Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Smooth Rock Falls has 2 French-language schools among its 3
Those are École catholique Georges-Vanier and École secondaire catholique Georges-Vanier (CSDC des Grandes Rivières). In or within 3 km of Smooth Rock Falls: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
Schooling in English and French around Smooth Rock Falls
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
By name, in French: École catholique Georges-Vanier and École secondaire catholique Georges-Vanier (CSDC des Grandes Rivières).
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.
Where the 3 schools in and around Smooth Rock Falls are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Smooth Rock Falls’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 1 and French-language 2.
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.
CSDC des Grandes Rivières has 2 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSDC des Grandes Rivièrescatholique Georges-Vanier, Georges-Vanier | French Catholic | 2 | 65 |
| DSB Ontario North EastSmooth Rock Falls | English public | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Smooth Rock Falls
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Smooth Rock Falls
High schools within reach of Smooth Rock Falls
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: École secondaire catholique Georges-Vanier, 0.3 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire catholique Georges-VanierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC des Grandes Rivières | French Catholic | – | – | 0.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Smooth Rock Falls’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Smooth Rock Falls
How many schools are there in Smooth Rock Falls?
Every one of them, 3, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Smooth Rock Falls?
Yes, schooling in French is at École catholique Georges-Vanier and École secondaire catholique Georges-Vanier.
How do I get a place at a school in Smooth Rock Falls?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which boards run the schools in Smooth Rock Falls?
By number of schools: CSDC des Grandes Rivières (2) and DSB Ontario North East (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).