Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainBedford has one English-language school among its 3
Commission scolaire Eastern Townships runs them: École primaire Butler. In or within 3 km of Bedford: 1 elementary school and 2 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 Bedford
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
By name, in English: École primaire Butler (Commission scolaire Eastern Townships).
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 3 schools in and around Bedford are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Bedford’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is French service centres 2 and English boards 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Among 2 boards, Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs leads with 2. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-CerfsMonseigneur-Desranleau, du Premier-Envol | French public | 2 |
| Commission scolaire Eastern Townshipsprimaire Butler | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Bedford
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
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 3 schools in and around Bedford
High schools within reach of Bedford
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 French public. École primaire Butler lies closest, 0.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École primaire ButlerAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Townships | English public | 0.5 km |
| École Monseigneur-DesranleauAll grades | Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs | French public | 1.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 24 | 3 | 4.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | 7 | 1 | 6 km |
| Labelle | 2,861 | 1 | 0 | 18 km |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 1 | 0 | 16 km |
| Weedon | 2,845 | 1 | 0 | 23 km |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Elzéar | 2,842 | 3 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| Saint-Michel-des-Saints | 2,841 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 2 | 0 | 13 km |
| Forestville | 2,835 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
80 of the 151 others have more schools in reach. 37 of 152 have a school teaching in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Bedford
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Armand 11 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Sainte-Sabine 14 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| Venise-en-Québec 14 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Dunham 16 km | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 km |
| Saint-Alexandre 17 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Frelighsburg 17 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
The busiest neighbour is Dunham, with 11 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Bedford or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
Questions about schools in Bedford
How do I get a place at a school in Bedford?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
Which boards run the schools in Bedford?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs (2) and Commission scolaire Eastern Townships (1).
How many schools are there in Bedford?
The town holds all 3; none is outside it.
Is there a English-language school in Bedford?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École primaire Butler.
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).