Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCatholic schools are a larger share around Findlay Creek: 4 of 7, against 34% in Ontario
Catholic schooling here comes from Ottawa CSB. On the tests, 0 of 6 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 2 under it. The 3 km around Findlay Creek counts 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 4,735 students between them.
What stands out about Findlay Creek’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 3 schools of the 6 with results, Vimy Ridge Public School, St Mary (Gloucester) Elementary School and Blossom Park Public School among them. Results ↓
One big school
With 1,665 students, St. Francis Xavier (9-12) Catholic School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Big elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 512 students, against 365 in Ontario; St. Veronica Catholic Elementary School and Vimy Ridge Public School are the largest. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Who runs Findlay Creek’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 3 and English Catholic 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Findlay Creek’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 | 5 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 62% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 83% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 84% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 43% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 66% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 81% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 66% here, against 55% in Ontario. On 1 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 5 it trails.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Vimy Ridge Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 51% | Middle fifth |
| St Mary (Gloucester) Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 43% | Middle fifth |
| St. Francis Xavier (9-12) Catholic SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 66% · OSSLT 81% | Middle fifth |
| St. Veronica Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 60% | Middle fifth |
| Mino Mikan Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Blossom Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 33% · G3 writing 10% · G3 math 24% · G6 reading 46% · G6 writing 39% · G6 math 14% | 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 7 schools in and around Findlay Creek 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 Findlay Creek
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.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Ottawa CSB counts 4, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa CSBSt. Francis Xavier (9-12), St. Veronica Catholic, St. Francis Xavier (7-8), St Mary (Gloucester) | English Catholic | 4 | 3,375 |
| Ottawa-Carleton DSBVimy Ridge, Mino Mikan, Blossom Park | English public | 3 | 1,360 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Findlay Creek
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
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 7 schools in and around Findlay Creek
High schools within reach of Findlay Creek
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 40: 18 English public, 12 English Catholic, 5 French Catholic, 4 French public and 1 independent. St. Francis Xavier (9-12) Catholic School is closest, at 5.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Xavier (9-12) Catholic SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,665 | 5.9 km |
| Ridgemont High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 860 | 7.6 km |
| St Patrick's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,110 | 7.8 km |
| Canterbury High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,160 | 7.9 km |
| Riverside South Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | – | – | 8.2 km |
| Brookfield High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 650 | 8.6 km |
| St Mark High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 820 | 8.8 km |
| Hillcrest High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 460 | 9.2 km |
| École secondaire publique Omer-DeslauriersSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Fourth fifth | 325 | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire catholique Franco-CitéSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Second fifth | 1,010 | 9.5 km |
All 40 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCSB Achievement CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | – | 75 | 9.5 km |
| St Pius X High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 890 | 9.8 km |
| Merivale High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,440 | 9.8 km |
| St. Mother Teresa High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,105 | 11 km |
| Longfields Davidson Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,650 | 11 km |
| École secondaire catholique Pierre-SavardSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Top fifth | 900 | 11 km |
| Glebe Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,315 | 12 km |
| Immaculata High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 855 | 12 km |
| St Nicholas Adult High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | – | 620 | 12 km |
| St Joseph High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,535 | 12 km |
| Launch Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 11–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | – | – | 12 km |
| Ottawa Technical Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 330 | 13 km |
| Sir Guy Carleton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 315 | 13 km |
| John McCrae Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,550 | 13 km |
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Second fifth | 960 | 13 km |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-BaptisteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | – | – | 13 km |
| École secondaire catholique de l’innovationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Fourth fifth | 95 | 13 km |
| Gloucester High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,160 | 13 km |
| École secondaire publique Pierre-de-BloisSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Second fifth | 415 | 13 km |
| Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 430 | 13 km |
| École secondaire catholique Samuel-GenestSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Second fifth | 855 | 14 km |
| Sir Robert Borden High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 775 | 14 km |
| Lester B Pearson Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 750 | 14 km |
| École secondaire publique Louis-RielSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Top fifth | 1,005 | 14 km |
| Nepean High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,270 | 14 km |
| École secondaire publique De La SalleSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | Top fifth | 950 | 14 km |
| Woodroffe High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 900 | 14 km |
| Osgoode Township High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 490 | 15 km |
| St Paul High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 700 | 15 km |
| Collège Saint-Joseph de HullSecondary | – | Independent | – | – | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binbrook | 22,497 | 19 | 12,470 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Tiny | 14,195 | 13 | 3,585 | 5 | 7.9 km |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 80 | 35,000 | 5 | 0.7 km |
| Convent Glen - Orleans Woods | 14,118 | 30 | 12,240 | 12 | 0.3 km |
| Sandwich | 14,110 | 34 | 17,015 | 7 | 0.7 km |
| Findlay Creek | 14,089 | 7 | 4,735 | 0 | 6 km |
| Riverview | 14,030 | 68 | 29,345 | 21 | 0.9 km |
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 32 | 19,400 | 8 | 1 km |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | 13,998 | 35 | 20,775 | 8 | 2.2 km |
| Humewood-Cedarvale | 13,978 | 84 | 33,165 | 2 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Wildfield | 8,511 | 9 | 3,915 | 0 | 4.5 km |
More schools are within reach in 349 of the 380 other towns. 296 towns of the 381 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Findlay Creek
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findlay Creek | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 km |
| Blossom Park - Timbermill 3.9 km | 26 | 6 | 10 | 3.8 km |
| Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek 4.5 km | 22 | 5 | 10 | 3.3 km |
| Greenboro West 5.4 km | 34 | 8 | 14 | 2.4 km |
| Greenboro East 5.6 km | 31 | 8 | 14 | 1.6 km |
| South Keys 5.7 km | 29 | 7 | 12 | 2 km |
| Old Hunt Club 6.1 km | 41 | 9 | 20 | 3 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Old Hunt Club (41).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Findlay Creek’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Findlay Creek
Which boards run the schools in Findlay Creek?
Ottawa CSB (4) and Ottawa-Carleton DSB (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Findlay Creek?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Is there a French-language school in Findlay Creek?
There is none in or near Findlay Creek (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Findlay Creek?
3 are inside the town itself and 4 lie within 3 km of its edge.
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).