Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Lac-aux-Sables’s teenagers travel 21 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Lac-aux-Sables
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 Lac-aux-Sables are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Lac-aux-Sables
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.
For schooling in English, families look further afield.
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 Lac-aux-Sables’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Lac-aux-Sables
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 neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Lac-aux-Sables
Schools in the towns around Lac-aux-Sables
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-aux-Sables | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 km |
| Sainte-Thècle 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Ubalde 17 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
Next door, Sainte-Thècle counts 3 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Lac-aux-Sables or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
Questions about schools in Lac-aux-Sables
How do I get a place at a school in Lac-aux-Sables?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
Is there a English-language school in Lac-aux-Sables?
Not within 3 km of Lac-aux-Sables. The English-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Lac-aux-Sables?
Every one of them, 2, is inside the town.
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).