Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.014 schools in and around Lac-Saint-Charles: 12 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools
12 of them lie outside the boundary, within 3 km; 2 are inside. No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are.
Schooling in English and French around Lac-Saint-Charles
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
There is no English-language school among them.
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 14 schools in and around Lac-Saint-Charles are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Lac-Saint-Charles’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 13 and other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries: 9 schools. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des Premières-SeigneuriesLe Sommet, de l'Ancrage, de l'Arc-en-Ciel, de l'Escalade (Escalade 1, de l'), de l'Escalade (Escalade 2, de l'), de la Passerelle, du Boisé (Boisé 1, du), du Boisé (Boisé 2, du) … | French public | 9 |
| Centre de services scolaire de la Capitalede Château-d'Eau, de l'Accueil, de l'Étoile-du-Nord, du Beau-Séjour | French public | 4 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Lac-Saint-Charles
English schools in Quebec
To attend an English public school, a child needs a certificate of eligibility from the ministry.
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 14 schools in and around Lac-Saint-Charles
High schools within reach of Lac-Saint-Charles
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
36 secondary schools are within 15 km: 29 French public, 6 independent and 1 English public. École Le Sommet is closest, at 3.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Le SommetSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 3.9 km |
| École secondaire Roger-ComtoisSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 5.4 km |
| École secondaire Roger-ComtoisSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 5.5 km |
| École secondaire Roger-ComtoisSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 5.5 km |
| École du PhareSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 5.8 km |
| École L'OdysséeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 5.9 km |
| École secondaire de NeufchâtelSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 7.8 km |
| École des SentiersSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 8.4 km |
| L'École l'Eau-ViveAll grades | – | Independent | 8.6 km |
| Académie Saint-LouisSecondary | – | Independent | 9.3 km |
All 36 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fierbourg, centre de formation professionnelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 9.5 km |
| École Dollard-des-OrmeauxAll grades | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 9.9 km |
| Polyvalente de CharlesbourgSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire polyvalente de L'Ancienne-LoretteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Découvreurs | French public | 10 km |
| Saint-Jean-EudesSecondary | – | Independent | 11 km |
| École Joseph-PaquinAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 11 km |
| École secondaire La CamaradièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 11 km |
| École de l'EnvolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 11 km |
| École régionale des Quatre-SaisonsAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 12 km |
| Collège de ChampignySecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École secondaire Mont-Saint-SacrementSecondary | – | Independent | 13 km |
| École BoudreauSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 13 km |
| École Jean-de-BrébeufSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire de la CitéSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire de la CitéSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire VanierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 14 km |
| École Samuel-De ChamplainSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 14 km |
| École régionale des Quatre-SaisonsAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 14 km |
| École Jean-de-BrébeufSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 14 km |
| École de la RelanceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 14 km |
| École de la RelanceSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 14 km |
| École Cardinal-RoySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 14 km |
| École Cardinal-RoySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale | French public | 14 km |
| École de la SeigneurieSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 14 km |
| École secondaire privée François-BourrinSecondary | – | Independent | 14 km |
| École Académie Sainte-MarieAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries | French public | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 6 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Du Parc | 10,168 | 46 | 21 | 0.9 km |
| Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | 10,147 | 4 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Félicien | 10,143 | 10 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Lac-des-Fées | 10,075 | 38 | 14 | 0.9 km |
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 9,985 | 14 | 0 | 4 km |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | 9,830 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Roberval | 9,828 | 7 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Lac-Deschênes | 9,742 | 32 | 15 | 0.5 km |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 26 | 2 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Richelieu | 6,048 | 12 | 1 | 5.1 km |
83 of the 163 others have more schools in reach. Of the 164, 103 offer 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 Lac-Saint-Charles
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 km |
| Wendake 4 km | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Saint-Émile 4.4 km | 46 | 0 | 2 | 3 km |
| Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides 4.6 km | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Loretteville 5.3 km | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| Val-Bélair 6.6 km | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Des Châtels 7 km | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 km |
Of the neighbours, Saint-Émile counts the most schools: 46.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Lac-Saint-Charles’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Quebec’s public schools come under French service centres or English school boards, by language since 1998; private schools stand apart.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Lac-Saint-Charles
How do I get a place at a school in Lac-Saint-Charles?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Lac-Saint-Charles?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries (9) and Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale (4).
Is there a English-language school in Lac-Saint-Charles?
Not near Lac-Saint-Charles: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec. · 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).