Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0The schools around Port-Cartier answer to 3 boards
Centre de services scolaire du Fer runs the most, 4 of them; Commission scolaire Eastern Shores and Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire run the rest. One of the 6 teaches in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. Taken together, Port-Cartier and its 3 km edge hold 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire du FerCentre éducatif l'Abri, Dominique-Savio, Mère-d'Youville, Saint-Alexandre | French public | 4 |
| Commission scolaire Eastern ShoresRiverview | English public | 1 |
| Centre de services scolaire de l'EstuaireSaint-Joseph | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 6 schools in and around Port-Cartier are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Port-Cartier
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores runs the English-language ones: École Riverview.
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 Port-Cartier’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 5 and English boards 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Port-Cartier
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
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 6 schools in and around Port-Cartier
High schools within reach of Port-Cartier
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
The one high school within 15 km is Centre éducatif l'Abri, at 0.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre éducatif l'AbriSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Fer | French public | 0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâces | 10,204 | 59 | 14 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Centre | 6,627 | 35 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 5 | 0 | 7.6 km |
| Mont-Joli | 6,492 | 5 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Pontiac | 6,490 | 4 | 2 | 7.1 km |
| Port-Cartier | 6,436 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Pointe-Calumet | 6,427 | 9 | 0 | 4.8 km |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 8 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Hautes-Plaines | 6,353 | 29 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| Lac-Brome | 6,307 | 2 | 1 | 2.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Danville | 3,944 | 6 | 1 | 5.3 km |
More schools than here: 69 of the 139 others. Teaching in English: 62 of the 140 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Port-Cartier or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
Questions about schools in Port-Cartier
How do I get a place at a school in Port-Cartier?
Start with the body of the network you choose: it names the school for the address.
Which boards run the schools in Port-Cartier?
Centre de services scolaire du Fer (4), Commission scolaire Eastern Shores (1) and Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a English-language school in Port-Cartier?
Yes, schooling in English is at École Riverview.
How many schools are there in Port-Cartier?
All 6 sit within the town’s own boundary.
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).