Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Nouvelle has one English-language school among its 4
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores runs them: École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac. Counting a 3 km margin, Nouvelle has 3 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade.
Schooling in English and French around Nouvelle
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The English-language schools are École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac, run by Commission scolaire Eastern Shores.
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 4 schools in and around Nouvelle 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 Nouvelle’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: French service centres 3 and English boards 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque has 3 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire René-LévesqueCollège de Nouvelle, des Quatre-Temps (Collège de Nouvelle), des Quatre-Temps (Des Quatre-Temps) | French public | 3 |
| Commission scolaire Eastern ShoresIntermédiaire d'Escuminac | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Nouvelle
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
English schools in Quebec
English public schooling in Quebec needs a certificate of eligibility, usually earned through a parent’s English elementary schooling in Canada; other children attend French schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Nouvelle
High schools within reach of Nouvelle
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 3 English public and 1 French public. Closest of all: Dalhousie Learning Center (9.3 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie Learning CenterSecondary | – | English public | 9.3 km |
| Dalhousie Regional High SchoolAll grades | Asd-N | English public | 10 km |
| Aux quatre ventsSecondary | Dsf-Ne | French public | 11 km |
| École Intermédiaire d'EscuminacAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Nouvelle
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouvelle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 km |
| Dalhousie 9.7 km | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Carleton-sur-Mer 15 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Charlo 16 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 km |
| Eel River Crossing 17 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Dalhousie 18 km | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8.6 km |
Carleton-sur-Mer has the most schools nearby, 6.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- 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. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. Inside Nouvelle’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Nouvelle
Which boards run the schools in Nouvelle?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque (3) and Commission scolaire Eastern Shores (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Nouvelle?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
How many schools are there in Nouvelle?
All 4 are inside the town itself.
Is there a English-language school in Nouvelle?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Ungraded on schools in Quebec, because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school. · 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).