Photo: Kevin M Klerks from Inverhuron, Canada · CC BY 2.0Most of Kincardine’s schools are public: 1 of 7 are Catholic, where in Ontario it is 34%
Bruce-Grey CDSB run the Catholic ones. The 5 with results split, 0 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 1 in the lower. In or within 3 km of Kincardine: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 2,415 students.
Who runs Kincardine’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 6 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Kincardine’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 4 | 80% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 60% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 89% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 82% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 54% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 49% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 91% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 49% here, against 55% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 3 of 8 measures and behind on 4. At 3 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 2, more fell.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Elgin Market Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 81% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 56% | Middle fifth |
| Huron Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 54% | Middle fifth |
| Kincardine District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 91% | Middle fifth |
| St Anthony's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 51% | Middle fifth |
| Paisley Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 53% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 53% | 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 7 schools in and around Kincardine 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 Kincardine
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
None of them 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.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Bluewater DSB counts 6, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater DSBKincardine District, Elgin Market, Huron Heights, Kincardine District Senior, Kincardine Township-Tiverton, Paisley Central | English public | 6 | 1,885 |
| Bruce-Grey CDSBSt Anthony's Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 530 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Kincardine
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.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Kincardine
High schools within reach of Kincardine
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Kincardine District Secondary School, 5.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kincardine District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bluewater DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 675 | 5.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Rouge | 20,915 | 52 | 21,720 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Springdale | 13,221 | 38 | 22,065 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Corso Italia-Davenport | 13,215 | 101 | 39,150 | 6 | 0.8 km |
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | 81 | 33,460 | 3 | 2.2 km |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | 13,171 | 109 | 33,530 | 10 | 0.3 km |
| Kincardine | 13,169 | 7 | 2,415 | 0 | 5.7 km |
| Madoc | 13,160 | 58 | 26,450 | 2 | 1 km |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 44 | 30,660 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Deerfield | 13,090 | 51 | 29,920 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Ayr | 13,051 | 51 | 24,180 | 1 | 9.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 26 | 14,765 | 2 | 1 km |
345 out of 386 comparable towns have more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 295 of the 387.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Kincardine
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kincardine | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 km |
| Huron-Kinloss 19 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 km |
Of 1 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Kincardine and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. EQAO publishes shares at the provincial standard; the band places each among Ontario’s schools by fifths.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
Questions about schools in Kincardine
How many schools are there in Kincardine?
Inside the town there are 6; another 1 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Kincardine?
None within 3 km of Kincardine. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How do I get a place at a school in Kincardine?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Kincardine?
By number of schools: Bluewater DSB (6) and Bruce-Grey CDSB (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).