Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Teaching in English: 11 of Bonaventure’s 17 schools
They are École de Belle Anse, École de Shigawake--Port Daniel (La Balise) and École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac, run by Commission scolaire Eastern Shores. The 3 km around Bonaventure counts 9 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.
Schooling in English and French around Bonaventure
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores runs the English-language ones: École de Belle Anse, École de Shigawake--Port Daniel (La Balise), École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac and École Primaire de Gaspé.
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 17 schools in and around Bonaventure are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Bonaventure’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: French service centres 6 and English boards 11.
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.
Among 2 boards, Commission scolaire Eastern Shores leads with 11. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Eastern ShoresPolyvalente de Gaspé, Intermédiaire d'Escuminac, Primaire de Gaspé, Régionale Baie-des-Chaleurs (Baie-des-Chaleurs Regional School), Régionale Baie-des-Chaleurs (La Balise), Saint-Joseph-Saint-Patrick, de Belle Anse, de Shigawake--Port Daniel (La Balise) … | English public | 11 |
| Centre de services scolaire René-LévesqueFrançois-Thibault, François-Thibault (Aux Quatre-Vents), François-Thibault (Unité La Balise), aux Quatre-Vents (Aux Quatre-Vents), aux Quatre-Vents (Unité La Balise), des Découvertes | French public | 6 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Bonaventure
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 neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 17 schools in and around Bonaventure
High schools within reach of Bonaventure
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
8 secondary schools are within 15 km: 6 English public and 2 French public. The shortest trip is to École aux Quatre-Vents, 1 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École aux Quatre-VentsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque | French public | 1 km |
| École aux Quatre-VentsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque | French public | 2.9 km |
| École Régionale Baie-des-ChaleursAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 2.9 km |
| Polyvalente de GaspéSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 2.9 km |
| École secondaire EvergreenSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 2.9 km |
| École secondaire de New RichmondAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 2.9 km |
| École Intermédiaire d'EscuminacAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 2.9 km |
| École Régionale Baie-des-ChaleursAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive | 4,393 | 30 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Gore | 2,756 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Wickham | 2,745 | 1 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | 2,739 | 4 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Waskaganish | 2,726 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 17 | 11 | 1 km |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 7 | 0 | 4 km |
| Eastman | 2,706 | 2 | 0 | 8 km |
| Macamic | 2,698 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Of the 147 others, 11 count more schools. A school in English is nearby in 36 towns of 148.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Bonaventure
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaventure | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 km |
| Saint-Siméon 8.2 km | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| New Carlisle 11 km | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Paspébiac 16 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Caplan 16 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
No neighbour of the 4 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Bonaventure’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Bonaventure
How do I get a place at a school in Bonaventure?
For an English school, get the certificate of eligibility first; for a French one, the service centre is enough.
Which boards run the schools in Bonaventure?
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores (11) and Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque (6), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a English-language school in Bonaventure?
Yes, schooling in English is at École de Belle Anse, École de Shigawake--Port Daniel (La Balise), École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac and École Primaire de Gaspé.
How many schools are there in Bonaventure?
14 are inside the town itself and 3 lie within 3 km of its edge.
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).