855 | 4 | 13 km |
| Berrisfield | 3,773 | 35 | 15,220 | 4 | 1 km |
| Dixie | 3,749 | 56 | 24,325 | 2 | 1.8 km |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 8 | 2,990 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
Among 221 towns its size, 200 have more schools nearby. 140 towns of the 222 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
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.
- 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.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- Which schools count. Counted: Georgian Bay’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Georgian Bay
How many schools are there in Georgian Bay?
Every one of them, 2, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Georgian Bay?
No, none within 3 km of Georgian Bay; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Georgian Bay?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Georgian Bay?
By number of schools: Near North DSB (1) and Trillium Lakelands DSB (1).
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).