Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.04 schools serve Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, 3 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade
One board, Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale, runs them all. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
Where the 4 schools in and around Fossambault-sur-le-Lac 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 Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
No school here teaches in English.
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 Fossambault-sur-le-Lac’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one system, 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 Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
High schools within reach of Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
4 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 French public, 1 English public and 1 independent. École Jacques-Cartier - Saint-Denys-Garneau is closest, at 2.1 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Jacques-Cartier - Saint-Denys-GarneauAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 2.1 km |
| École Dollard-des-OrmeauxAll grades | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 8.2 km |
| École secondaire Mont-Saint-SacrementSecondary | – | Independent | 14 km |
| École L'OdysséeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | 3,974 | 1 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Cap-Chat | 2,519 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Hatley | 2,512 | 18 | 3 | 5 km |
| Mandeville | 2,511 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | 2,509 | 3 | 0 | 17 km |
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
50 of the 129 others have more schools in reach. A English-language school is within reach in 32 of the 130.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier 4 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Shannon 7.5 km | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Val-Bélair 15 km | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier 15 km | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1.9 km |
| Pont-Rouge 15 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 km |
| Saint-Raymond 15 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
Most schools next door: Val-Bélair, 22.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- 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. The open list of 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Inside Fossambault-sur-le-Lac’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
Is there a English-language school in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
Not within 3 km of Fossambault-sur-le-Lac. The English-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
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).