Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0One of the 3 schools around Ignace teaches in French
They are École Immaculée-Conception, run by CSDC des Aurores boréales. Counting a 3 km margin, Ignace has 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
Schooling in English and French around Ignace
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
CSDC des Aurores boréales runs the French-language ones: École Immaculée-Conception.
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 Ignace’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 B: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 82% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the literacy test: 82% here, against 85% in Ontario.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ignace Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math not reported · OSSLT 82% | 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 Ignace are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Ignace’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 2 and French-language 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.
Keewatin-Patricia DSB counts 2, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keewatin-Patricia DSBIgnace, Ignace | English public | 2 | 110 |
| CSDC des Aurores boréalesImmaculée-Conception | French Catholic | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Ignace
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.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
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 Ignace
High schools within reach of Ignace
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Only Ignace Secondary School is within 15 km, 0.8 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignace Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Keewatin-Patricia DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | – | 0.8 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Ignace or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
Questions about schools in Ignace
How do I get a place at a school in Ignace?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
How many schools are there in Ignace?
Every one of them, 3, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Ignace?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École Immaculée-Conception.
Which schools near Ignace have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Ontario; the strongest is Ignace Secondary School.
Which boards run the schools in Ignace?
By number of schools: Keewatin-Patricia DSB (2) and CSDC des Aurores boréales (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).