Photo: Johny-le-cowboy · CC BY-SA 3.0In and around Alma, 12 schools: 9 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools
Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Saint-Jean runs every one of them. No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are.
Schooling in English and French around Alma
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Schooling in English isn’t on offer here.
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language sends most children to French-language schools; English public schooling is for children who hold a certificate of eligibility.
Where the 12 schools in and around Alma are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Alma’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Alma
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
English schools in Quebec
Under the Charter of the French Language, a child goes to an English public school only with a certificate of eligibility, generally because a parent did most of elementary school in English in Canada. Everyone else attends French-language schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Alma
High schools within reach of Alma
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 3 French public. The closest high school is École secondaire Camille-Lavoie, 1.5 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Camille-LavoieSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Saint-Jean | French public | 1.5 km |
| Pavillon Wilbrod-DufourSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Saint-Jean | French public | 2 km |
| École Jean-GauthierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Saint-Jean | French public | 9.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 66 | 6 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 16 | 0 | 1 km |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 44 | 19 | 2.8 km |
| La Cité | 30,930 | 46 | 6 | 1.1 km |
| Magog | 30,764 | 15 | 1 | 1 km |
| Alma | 30,659 | 12 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Du Moulin | 30,364 | 48 | 9 | 0.6 km |
| Verdun-Centre | 30,304 | 71 | 30 | 1.2 km |
| Nouveau-Bordeaux | 30,171 | 162 | 23 | 0.3 km |
| Val-Bélair | 30,003 | 22 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Desmarchais-Crawford | 18,505 | 56 | 19 | 0.6 km |
More schools are within reach in 110 of the 113 other towns. Teaching in English: 109 of the 114 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Alma
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Saint-Nazaire 6.7 km | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 km |
| Saint-Bruno 9.2 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Saint-Gédéon 9.8 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 km |
| Hébertville-Station 12 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur 15 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 km |
| Larouche 16 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
None of its 6 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- 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.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Alma and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Alma
How do I get a place at a school in Alma?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
Is there a English-language school in Alma?
Not in or within 3 km of Alma; the English-language board can name the nearest.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in Quebec, the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school. · 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).