Photo: Minoumi · CC BY 3.0The 9 schools of Matane: 7 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools
They all come under Centre de services scolaire des Monts-et-Marées. No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are. 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.
Schooling in English and French around Matane
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
No school here teaches in English.
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.
Where the 9 schools in and around Matane 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.
Who runs Matane’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.
How children get a place in Matane
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend 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 9 schools in and around Matane
High schools within reach of Matane
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 French public. 0.6 km away, École secondaire de Matane is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de MataneSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Monts-et-Marées | French public | 0.6 km |
| École secondaire de MataneSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Monts-et-Marées | French public | 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Lucie | 22,574 | 160 | 17 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 109 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Louis-Hébert | 14,284 | 127 | 15 | 0.5 km |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 13 | 2 | 3.2 km |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 56 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Matane | 14,180 | 9 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 37 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Saint-Amable | 14,119 | 5 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Sillery | 13,950 | 61 | 6 | 0.5 km |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 10 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 5 | 0 | 4.4 km |
146 of 177 similar towns count more schools. 130 towns of the 178 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 Matane
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matane | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Sainte-Félicité 14 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Ulric 14 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. The French service centre and the English board each cover the whole territory with their own schools.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- 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.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Matane or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Matane
How do I get a place at a school in Matane?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Is there a English-language school in Matane?
Not in or within 3 km of Matane; the English-language board can name the nearest.
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).