Photo: South Algonquin Business Alliance · CC BY-SA 4.0South Algonquin’s teenagers travel 35 km to the nearest high school
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only.
High schools within reach of South Algonquin
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Where the 2 schools in and around South Algonquin are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around South Algonquin
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Not one 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.
Who runs South Algonquin’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 1 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB has 1 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSBSt Martin of Tours | English Catholic | 1 |
| Renfrew County DSBWhitney | English public | 1 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in South Algonquin
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
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 2 schools in and around South Algonquin
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Counted: South Algonquin’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in South Algonquin
How many schools are there in South Algonquin?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in South Algonquin?
Not in or within 3 km of South Algonquin; the French-language board can name the nearest.
Which boards run the schools in South Algonquin?
By number of schools: Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB (1) and Renfrew County DSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in South Algonquin?
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).