Photo: TOBound · Public domainThe 2 schools of Matagami: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
One board, Centre de services scolaire de la Baie-James, runs them all. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
Where the 2 schools in and around Matagami 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 Matagami
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
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 Matagami’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems 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 Matagami
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
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Matagami
High schools within reach of Matagami
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
École Le Delta, 0.2 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Le DeltaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Baie-James | French public | 0.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Matagami or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
Questions about schools in Matagami
Is there a English-language school in Matagami?
Not near Matagami: 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 Matagami?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
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).