Photo: Laroutedesvins · CC BY-SA 4.0Dunham and its edges hold 11 schools: 7 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade
Counting the 3 km margin adds 10 to the town’s own 1. Schooling in English is on offer at 2 of 11; in Quebec, 10% of schools teach in it.
Where the 11 schools in and around Dunham 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 Dunham
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 Townships runs the English-language ones: École primaire Heroes' Memorial and École secondaire Massey-Vanier.
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 Dunham’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
System by system: French service centres 9 and English boards 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs has 9 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-CerfsCuré-A.-Petit, Massey-Vanier, Massey-Vanier, Saint-François-d'Assise, Saint-Léon, Saint-Léon (Pavillon J.-B.-H. Larocque), Sainte-Thérèse, de la Clé-des-Champs … | French public | 9 |
| Commission scolaire Eastern Townshipsprimaire Heroes' Memorial, Massey-Vanier | English public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Dunham
English schools in Quebec
A certificate of eligibility opens the English public schools; most children qualify for French-language schools only.
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Dunham
High schools within reach of Dunham
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 2 French public and 2 English public. First by distance comes École Massey-Vanier, at 5.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Massey-VanierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs | French public | 5.9 km |
| École Massey-VanierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs | French public | 5.9 km |
| École secondaire Massey-VanierSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Townships | English public | 5.9 km |
| École primaire Heroes' MemorialAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Townships | English public | 6.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire | 5,764 | 101 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Sulpice | 3,688 | 18 | 1 | 4.5 km |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 6 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 8 | 1 | 4.5 km |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 2 | 0 | 13 km |
| Dunham | 3,632 | 11 | 2 | 6 km |
| Zone Aéroportuaire | 3,588 | 36 | 5 | 0.6 km |
| Collectivité Nouvelle | 3,587 | 26 | 1 | 2.1 km |
| Des Vallées | 3,575 | 19 | 1 | 3.3 km |
| Guybourg | 3,554 | 56 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
In 24 of the 185 others the count is higher. 51 of the 186 have 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 Dunham
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunham | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 km |
| Cowansville 6.7 km | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Brigham 11 km | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| Frelighsburg 12 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| Sutton 15 km | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 km |
| Bedford 16 km | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby 19 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 km |
None of its 6 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Dunham and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- 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 Dunham
How do I get a place at a school in Dunham?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
Is there a English-language school in Dunham?
Yes, schooling in English is at École primaire Heroes' Memorial and École secondaire Massey-Vanier.
Which boards run the schools in Dunham?
Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs (9) and Commission scolaire Eastern Townships (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Why no schools grade in Quebec? The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school. · 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).