Photo: Dominic Germain · CC BY-SA 3.0Independent schools are common around Nicolet: 2 of 5
Among them: Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, campus anglais and Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, campus français. In English: one of the 5 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. The 3 km around Nicolet counts 2 elementary schools and 3 secondary 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.
Who runs Nicolet’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: French service centres 3 and independent 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 5 schools in and around Nicolet 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 Nicolet
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.
They are Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, campus anglais.
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.
How children get a place in Nicolet
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
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.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Nicolet
High schools within reach of Nicolet
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
11 secondary schools are within 15 km: 5 French public, 5 independent and 1 English public. First by distance comes École secondaire Jean-Nicolet, at 1.2 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Jean-NicoletSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Riveraine | French public | 1.2 km |
| Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, campus françaisSecondary | – | Independent | 1.5 km |
| Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, campus anglaisSecondary | – | Independent | 1.5 km |
| École ChavignySecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy | French public | 8.8 km |
| École MarquisAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Riveraine | French public | 13 km |
| Collège Marie-de-l'IncarnationAll grades | – | Independent | 13 km |
| École secondaire des PionniersSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy | French public | 13 km |
| Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-RivièresSecondary | – | Independent | 13 km |
| Institut secondaire KerannaSecondary | – | Independent | 14 km |
| Académie de Trois-RivièresSecondary | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 14 km |
All 11 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Marie-LeneufAll grades | Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sillery | 13,950 | 61 | 6 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Coaticook | 9,027 | 8 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| Chelsea | 8,998 | 26 | 3 | 8.1 km |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 93 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| Delson | 8,802 | 27 | 3 | 1.7 km |
| Nicolet | 8,737 | 5 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 20 | 2 | 3.3 km |
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 5 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 11 | 2 | 6.6 km |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 46 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | 5,242 | 15 | 0 | 4.9 km |
In 102 of the 140 others the count is higher. 79 towns of the 141 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 Nicolet
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Trois-Rivières 14 km | 59 | 2 | 9 | 1 km |
| Bécancour 14 km | 25 | 1 | 3 | 8 km |
| Baie-du-Febvre 16 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Yamachiche 19 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 km |
The busiest neighbour is Trois-Rivières, with 59 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Inside Nicolet’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Nicolet
How many schools are there in Nicolet?
All 5 are inside the town itself.
Is there a English-language school in Nicolet?
Yes, schooling in English is at Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, campus anglais.
How do I get a place at a school in Nicolet?
Start with the body of the network you choose: it names the school for the address.
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).