Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain4 of the 8 schools around Amherst teach in English
Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier runs them: Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Camp pour étudiants), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Garage) and Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Arundel Nature et Science Center). Counting a 3 km margin, Amherst has 3 elementary schools and 5 schools for every grade. No schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Schooling in English and French around Amherst
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Quebec marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The English-language schools are Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Camp pour étudiants), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Garage), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Arundel Nature et Science Center) and École primaire d'Arundel, run by Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier.
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 8 schools in and around Amherst are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Amherst’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: French service centres 4 and English boards 4.
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.
Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier has 4 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-LaurierCentre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Arundel Nature et Science Center), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Camp pour étudiants), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Garage), primaire d'Arundel | English public | 4 |
| Centre de services scolaire des LaurentidesL'Arc-en-Ciel, Le Carrefour, Vert-Pré, Vert-Pré (Vert-Pré (2)) | French public | 4 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Amherst
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Amherst
Schools in the towns around Amherst
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 km |
| Brébeuf 11 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| La Conception 12 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Mont-Tremblant 19 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 km |
It outnumbers its 3 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Amherst’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
Questions about schools in Amherst
Which boards run the schools in Amherst?
By number of schools: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier (4) and Centre de services scolaire des Laurentides (4).
How do I get a place at a school in Amherst?
Register at the service centre; a school outside the area takes a child if it has room.
How many schools are there in Amherst?
The town holds all 8; none is outside it.
Is there a English-language school in Amherst?
Yes: Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Camp pour étudiants), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Garage), Centre de la Nature et des Sciences d'Arundel (Arundel Nature et Science Center) and École primaire d'Arundel, the English-language schools here.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · 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).