Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0No high school in or near Lacolle: the closest is 13 km off
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. 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.
High schools within reach of Lacolle
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Only École Louis-Cyr is within 15 km, 13 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Louis-CyrSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries | French public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Lacolle 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 Lacolle
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
A English-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Lacolle’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is Centre de services scolaire des Hautes-Rivières: 1 schools. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des Hautes-RivièresSaint-Joseph | French public | 1 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-SeigneuriesSaint-Bernard | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Lacolle
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 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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Lacolle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive | 4,393 | 30 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Ferme-Neuve | 2,816 | 4 | 0 | 16 km |
| Saint-Côme | 2,810 | 1 | 0 | 25 km |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 km |
| Saint-Prime | 2,808 | 8 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| Lacolle | 2,806 | 2 | 0 | 13 km |
| Rivière-Beaudette | 2,806 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 km |
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 km |
| Maria | 2,770 | 2 | 0 | 9.2 km |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 6 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 103 of the 147 other towns. A school in English is nearby in 36 towns of 148.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lacolle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Noyan 5.9 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix 6.2 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 8.6 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Napierville 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu 15 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 km |
Among the neighbours, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu has 4, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Lacolle or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- The year. 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.
Questions about schools in Lacolle
How many schools are there in Lacolle?
1 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a English-language school in Lacolle?
Not near Lacolle: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Lacolle?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
Which boards run the schools in Lacolle?
Centre de services scolaire des Hautes-Rivières (1) and Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).