Photo: Laurent Bélanger · CC BY-SA 4.0Hemmingford’s teenagers travel 20 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.
High schools within reach of Hemmingford
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Where the 2 schools in and around Hemmingford are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Hemmingford
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Quebec marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The 1 English-language schools are École primaire Hemmingford; Commission scolaire New Frontiers runs the public ones.
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 Hemmingford’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 1 and English boards 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Commission scolaire New Frontiers, with 1. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire New Frontiersprimaire Hemmingford | English public | 1 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-SeigneuriesSaint-Romain | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Hemmingford
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.
English schools in Quebec
A certificate of eligibility opens the English public schools; most children qualify for French-language schools only.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Hemmingford
Schools in the towns around Hemmingford
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemmingford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 km |
| Sainte-Clotilde 8.3 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Chrysostome 11 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington 13 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Saint-Édouard 18 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 km |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville 18 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
4 schools make Saint-Édouard the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. The area is Hemmingford plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Hemmingford
How many schools are there in Hemmingford?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
Is there a English-language school in Hemmingford?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École primaire Hemmingford.
Which boards run the schools in Hemmingford?
Commission scolaire New Frontiers (1) and Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Hemmingford?
Go to the service centre for your area, or to the English school board if the child is eligible.
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).