Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.011 schools in and around Brownsburg-Chatham: 9 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools
8 of them lie outside the boundary, within 3 km; 3 are inside. Schooling in English is on offer at 2 of 11; in Quebec, 10% of schools teach in it. No schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 11 schools in and around Brownsburg-Chatham 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 Brownsburg-Chatham
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 Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier runs the English-language ones: École primaire Laurentian and École secondaire régionale Laurentian.
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.
Who runs Brownsburg-Chatham’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 9 and English boards 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord, with 9. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-NordBouchard, Bouchard (Annexe Bouchard), Saint-Alexandre, Saint-Julien, Saint-Philippe, l'Oasis (Annexe Oasis), l'Oasis (Oasis, l'), l'Oasis (Édifice Le Parallèle) … | French public | 9 |
| Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurierprimaire Laurentian, régionale Laurentian | English public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Brownsburg-Chatham
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
English schools in Quebec
English public schooling in Quebec needs a certificate of eligibility, usually earned through a parent’s English elementary schooling in Canada; other children attend French schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Brownsburg-Chatham
High schools within reach of Brownsburg-Chatham
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 1 English public and 1 French public. École secondaire régionale Laurentian lies closest, 6.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire régionale LaurentianSecondary | Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier | English public | 6.5 km |
| École polyvalente LavigneSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 6.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier | 13,494 | 58 | 5 | 0.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Delson | 8,802 | 27 | 3 | 1.7 km |
| Nicolet | 8,737 | 5 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 20 | 2 | 3.3 km |
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 5 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 11 | 2 | 6.6 km |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 46 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 62 | 12 | 0.8 km |
| La Malbaie | 8,293 | 7 | 0 | 2 km |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Montréal-Est | 5,112 | 51 | 5 | 1.2 km |
Of the 136 others, 62 count more schools. Of the 137, 77 offer a English-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Brownsburg-Chatham
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Lachute 6.4 km | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 13 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 km |
| Gore 14 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Grenville 15 km | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2.9 km |
| East Hawkesbury 16 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 km |
| Hawkesbury 17 km | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0.9 km |
Each of its 6 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. The area is Brownsburg-Chatham plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Brownsburg-Chatham
How do I get a place at a school in Brownsburg-Chatham?
Start with the body of the network you choose: it names the school for the address.
Is there a English-language school in Brownsburg-Chatham?
Yes, schooling in English is at École primaire Laurentian and École secondaire régionale Laurentian.
Which boards run the schools in Brownsburg-Chatham?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (9) and Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier (2).
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).