19 schools serve Des Vallées, 17 elementary schools and 2 schools for every grade
0 in the town, 19 just beyond it, within 3 km. One of the 19 teaches in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec.
Where the 19 schools in and around Des Vallées are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Des Vallées
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Commission scolaire Western Québec runs the English-language ones: École primaire Greater Gatineau.
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 Des Vallées’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Grouped by system: French service centres 17, English boards 1 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs has 17 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 des DraveursCarle, La Sablonnière, Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau, de l'Escalade, de l'Odyssée (Odyssée (édifice Jean XXIII), de l'), de l'Odyssée (Odyssée (édifice Saint-René-Goupil), de l'), de l'Odyssée (Odyssée, maternelle de l'), de la Montée … | French public | 17 |
| Commission scolaire Western Québecprimaire Greater Gatineau | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Des Vallées
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
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 19 schools in and around Des Vallées
High schools within reach of Des Vallées
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 39: 15 French public, 10 English public, 6 French Catholic, 4 independent and 4 English Catholic. The closest high school is École Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau, 3.3 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Polyvalente Nicolas-GatineauAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 3.3 km |
| École secondaire du VersantSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 4.8 km |
| Centre académique de l'OutaouaisAll grades | – | Independent | 5.6 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 7.3 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 7.4 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 7.4 km |
| Polyvalente Le CarrefourSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 7.5 km |
| École Polyvalente de l'ÉrablièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | 8.5 km |
| Colonel By Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 8.8 km |
| Collège Saint-Alexandre de la GatineauSecondary | – | Independent | 9.3 km |
All 39 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairine Wilson Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire catholique Samuel-GenestSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 9.7 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 10 km |
| St Matthew High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 10 km |
| Lester B Pearson Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 10 km |
| École secondaire catholique de l’innovationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 10 km |
| Gloucester High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 11 km |
| École secondaire Philemon WrightSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | 11 km |
| École Intermédiaire HadleySecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | 11 km |
| École secondaire publique De La SalleSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 11 km |
| Ottawa Technical Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 11 km |
| École secondaire publique Louis-RielSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 11 km |
| École secondaire catholique GarneauSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 12 km |
| Collège Saint-Joseph de HullSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École secondaire de l'ÎleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire Mont-BleuAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 12 km |
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 12 km |
| Collège Nouvelles FrontièresSecondary | – | Independent | 13 km |
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 13 km |
| École Saint-Jean-BoscoAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 13 km |
| Immaculata High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 13 km |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-BaptisteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 14 km |
| St Peter High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 14 km |
| École secondaire catholique Franco-CitéSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 14 km |
| Hillcrest High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 14 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 14 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 14 km |
| Glebe Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 15 km |
| École secondaire catholique Mer BleueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orford | 5,698 | 5 | 0 | 0.9 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 |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 4 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 4 | 0 | 6.4 km |
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | 6 | 0 | 9.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
14 of 183 similar towns count more schools. 49 of 184 have a school teaching in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Des Vallées
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Vallées | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 km |
| Du Moulin 3.9 km | 48 | 9 | 8 | 0.6 km |
| Rivière-Blanche 5.3 km | 36 | 14 | 9 | 2.2 km |
| La Cité 5.8 km | 46 | 6 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Les Rapides 8.1 km | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Rivière-Gatineau 8.3 km | 50 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 km |
| Manor Park 8.7 km | 39 | 14 | 11 | 2.3 km |
50 schools make Rivière-Gatineau the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Des Vallées’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
Questions about schools in Des Vallées
Which boards run the schools in Des Vallées?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs (17) and Commission scolaire Western Québec (1).
Is there a English-language school in Des Vallées?
Yes, schooling in English is at École primaire Greater Gatineau.
How do I get a place at a school in Des Vallées?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec. · 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).