Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Lac-des-Écorces’s teenagers travel 12 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. 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 Lac-des-Écorces
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 3 French public. The shortest trip is to École Polyvalente Saint-Joseph, 11 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Polyvalente Saint-JosephSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Hautes-Laurentides | French public | 11 km |
| École Polyvalente Saint-JosephSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Hautes-Laurentides | French public | 11 km |
| École Polyvalente Saint-JosephSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Hautes-Laurentides | French public | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 3 schools in and around Lac-des-Écorces are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Lac-des-Écorces
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.
Schooling in English isn’t on offer here.
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-des-Écorces’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, 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-des-Écorces
English schools in Quebec
To attend an English public school, a child needs a certificate of eligibility from the ministry.
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Lac-des-Écorces
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 4,775 | 2 | 1 | 16 km |
| … | ||||
| Normandin | 3,065 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Dominique | 3,062 | 1 | 0 | 10 km |
| Grenville-sur-la-Rouge | 3,040 | 11 | 1 | 5.1 km |
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | 3,018 | 5 | 0 | 5.8 km |
| Lac-des-Écorces | 3,005 | 3 | 0 | 12 km |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 21 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Stanstead | 2,994 | 3 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Of the 156 others, 82 count more schools. A school in English is nearby in 39 towns of 157.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lac-des-Écorces
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-des-Écorces | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Mont-Laurier 14 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| Chute-Saint-Philippe 19 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 km |
| Ferme-Neuve 19 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
11 schools make Mont-Laurier the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Lac-des-Écorces’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
Questions about schools in Lac-des-Écorces
How do I get a place at a school in Lac-des-Écorces?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
Is there a English-language school in Lac-des-Écorces?
Not within 3 km of Lac-des-Écorces. The English-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Lac-des-Écorces?
Every one of them, 3, 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).