Photo: WolfFang1990 · CC BY-SA 4.0Timmins has 12 French-language schools among its 27
Those are École secondaire catholique Thériault, École catholique Anicet-Morin and École catholique Don-Bosco (CSDC des Grandes Rivières and CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario). Of the 22 with results, 20 sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. Taken together, Timmins and its 3 km edge hold 21 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school for 6,290 students.
What stands out about Timmins’s schools
Four systems, one town
The four systems overlap on the same streets, each with its own board: DSB Ontario North East, CSDC des Grandes Rivières, Northeastern CDSB and CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario. The boards ↓
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 211 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Schooling in English and French around Timmins
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
The French-language schools are École secondaire catholique Thériault, École catholique Anicet-Morin, École catholique Don-Bosco and École catholique Sacré-Coeur (Timmins), run by CSDC des Grandes Rivières and CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario.
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.
How Timmins’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 D: 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 | 10 | 56% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 10 | 45% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 12 | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 14 | 75% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 14 | 69% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 14 | 37% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 5 | 38% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 76% | 85% |
On Grade 3 writing the area trails, 45% against 65% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 0 above the middle, 8 below. At 9 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 8, more fell.
Every school’s results (22)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Timmins Centennial Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading no data · G3 writing no data · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 48% | Middle fifth |
| Bertha Shaw Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading no data · G3 writing no data · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| O'Gorman High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 44% · OSSLT 85% | Fourth fifth |
| École catholique Don-BoscoElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 59% · G6 math 36% | Fourth fifth |
| École secondaire catholique ThériaultSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 78% | Fourth fifth |
| École catholique St-GérardElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 20% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 67% · G6 writing 58% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| École catholique Anicet-MorinElementary · Grades 4–8 | G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 43% · G6 math 49% | Fourth fifth |
| École catholique St-JudeElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 41% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 47% · G6 math 41% | Bottom fifth |
| O'Gorman Intermediate Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 28% | Bottom fifth |
| Pope Francis Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–4 | G3 reading 57% · G3 writing 51% · G3 math 43% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Joseph SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 50% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 40% | Bottom fifth |
| École catholique Jacques-Cartier (Timmins)Elementary · Grades JK–4 | G3 reading 44% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 56% | Bottom fifth |
| École catholique Sacré-Coeur (Timmins)Elementary · Grades 5–8 | G6 reading 70% · G6 writing 55% · G6 math 35% | Bottom fifth |
| École publique Lionel-GauthierElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 39% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 37% | Bottom fifth |
| Pinecrest Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 42% · G3 writing 15% · G3 math 23% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 23% | Bottom fifth |
| W Earle Miller Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 46% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 66% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Golden Avenue Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 25% · G6 reading 42% · G6 writing 27% · G6 math 8% | Bottom fifth |
| Roland Michener Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 38% · OSSLT 74% | Bottom fifth |
| Schumacher Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 8% | Bottom fifth |
| Timmins High and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 27% · OSSLT 70% | Bottom fifth |
| École catholique St-DominiqueElementary · Grades JK–3 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 48% | Bottom fifth |
| École secondaire RenaissanceSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 38% · OSSLT not reported | 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 27 schools in and around Timmins are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Timmins’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 11, English Catholic 4 and French-language 12.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSB Ontario North EastTimmins High and Vocational, W Earle Miller, Timmins Centennial, Roland Michener, R Ross Beattie Senior, Pinecrest, Bertha Shaw, Schumacher … | English public | 11 | 2,940 |
| CSDC des Grandes RivièresThériault, catholique Anicet-Morin, catholique Don-Bosco, catholique Sacré-Coeur (Timmins), catholique St-Dominique, catholique St-Jude, catholique Jacques-Cartier (Timmins), catholique St-Gérard … | French Catholic | 9 | 2,105 |
| Northeastern CDSBO'Gorman, O'Gorman Intermediate, Pope Francis, St. Joseph | English Catholic | 4 | 985 |
| CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontariopublique Lionel-Gauthier, Renaissance, publique Pavillon Renaissance | French public | 3 | 260 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Timmins
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
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 27 schools in and around Timmins
High schools within reach of Timmins
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 5 high schools: 2 English public, 1 English Catholic, 1 French Catholic and 1 French public. 1.5 km away, O'Gorman High School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Gorman High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Northeastern CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 370 | 1.5 km |
| École secondaire catholique ThériaultSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC des Grandes Rivières | French Catholic | Fourth fifth | 685 | 2.1 km |
| Timmins High and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Ontario North East | English public | Bottom fifth | 640 | 2.2 km |
| École secondaire RenaissanceSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario | French public | Bottom fifth | 65 | 4.3 km |
| Roland Michener Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Ontario North East | English public | Bottom fifth | 320 | 7.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Timmins
Also within reach: adult and continuing education at PACE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 68,265 | 44 | 22,165 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Quinte West | 50,385 | 40 | 11,730 | 5 | 3 km |
| St. Thomas | 49,388 | 14 | 8,555 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 52 | 27,215 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Lakeshore | 45,954 | 31 | 13,415 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| Timmins | 45,569 | 27 | 6,290 | 12 | 1.1 km |
| Paris | 45,565 | 59 | 23,285 | 1 | 2.8 km |
| Hurontario | 43,877 | 71 | 36,595 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 71 | 39,815 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| East Gwillimbury | 42,989 | 37 | 18,495 | 2 | 5.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Rathwood | 27,388 | 70 | 33,560 | 1 | 1 km |
49 of the 71 others have more schools in reach. 56 of the 72 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- Bands, not ranks. A school with no reported result has no band; one with several averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Which schools count. Inside Timmins’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Timmins
How do I get a place at a school in Timmins?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which boards run the schools in Timmins?
DSB Ontario North East (11), CSDC des Grandes Rivières (9), Northeastern CDSB (4) and CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Timmins?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École secondaire catholique Thériault, École catholique Anicet-Morin, École catholique Don-Bosco and École catholique Sacré-Coeur (Timmins).
How many schools are there in Timmins?
Every one of them, 27, is inside the town.
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).