Photo: P. Davignon · CC BY-SA 4.0Teaching in English: 2 of Kanesatake’s 6 schools
Those are École secondaire Westwood Senior and École primaire Mount Pleasant (Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson). Its schools answer to 3 boards. The 3 km around Kanesatake counts 4 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade.
Schooling in English and French around Kanesatake
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 Lester-B.-Pearson runs the English-language ones: École secondaire Westwood Senior and École primaire Mount Pleasant.
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 3 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearsonprimaire Mount Pleasant, Westwood Senior | English public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îlesdes Pins | French public | 1 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Trois-LacsSaint-Thomas | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 6 schools in and around Kanesatake 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 Kanesatake’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is French service centres 2, English boards 2 and other 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Kanesatake
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
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 6 schools in and around Kanesatake
High schools within reach of Kanesatake
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
13 secondary schools are within 15 km: 10 French public, 2 English public and 1 other. The shortest trip is to Ratihen:te High School, 1.3 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratihen:te High SchoolAll grades | – | Other | 1.3 km |
| École secondaire Westwood SeniorSecondary | Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson | English public | 3.9 km |
| École secondaire Westwood JuniorSecondary | Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson | English public | 6 km |
| École secondaire d'OkaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 6.2 km |
| École secondaire d'OkaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 6.2 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 12 km |
All 13 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire des ÉchosSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 14 km |
| École Saint-GeorgesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys | French public | 15 km |
| École Saint-GeorgesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Kanesatake
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanesatake | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Oka 3.7 km | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2.6 km |
| Hudson 3.8 km | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Placide 9 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 km |
| Saint-Lazare 9.4 km | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac 9.5 km | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 10 km | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 km |
Saint-Lazare leads the neighbours with 13 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Kanesatake or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Kanesatake
Which boards run the schools in Kanesatake?
Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson (2), Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles (1) and Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Kanesatake?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
How many schools are there in Kanesatake?
2 are inside the town itself and 4 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a English-language school in Kanesatake?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École secondaire Westwood Senior and École primaire Mount Pleasant.
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).