Photo: Benjilafouine · CC BY-SA 4.0In and around Lac-Simon, 2 schools: 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade
Every one sits inside the town itself. With no open results to compare (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school), there’s no schools grade in Quebec.
Where the 2 schools in and around Lac-Simon 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.
Schooling in English and French around Lac-Simon
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The 1 English-language schools are École Namur; Commission scolaire Western Québec 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 Lac-Simon’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: French service centres 1 and English boards 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Among 2 boards, Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallées leads with 1. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-ValléesAdrien-Guillaume | French public | 1 |
| Commission scolaire Western QuébecNamur | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Lac-Simon
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
English schools in Quebec
Under the Charter of the French Language, a child goes to an English public school only with a certificate of eligibility, generally because a parent did most of elementary school in English in Canada. Everyone else attends French-language schools.
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-Simon
High schools within reach of Lac-Simon
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
The one high school within 15 km is École Namur, at 13 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École NamurAll grades | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Lac-Simon
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Simon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 km |
| Montpellier 9 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| Ripon 14 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 km |
It has more schools than any of its 2 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Inside Lac-Simon’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Lac-Simon
Is there a English-language school in Lac-Simon?
Yes, schooling in English is at École Namur.
Which boards run the schools in Lac-Simon?
Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallées (1) and Commission scolaire Western Québec (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Lac-Simon?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
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).