Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0The nearest high school to Messines is 15 km away
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.
High schools within reach of Messines
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 1 French public and 1 English public. The nearest is École de la Cité étudiante de la Haute-Gatineau, 14 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École de la Cité étudiante de la Haute-GatineauAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l'Outaouais | French public | 14 km |
| École primaire Maniwaki WoodlandSecondary | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Messines 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 Messines
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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.
Who runs Messines’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 Messines
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
English schools in Quebec
A certificate of eligibility opens the English public schools; most children qualify for French-language schools only.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Messines
Schools in the towns around Messines
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Kitigan Zibi 11 km | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 km |
| Maniwaki 15 km | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Déléage 15 km | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Gracefield 18 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
Of the neighbours, Kitigan Zibi counts the most schools: 8.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Quebec’s public schools come under French service centres or English school boards, by language since 1998; private schools stand apart.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Messines or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Messines
How do I get a place at a school in Messines?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Messines?
All 2 are inside the town itself.
Is there a English-language school in Messines?
Not in or within 3 km of Messines; 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).