Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Gatineau has 70 English-language schools among its 180
They are École Eardley, École Intermédiaire Hadley and École Intermédiaire Symmes, run by Commission scolaire Western Québec, Ottawa-Carleton DSB and Ottawa CSB. All four of Ontario’s systems run schools here, English and French, public and Catholic. Counting a 3 km margin, Gatineau has 137 elementary schools, 24 secondary schools, 16 schools for every grade and 3 alternative or adult schools.
What stands out about Gatineau’s schools
One big school
With 1,315 students, Glebe Collegiate Institute is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Schooling in English and French around Gatineau
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
By name, in English: École Eardley, École Intermédiaire Hadley, École Intermédiaire Symmes and École Lord Aylmer (Lord Aylmer Senior Campus) (Commission scolaire Western Québec, Ottawa-Carleton DSB and Ottawa CSB).
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.
The 8 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Ontario funds four systems side by side, and here all four overlap: a family picks English or French, public or Catholic, and each choice has its own board and its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa-Carleton DSBGlebe, Nepean, Colonel By, Adult, Lisgar, Woodroffe, Broadview, Cairine Wilson … | English public | 42 | 18,405 |
| Centre de services scolaire des DraveursPolyvalente Le Carrefour, Polyvalente Le Carrefour (Carrefour (édifice primaire George-Étienne-Cartier)), Carle, La Sablonnière, La Source, Le Petit Prince, Le Tremplin, Massé … | French public | 38 | – |
| Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'OutaouaisCôte-du-Nord, Euclide-Lanthier, Jean-de-Brébeuf, Notre-Dame, Saint-Jean-Bosco, Saint-Paul, Saint-Rédempteur, de l'Aigle … | French public | 36 | – |
| Ottawa CSBImmaculata, St Matthew, Immaculata Intermediate, Notre Dame, St Matthew Intermediate, St. Rose of Lima, St Brigid, St George … | English Catholic | 16 | 5,575 |
| Commission scolaire Western QuébecEardley, Intermédiaire Hadley, Intermédiaire Symmes, Lord Aylmer (Lord Aylmer Junior Campus), Lord Aylmer (Lord Aylmer Senior Campus), Pierre Elliott Trudeau, primaire Buckingham, primaire Chelsea … | English public | 12 | – |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'OntarioSamuel-Genest, Montfort, La Vérendrye, intermédiaire catholique Samuel-Genest, d'enseignement personnalisé Édouard-Bond, Saint-François-d'Assise, Des Voyageurs, Sainte-Anne … | French Catholic | 11 | 4,205 |
| Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-ValléesMonseigneur Charbonneau, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Michel, aux Quatre-Vents, du Boisé, du Ruisseau, du Sacré-Coeur … | French public | 9 | – |
| CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontariopublique De La Salle, publique Trille des Bois, publique Francojeunesse, publique L'Odyssée, publique Séraphin-Marion, publique De la Salle, publique Louise-Arbour, publique Mauril-Bélanger … | French public | 9 | 4,010 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 180 schools in and around Gatineau 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.
Who runs Gatineau’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 103, English boards 70 and independent 7.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Gatineau
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.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 180 schools in and around Gatineau
Show all 137 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Gatineau
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 57: 21 French public, 19 English public, 8 English Catholic, 5 French Catholic and 4 independent. Nearest: Polyvalente Le Carrefour, 1 km off.
| School | Board | System | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polyvalente Le CarrefourSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 1 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 1.3 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 1.3 km |
| École du Nouveau-MondeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 1.4 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 3.2 km |
| École secondaire Philemon WrightSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | 3.4 km |
| École Intermédiaire HadleySecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | 3.4 km |
| École secondaire de l'ÎleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 3.6 km |
| École secondaire du VersantSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 3.7 km |
| École secondaire publique De La SalleSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 950 | 3.7 km |
All 57 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph de HullSecondary | – | Independent | – | 3.8 km |
| École Polyvalente de l'ÉrablièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 4.2 km |
| Collège Nouvelles FrontièresSecondary | – | Independent | – | 4.2 km |
| Collège Saint-Alexandre de la GatineauSecondary | – | Independent | – | 4.8 km |
| École Saint-Jean-BoscoAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 4.8 km |
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 960 | 5.1 km |
| École secondaire Mont-BleuAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 5.2 km |
| École Polyvalente Nicolas-GatineauAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs | French public | – | 5.9 km |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-BaptisteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | – | 6 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 6 km |
| École des services spécialisésAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 6 km |
| Ottawa Technical Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 330 | 6.1 km |
| École secondaire catholique de l’innovationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 95 | 6.3 km |
| Immaculata High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 855 | 6.4 km |
| École secondaire catholique Samuel-GenestSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 855 | 6.5 km |
| Glebe Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 1,315 | 7.1 km |
| Centre académique de l'OutaouaisAll grades | – | Independent | – | 8 km |
| Colonel By Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 1,140 | 8.2 km |
| École secondaire de la CitéAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 8.6 km |
| Gloucester High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 1,160 | 8.7 km |
| École secondaire catholique Franco-CitéSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 1,010 | 8.7 km |
| Lester B Pearson Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 750 | 8.8 km |
| Hillcrest High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 460 | 9 km |
| St Nicholas Adult High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 620 | 9.2 km |
| École secondaire D'Arcy McGeeSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | 9.2 km |
| École Intermédiaire SymmesSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | – | 9.2 km |
| Nepean High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 1,270 | 10 km |
| St Patrick's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 1,110 | 10 km |
| Brookfield High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 650 | 10 km |
| Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 430 | 10 km |
| Ridgemont High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 860 | 11 km |
| Canterbury High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 1,160 | 11 km |
| École secondaire publique Louis-RielSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 1,005 | 11 km |
| St Pius X High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 890 | 11 km |
| École secondaire de la Nouvelle-ÈreAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 12 km |
| École secondaire Grande-RivièreAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 13 km |
| École Euclide-LanthierAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais | French public | – | 13 km |
| Woodroffe High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 900 | 13 km |
| École secondaire publique Omer-DeslauriersSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 325 | 13 km |
| Cairine Wilson Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 775 | 13 km |
| Launch Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 11–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | – | 13 km |
| St Matthew High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 715 | 14 km |
| École secondaire publique L'AlternativeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 70 | 14 km |
| Merivale High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 1,440 | 14 km |
| Sir Guy Carleton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa-Carleton DSB | English public | 315 | 14 km |
| École secondaire catholique GarneauSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | 870 | 14 km |
| OCSB Achievement CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Ottawa CSB | English Catholic | 75 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Gatineau
Also within reach: alternative programs at Urban Aboriginal Alternate High School and Richard Pfaff Secondary Alternate Site; adult and continuing education at Adult High School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Schools in the towns around Gatineau
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatineau | 180 | 70 | 34 | 1 km |
| Rivière-Gatineau 0.6 km | 50 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 km |
| La Cité 2.9 km | 46 | 6 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| New Edinburgh 3.2 km | 36 | 16 | 9 | 1.1 km |
| Centre-Ville 3.8 km | 66 | 29 | 13 | 0.6 km |
| Lowertown East 3.9 km | 37 | 23 | 11 | 0.2 km |
| Mont-Bleu 3.9 km | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 km |
It outnumbers its 6 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Gatineau or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open list.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- 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 Gatineau
Which boards run the schools in Gatineau?
By number of schools: Ottawa-Carleton DSB (42), Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs (38), Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais (36), Ottawa CSB (16) and Commission scolaire Western Québec (12).
How do I get a place at a school in Gatineau?
Start with the body of the network you choose: it names the school for the address.
How many schools are there in Gatineau?
98 in the town, 82 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a English-language school in Gatineau?
Yes, schooling in English is at École Eardley, École Intermédiaire Hadley, École Intermédiaire Symmes and École Lord Aylmer (Lord Aylmer Senior Campus).
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).