Photo: Óðinn · CC BY-SA 2.5 caAround Centretown, 21 schools of 55 teach in French
Those are École intermédiaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste and École élémentaire catholique Coeur d'Ottawa (CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario, Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais and CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario). All four of Ontario’s systems run schools here, English and French, public and Catholic. In or within 3 km of Centretown: 40 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools, 4 schools for every grade and 3 alternative or adult schools, with 17,175 students.
What stands out about Centretown’s schools
Results on both sides
The results split: 19 of 35 schools in the upper two fifths in Ontario, 11 in the lower, with Elmdale Public School, Glebe Collegiate Institute and Hopewell Avenue Public School on top. Results ↓
One big school
Glebe Collegiate Institute is the largest school here, with 1,315 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Elmdale Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Schooling in English and French around Centretown
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.
CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario, Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais and CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario runs the French-language ones: École intermédiaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, École élémentaire catholique Coeur d'Ottawa and Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull.
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 6 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Ontario funds four systems side by side, and here all four overlap: a family picks English or French, public or Catholic, and each choice has its own board and its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa-Carleton DSBGlebe, Adult, Lisgar, Hopewell Avenue, Fisher Park/Summit AS, Elmdale, Mutchmor, Connaught … | English public | 24 | 9,405 |
| Ottawa CSBImmaculata, St Nicholas Adult, Immaculata Intermediate, St Brigid, St George, Assumption Catholic, Corpus Christi Catholic, St Michael … | English Catholic | 9 | 3,340 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'OutaouaisJean-de-Brébeuf, Notre-Dame, Saint-Jean-Bosco, Saint-Rédempteur, des services spécialisés (C.J.O.-Maison de l'Apprenti), des services spécialisés (C.J.O.-Résidence Taché), du Lac-des-Fées, de l'Île | French public | 8 | – |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'OntarioHorizon-Jeunesse, Saint-François-d'Assise, Sainte-Anne, Coeur d'Ottawa, intermédiaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Saint-Jean-Baptiste | French Catholic | 6 | 1,345 |
| CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontariopublique De La Salle, publique Trille des Bois, publique Francojeunesse, publique De la Salle, publique Louise-Arbour, publique Mauril-Bélanger | French public | 6 | 3,085 |
| Commission scolaire Western QuébecPierre Elliott Trudeau | English public | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Centretown’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 | 28 | 83% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 28 | 71% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 28 | 70% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 29 | 93% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 29 | 86% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 28 | 65% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 6 | 64% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 5 | 91% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area runs ahead, 65% against 51% in Ontario. On 7 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 0 it trails. The three-year changes lean upward at 20 schools and downward at 11.
Every school’s results (35)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Elmdale Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 97% · G3 writing 96% · G3 math 89% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 89% | Top fifth |
| Glebe Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 74% · OSSLT 93% | Top fifth |
| Hopewell Avenue Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 95% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 98% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 82% | Top fifth |
| École secondaire publique De La SalleSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 74% · OSSLT 93% | Top fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Coeur d'OttawaElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 97% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 100% | Top fifth |
| Elgin Street Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 77% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 84% | Top fifth |
| École élémentaire publique Trille des BoisElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 77% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 79% | Top fifth |
| First Avenue Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 67% | Top fifth |
| Mutchmor Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 98% · G6 math 77% | Top fifth |
| Devonshire Community Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 85% · G3 math 81% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 65% | Second fifth |
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 73% · OSSLT 91% | Second fifth |
| Connaught Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 73% | Second fifth |
| St George Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 76% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Horizon-JeunesseElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 71% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire publique FrancojeunesseElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 80% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire publique Louise-ArbourElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 70% | Second fifth |
| Hilson Avenue Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 59% | Second fifth |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 91% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 46% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Sainte-AnneElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 81% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Saint-François-d'AssiseElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 66% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 64% | Middle fifth |
| St Anthony Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 70% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math not reported | Middle fifth |
| Immaculata High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 55% · OSSLT 87% | Middle fifth |
| Assumption Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 36% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 26% | Middle fifth |
| Viscount Alexander Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 42% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 53% | Middle fifth |
| Lady Evelyn Alternative SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 69% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| St Michael Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 23% · G3 math 31% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Robert E. Wilson Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 42% · G3 writing 23% · G3 math 23% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| St Brigid Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Centennial Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 29% · G3 writing 29% · G3 math 24% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 32% | Bottom fifth |
| York Street Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 29% · G3 writing 35% · G3 math 29% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 20% | Bottom fifth |
| École élémentaire publique Mauril-BélangerElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 47% · G3 writing 35% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 54% · G6 math 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Adult High SchoolAlternative or adult · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 21% · OSSLT not reported | Bottom fifth |
| Cambridge Street Community Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 62% · G6 math 23% | Bottom fifth |
| Ottawa Technical Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 23% · OSSLT 48% | Bottom fifth |
| Riverview Alternative SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 52% · G3 writing 35% · G3 math 37% · G6 reading 67% · G6 writing 58% · G6 math 8% | 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 55 schools in and around Centretown 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.
Who runs Centretown’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 25, English Catholic 9, French-language 20 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Centretown
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
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it admits and charges fees.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 55 schools in and around Centretown
Show all 40 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Centretown
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
62 secondary schools are within 15 km: 21 English public, 21 French public, 11 English Catholic, 5 French Catholic and 4 independent. The closest high school is Lisgar Collegiate Institute, 1 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Second fifth | 960 | 1 km |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-BaptisteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | – | – | 1 km |
| Immaculata High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 855 | 1.4 km |
| Glebe Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,315 | 1.4 km |
| Collège Saint-Joseph de HullSecondary | – | Independent | – | – | 2.2 km |
| École secondaire publique De La SalleSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Top fifth | 950 | 2.5 km |
| École secondaire de l'ÎleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 3.2 km |
| École Saint-Jean-BoscoAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 3.5 km |
| St Nicholas Adult High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | – | 620 | 4.2 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 4.2 km |
All 62 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 4.2 km |
| Ottawa Technical Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 330 | 4.3 km |
| École secondaire catholique Franco-CitéSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Second fifth | 1,010 | 4.6 km |
| Brookfield High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 650 | 4.7 km |
| Hillcrest High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 460 | 4.9 km |
| St Patrick's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,110 | 5 km |
| Ridgemont High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 860 | 5.2 km |
| Collège Nouvelles FrontièresSecondary | – | Independent | – | – | 5.2 km |
| École secondaire catholique de l’innovationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Fourth fifth | 95 | 5.5 km |
| St Pius X High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 890 | 5.6 km |
| Nepean High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,270 | 5.9 km |
| École secondaire catholique Samuel-GenestSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Second fifth | 855 | 6.1 km |
| Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 430 | 6.1 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 6.2 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 6.2 km |
| Canterbury High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,160 | 6.3 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 6.3 km |
| Polyvalente Le CarrefourSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 6.5 km |
| École secondaire Philemon WrightSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | – | 7 km |
| École Intermédiaire HadleySecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | – | 7 km |
| École secondaire publique Omer-DeslauriersSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Fourth fifth | 325 | 7.3 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 7.4 km |
| École secondaire Mont-BleuAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 7.8 km |
| Gloucester High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,160 | 8.1 km |
| Merivale High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,440 | 8.3 km |
| Lester B Pearson Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 750 | 8.5 km |
| École secondaire D'Arcy McGeeSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | – | 8.6 km |
| École Intermédiaire SymmesSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | – | 8.6 km |
| Launch Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 11–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | – | – | 8.6 km |
| Woodroffe High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 900 | 8.7 km |
| École secondaire de la CitéAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 8.7 km |
| Colonel By Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,140 | 8.8 km |
| École secondaire du VersantSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 8.9 km |
| Sir Guy Carleton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 315 | 9.2 km |
| École Polyvalente de l'ÉrablièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 9.4 km |
| OCSB Achievement CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | – | 75 | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire publique L'AlternativeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | – | 70 | 9.7 km |
| Collège Saint-Alexandre de la GatineauSecondary | – | Independent | – | – | 9.7 km |
| École Polyvalente Nicolas-GatineauAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | – | 10 km |
| École secondaire publique Louis-RielSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Top fifth | 1,005 | 10 km |
| École secondaire de la Nouvelle-ÈreAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 10 km |
| Centre académique de l'OutaouaisAll grades | – | Independent | – | – | 11 km |
| École Euclide-LanthierAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 11 km |
| St Paul High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 700 | 11 km |
| Sir Robert Borden High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 775 | 11 km |
| École secondaire Grande-RivièreAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | – | 11 km |
| Bell High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 760 | 13 km |
| St. Francis Xavier (9-12) Catholic SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,665 | 14 km |
| Cairine Wilson Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 775 | 14 km |
| École secondaire catholique GarneauSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Top fifth | 870 | 15 km |
| St. Mother Teresa High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,105 | 15 km |
| St Matthew High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 715 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Centretown
The area also has alternative programs at Richard Pfaff Secondary Alternate Site and Urban Aboriginal Alternate High School; adult and continuing education at Adult High School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliston | 50,739 | 18 | 9,475 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Applewood | 33,229 | 68 | 30,600 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Orangeville | 33,070 | 15 | 6,785 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| DT Core | 33,003 | 67 | 33,280 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown | 32,069 | 44 | 20,600 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Centretown | 32,035 | 55 | 17,175 | 21 | 0.7 km |
| Lisgar | 31,627 | 40 | 21,935 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Grimsby | 31,478 | 15 | 8,330 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Elmira | 31,382 | 54 | 23,805 | 5 | 6.5 km |
| St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 31,360 | 81 | 24,545 | 5 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 66 | 40,740 | 3 | 0.6 km |
More schools are within reach in 72 of the 169 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 137 towns of 170.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Centretown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centretown | 55 | 21 | 16 | 0.7 km |
| West Centretown 1.2 km | 46 | 17 | 12 | 0.3 km |
| Glebe-Dows Lake 1.4 km | 52 | 15 | 19 | 0.3 km |
| Old Ottawa East 1.6 km | 55 | 16 | 18 | 0.4 km |
| Lowertown West 1.9 km | 41 | 15 | 13 | 0.7 km |
| Sandy Hill 1.9 km | 49 | 16 | 15 | 1 km |
| Lowertown East 2.4 km | 37 | 14 | 11 | 0.2 km |
Each of its 6 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The 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.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- 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.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Centretown and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
Questions about schools in Centretown
How do I get a place at a school in Centretown?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Centretown?
Ottawa-Carleton DSB (24), Ottawa CSB (9), Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais (8), CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario (6) and CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario (6), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Centretown?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École intermédiaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, École élémentaire catholique Coeur d'Ottawa and Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull.
How many schools are there in Centretown?
7 in the town, 48 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).