Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0The schools around Fitzroy answer to 6 boards
Most belong to Ottawa-Carleton DSB (2); Renfrew County CDSB, Renfrew County DSB and Ottawa CSB run the remainder. 4 of 7 schools with results score above the middle in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Fitzroy has 7 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, for 4,140 students.
What stands out about Fitzroy’s schools
Results easing
More of the results fell than rose over three years at 4 schools of the 7 with results, St Michael (Fitzroy) Elementary School, Arnprior District High School and Stonecrest Elementary School among them. Results ↓
One big school
With 1,290 students, West Carleton Secondary School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
The strongest results
St. John XXIII Separate 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.
6 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa-Carleton DSBWest Carleton, Stonecrest | English public | 2 | 1,945 |
| Renfrew County CDSBSt Joseph's Separate, St. John XXIII Separate | English Catholic | 2 | 765 |
| Renfrew County DSBArnprior District, Walter Zadow | English public | 2 | 1,255 |
| Ottawa CSBSt Michael (Fitzroy) | English Catholic | 1 | 175 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouaisde la Vallée-des-Voyageurs | French public | 1 | – |
| Commission scolaire Western Québecprimaire Onslow | English public | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Fitzroy’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 A: 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 | 79% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 80% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 75% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 90% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 45% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 68% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 91% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 80% here, against 65% in Ontario. On 5 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 1 it trails.
Every school’s results (7)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. John XXIII Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 97% · G3 writing 92% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 98% | Top fifth |
| West Carleton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 78% · OSSLT 94% | Top fifth |
| St Joseph's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 54% | Second fifth |
| St Michael (Fitzroy) Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 92% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 38% | Second fifth |
| Arnprior District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 57% · OSSLT 87% | Middle fifth |
| Stonecrest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 45% | Fourth fifth |
| Walter Zadow Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 26% | 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 9 schools in and around Fitzroy 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 Fitzroy
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French, 1 schools: École de la Vallée-des-Voyageurs, with Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais running the public ones.
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 Fitzroy’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 5, English Catholic 3 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Fitzroy
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Fitzroy
High schools within reach of Fitzroy
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: West Carleton Secondary School, 9.4 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Carleton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,290 | 9.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands | 10,185 | 7 | 1,430 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | |||||
| Fisher Heights | 6,451 | 33 | 14,785 | 6 | 1.1 km |
| Petrolia | 6,422 | 5 | 1,875 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Mount Royal | 6,421 | 18 | 10,125 | 0 | 3 km |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 69 | 26,320 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Fitzroy | 6,400 | 9 | 4,140 | 1 | 9.6 km |
| Osgoode - Vernon | 6,398 | 9 | 3,990 | 0 | 12 km |
| Valley Park | 6,394 | 23 | 12,625 | 2 | 2 km |
| Woodhill | 6,386 | 110 | 56,200 | 2 | 2.8 km |
| Munster - Ashton | 6,372 | 4 | 2,445 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Eleanor | 3,805 | 26 | 11,280 | 2 | 0.7 km |
Of the 311 others, 229 count more schools. 203 towns of the 312 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 Fitzroy
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
19 schools make Dunrobin the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Counted: Fitzroy’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. A school with no reported result has no band; one with several averages its fifths.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
Questions about schools in Fitzroy
Is there a French-language school in Fitzroy?
Yes: École de la Vallée-des-Voyageurs, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Fitzroy?
1 in the town, 8 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Fitzroy?
By number of schools: Ottawa-Carleton DSB (2), Renfrew County CDSB (2), Renfrew County DSB (2), Ottawa CSB (1) and Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Fitzroy?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
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).