Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0No high school in or near Charlottetown: the closest is 82 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 16 elementary schools only. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns on Prince Edward Island aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Charlottetown
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Where the 16 schools in and around Charlottetown 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 Charlottetown
The language each school teaches in, against every school on Prince Edward Island.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools on Prince Edward Island.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Charlottetown’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Charlottetown
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 16 schools in and around Charlottetown
Canadian towns its size
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe | 75,618 | 32 | 1 | 5.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Vernon | 49,527 | 21 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| St. Thomas | 49,388 | 14 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 52 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 66 | 60 | 0.8 km |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 16 | 0 | 82 km |
| West Vancouver | 47,929 | 37 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 50 | 45 | 0.6 km |
| Mission | 47,280 | 26 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Sault-Saint-Louis | 47,270 | 96 | 61 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Marie-Victorin | 28,904 | 114 | 99 | 0.6 km |
Set against 164 others, 145 have more schools in reach. Teaching in French: 132 of the 165 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Charlottetown
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlottetown | 16 | 0 | 0 | 82 km |
| Cornwall 5.4 km | 12 | 0 | 0 | 81 km |
| Stratford 5.8 km | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 km |
| Crossroads 9 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 77 km |
| Miltonvale Park 9.4 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 km |
| North Shore 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 km |
| North Shore 13 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 km |
Of 6 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Charlottetown’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- The year. The schools are those in ODEF, 2019–22; check with the board for any opened since.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in Charlottetown
How do I get a place at a school in Charlottetown?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Is there a French-language school in Charlottetown?
Not within 3 km of Charlottetown. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Charlottetown?
The town holds 13 of them; 3 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · 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).