Photo: Iceberg9999 · CC BY-SA 4.0The 42 schools of Des Châtels: 33 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade
37 of them lie outside the boundary, within 3 km; 5 are inside. No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
Schooling in English and French around Des Châtels
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
A English-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 42 schools in and around Des Châtels are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Des Châtels’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
The split by system: French service centres 38, independent 3 and other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale runs the most, 32 of them, among 2 boards. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire de la CapitaleJean-XXIII, Jules-Émond - Amédée-Boutin, Jules-Émond - Amédée-Boutin, L'Odyssée, Les Prés-Verts - Saint-Bernard, Les Prés-Verts - Saint-Bernard (Prés-Verts, les), Saint-Claude, Sainte-Monique … | French public | 32 |
| Centre de services scolaire des DécouvreursL'Étincelle - Trois-Saisons, L'Étincelle - Trois-Saisons, Le Ruisselet, des Hauts-Clochers (Pavillon Notre-Dame), des Hauts-Clochers (Pavillon Saint-Charles), polyvalente de L'Ancienne-Lorette | French public | 6 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Des Châtels
English schools in Quebec
To attend an English public school, a child needs a certificate of eligibility from the ministry.
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 42 schools in and around Des Châtels
Show all 33 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Des Châtels
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
76 secondary schools are within 15 km: 57 French public, 16 independent and 3 English public. The nearest is École secondaire Roger-Comtois, 1.5 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Roger-ComtoisSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 1.5 km |
| École secondaire de NeufchâtelSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 1.5 km |
| École secondaire Roger-ComtoisSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 1.5 km |
| École secondaire Roger-ComtoisSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 1.6 km |
| L'École l'Eau-ViveAll grades | – | Independent | 1.7 km |
| École secondaire polyvalente de L'Ancienne-LoretteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 3.4 km |
| Académie Saint-LouisSecondary | – | Independent | 4 km |
| École L'OdysséeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 4.5 km |
| École secondaire La CamaradièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 4.8 km |
| Collège de ChampignySecondary | – | Independent | 5.5 km |
All 76 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École du PhareSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 7.5 km |
| Fierbourg, centre de formation professionnelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 7.6 km |
| École régionale des Quatre-SaisonsAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 8.6 km |
| École BoudreauSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 8.6 km |
| École Le SommetSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 8.7 km |
| École Joseph-PaquinAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 8.7 km |
| École de l'EnvolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 8.8 km |
| Polyvalente de CharlesbourgSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 8.9 km |
| École secondaire VanierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 9 km |
| École des SentiersSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 9 km |
| École St-FrançoisAll grades | – | Independent | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire De RochebelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire De RochebelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire De RochebelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire De RochebelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.4 km |
| École secondaire De RochebelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.4 km |
| École régionale des Quatre-SaisonsAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 9.4 km |
| Centre du PhénixSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.4 km |
| Collège des CompagnonsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.5 km |
| École secondaire De RochebelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 9.6 km |
| Collège Stanislas (campus Sillery)All grades | – | Independent | 9.8 km |
| École secondaire de la CitéSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 10 km |
| École Cardinal-RoySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 10 km |
| École Cardinal-RoySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 10 km |
| Saint-Jean-EudesSecondary | – | Independent | 10 km |
| École Madeleine-BergeronAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 10 km |
| École Jean-de-BrébeufSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire de la CitéSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 10 km |
| École Jean-de-BrébeufSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 10 km |
| Collège Saint-Charles-GarnierSecondary | – | Independent | 10 km |
| École oraliste de Québec site 523503All grades | – | Independent | 10 km |
| École secondaire Québec High SchoolSecondary | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 11 km |
| École Saint-MichelAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 11 km |
| École Joseph-François-PerraultSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 11 km |
| École Madeleine-BergeronAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 11 km |
| Collège mariste de QuébecSecondary | – | Independent | 11 km |
| Collège Jésus-Marie de SilleryAll grades | – | Independent | 11 km |
| École secondaire Saint-PatrickSecondary | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 12 km |
| Séminaire Saint-FrançoisSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École Dollard-des-OrmeauxAll grades | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 12 km |
| École Samuel-De ChamplainSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 12 km |
| École de la RelanceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 12 km |
| École de la RelanceSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 12 km |
| Collège François-de-LavalSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École des PionniersSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire privée François-BourrinSecondary | – | Independent | 13 km |
| Juvénat Notre-Dame du Saint-LaurentSecondary | – | Independent | 13 km |
| École Académie Sainte-MarieAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 13 km |
| École de la SeigneurieSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 14 km |
| École de l'EnvolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 14 km |
| École secondaire de l'AubierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 14 km |
| École Marcelle-MalletSecondary | – | Independent | 14 km |
| École secondaire les EtcheminsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 14 km |
| Collège de LévisSecondary | – | Independent | 14 km |
| École de la Clé-du-BoiséAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École de l'Îlot-des-AppalachesAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École Pointe-LévySecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire Champagnat, Guillaume-CoutureSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire les EtcheminsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| Centre de formation en entreprise et récupérationSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire de l'HorizonSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École de l'EnvolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire de l'AubierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire BeaurivageSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire Pamphile-Le MaySecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
| École secondaire Champagnat, Guillaume-CoutureSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouest (Montréal-Nord) | 23,373 | 104 | 16 | 0.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Les Rapides | 15,090 | 30 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Dupéré | 15,036 | 46 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Bécancour | 14,943 | 25 | 1 | 8 km |
| Rivière-Gatineau | 14,875 | 50 | 7 | 0.9 km |
| Des Châtels | 14,836 | 42 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Saint-Louis | 14,824 | 100 | 24 | 0.8 km |
| Vieux-Bourg | 14,774 | 30 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Orsainville | 14,751 | 30 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Vieux-Montréal | 14,615 | 116 | 34 | 1.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Chelsea | 8,998 | 26 | 3 | 8.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 80 of the 177 other towns. A school in English is nearby in 131 towns of 178.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Des Châtels
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Châtels | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| Loretteville 1.7 km | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| Wendake 3.1 km | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette 4.1 km | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0.9 km |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf 4.2 km | 80 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| Val-Bélair 4.6 km | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Saint-Émile 4.7 km | 46 | 0 | 2 | 3 km |
Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf has the most schools nearby, 80.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Des Châtels and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- 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. Listed for 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Des Châtels
Is there a English-language school in Des Châtels?
No, none within 3 km of Des Châtels; ask the English-language board for the nearest.
Which boards run the schools in Des Châtels?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale (32) and Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs (6).
How do I get a place at a school in Des Châtels?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
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).