Photo: Cell82 · CC BY-SA 3.0Richmond has 2 English-language schools among its 3
They are École primaire Saint-Françis and École secondaire régionale de Richmond, run by Commission scolaire Eastern Townships. The 3 km around Richmond counts 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. 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.
Schooling in English and French around Richmond
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.
The English-language schools are École primaire Saint-Françis and École secondaire régionale de Richmond, run by Commission scolaire Eastern Townships.
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 3 schools in and around Richmond 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 Richmond’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: French service centres 1 and English boards 2.
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.
The biggest of the 2 is Commission scolaire Eastern Townships: 2 schools. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Eastern Townshipsprimaire Saint-Françis, régionale de Richmond | English public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Sommetsdu Plein-Coeur | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Richmond
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 3 schools in and around Richmond
High schools within reach of Richmond
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km there is one high school, École secondaire régionale de Richmond (1.1 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire régionale de RichmondSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Townships | English public | 1.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 9 | 4 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Malartic | 3,506 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 15 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 4 | 1 | 10 km |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 3 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Sainte-Mélanie | 3,417 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | 3,400 | 6 | 2 | 1.9 km |
| Havre-Saint-Pierre | 3,389 | 6 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 97 of the 178 other towns. Schooling in English is on hand in 47 of the 179.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Richmond
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Cleveland 2.6 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Melbourne 2.7 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Durham-Sud 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Windsor 15 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey 15 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 16 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 km |
Most schools next door: Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, 5.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Richmond or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
Questions about schools in Richmond
How many schools are there in Richmond?
All 3 are inside the town itself.
Is there a English-language school in Richmond?
Yes, schooling in English is at École primaire Saint-Françis and École secondaire régionale de Richmond.
How do I get a place at a school in Richmond?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Richmond?
Commission scolaire Eastern Townships (2) and Centre de services scolaire des Sommets (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).