Photo: SDCJ · Public domainIn and around Joliette, 26 schools: 18 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade
16 in the town, 10 just beyond it, within 3 km. Of the 26, 2 teach in English (10% of schools in Quebec). The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.
Where the 26 schools in and around Joliette are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Joliette
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 Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier runs the English-language ones: École secondaire de Joliette and École primaire de Joliette.
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 Joliette’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: French service centres 22, English boards 2 and independent 2.
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.
The biggest of the 2 is Centre de services scolaire des Samares: 22 schools. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des SamaresBarthélemy-Joliette, Barthélemy-Joliette (Francisation Joliette), Barthélemy-Joliette (Intervalle, de l'), de l'Espace-Jeunesse, primaire Lorenzo-Gauthier (Avenir, vers l'), primaire Lorenzo-Gauthier (Préambule, du), primaire Monseigneur J.-A.-Papineau, primaire Sainte-Thérèse … | French public | 22 |
| Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurierprimaire de Joliette, de Joliette | English public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Joliette
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 26 schools in and around Joliette
High schools within reach of Joliette
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
11 secondary schools are within 15 km: 8 French public, 2 independent and 1 English public. For the shortest journey, École Barthélemy-Joliette: 0.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 0.6 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 0.7 km |
| École secondaire de JolietteSecondary | Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier | English public | 1 km |
| Académie Antoine ManseauSecondary | – | Independent | 1 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 1.8 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 1.8 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 2.3 km |
| École de l'Espace-JeunesseAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 2.5 km |
| École secondaire du Bois-BrûléSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 5.4 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 6.9 km |
All 11 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Esther-BlondinSecondary | – | Independent | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 133 | 31 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Mont-Royal | 22,821 | 184 | 43 | 0.6 km |
| Sainte-Lucie | 22,574 | 160 | 17 | 0.3 km |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 50 | 4 | 1.2 km |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 136 | 59 | 0.4 km |
| Joliette | 22,408 | 26 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Du College/Hodge | 22,329 | 128 | 28 | 0.3 km |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | 21,949 | 18 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 40 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Petite-Bourgogne | 21,834 | 71 | 29 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Vanier | 13,494 | 58 | 5 | 0.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 126 of the 168 other towns. In 142 of the 169, at least one school teaches in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Joliette
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliette | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Paul 3 km | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2.4 km |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 3.6 km | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 3.9 km | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2.7 km |
| Crabtree 6.3 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 km |
| Saint-Thomas 7.2 km | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes 8.1 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 km |
Of 6 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Joliette and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
Questions about schools in Joliette
How do I get a place at a school in Joliette?
For an English school, get the certificate of eligibility first; for a French one, the service centre is enough.
Is there a English-language school in Joliette?
Yes, schooling in English is at École secondaire de Joliette and École primaire de Joliette.
Which boards run the schools in Joliette?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire des Samares (22) and Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier (2).
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).