Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Cornwall’s teenagers travel 81 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 12 elementary schools. On Prince Edward Island, there’s no schools grade: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Cornwall
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Where the 12 schools in and around Cornwall 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 Cornwall
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share on Prince Edward Island marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools on Prince Edward Island.
No school here 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 Cornwall’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Cornwall
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 12 schools in and around Cornwall
Canadian towns its size
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 65 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Bayham | 7,935 | 5 | 0 | 15 km |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 71 | 1 | 1 km |
| Harvest Hills | 7,930 | 29 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 81 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 12 | 0 | 81 km |
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 26 | 2 | 1 km |
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 5 | 2 | 18 km |
| La Perle | 7,889 | 51 | 2 | 1.7 km |
| Bienville | 7,888 | 17 | 15 | 2.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Greenboro East | 4,800 | 31 | 8 | 1.6 km |
In 635 of the 1,012 others the count is higher. A school in French is nearby in 566 towns of 1,013.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Cornwall
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | 12 | 0 | 0 | 81 km |
| Charlottetown 5.4 km | 16 | 0 | 0 | 82 km |
| Stratford 8.3 km | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76 km |
| Kingston 8.8 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 km |
| Miltonvale Park 9.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 km |
| West River 9.9 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 km |
| Crossroads 13 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 77 km |
Top among the neighbours: Charlottetown, 16 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Cornwall and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- 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.
- 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. This province’s list is ODEF, compiled by Statistics Canada in 2019–22: a few years old.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
Questions about schools in Cornwall
How many schools are there in Cornwall?
The town holds 3 of them; 9 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Cornwall?
Not near Cornwall: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Cornwall?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).