Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0The 5 schools of Macamic: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
They all come under Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Abitibi. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 5 schools in and around Macamic are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Macamic
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.
There is no English-language school among them.
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 Macamic’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: 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 Macamic
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Macamic
High schools within reach of Macamic
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only École du Royal-Roussillon is within 15 km, 0.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École du Royal-RoussillonSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Abitibi | French public | 0.5 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ambroise | 4,262 | 2 | 0 | 17 km |
| … | ||||
| Waskaganish | 2,726 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 17 | 11 | 1 km |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 7 | 0 | 4 km |
| Eastman | 2,706 | 2 | 0 | 8 km |
| Macamic | 2,698 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | 4 | 0 | 1 km |
| Saint-Alexandre | 2,685 | 1 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Of the 144 others, 45 count more schools. 34 towns of the 145 have a English-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Macamic
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macamic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| La Sarre 16 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Palmarolle 18 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 km |
La Sarre leads the neighbours with 7 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Macamic’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Each public school belongs to a French service centre or an English board, whichever covers its address.
Questions about schools in Macamic
How do I get a place at a school in Macamic?
Go to the service centre for your area, or to the English school board if the child is eligible.
Is there a English-language school in Macamic?
Not near Macamic: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
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).