Photo: Studio Livernois · Public domainCacouna’s teenagers travel 9.5 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Cacouna
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 3 French public and 1 independent. École secondaire de Rivière-du-Loup is closest, at 9.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup | French public | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup | French public | 9.5 km |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | – | Independent | 9.8 km |
| École secondaire de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup | French public | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 3 schools in and around Cacouna 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.
Schooling in English and French around Cacouna
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
A English-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Cacouna’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: 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 Cacouna
English schools in Quebec
Eligibility for English schooling comes from the family’s schooling history; without a certificate, a child goes to a French school.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Cacouna
Schools in the towns around Cacouna
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cacouna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 km |
| Saint-Arsène 6.1 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Rivière-du-Loup 8.8 km | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Saint-Modeste 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Antonin 15 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 km |
| L'Isle-Verte 17 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage 18 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
Most schools next door: Rivière-du-Loup, 16.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Cacouna’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- 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 Cacouna
How do I get a place at a school in Cacouna?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Cacouna?
1 are inside the town itself and 2 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a English-language school in Cacouna?
None within 3 km of Cacouna. The English-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).