Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Rivière-du-Loup and its edges hold 16 schools: 12 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools
Every school here answers to Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup. None of them teaches in English, though 10% of schools in Quebec do.
Schooling in English and French around Rivière-du-Loup
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Schooling in English isn’t on offer here.
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 16 schools in and around Rivière-du-Loup are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Rivière-du-Loup’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 14 and independent 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Rivière-du-Loup
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
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 16 schools in and around Rivière-du-Loup
High schools within reach of Rivière-du-Loup
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
4 secondary schools are within 15 km: 3 French public and 1 independent. The closest high school is École secondaire de Rivière-du-Loup, 0.8 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup | French public | 0.8 km |
| École secondaire de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup | French public | 0.8 km |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | – | Independent | 1 km |
| École secondaire de Rivière-du-LoupSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup | French public | 1.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Constant | 32,124 | 27 | 3 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 20,864 | 15 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Gabriel-Sagard | 20,719 | 136 | 16 | 0.7 km |
| Baie-Comeau | 20,660 | 12 | 1 | 2.5 km |
| Maisonneuve | 20,651 | 80 | 6 | 0.4 km |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 16 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Édouard-Montpetit | 20,601 | 168 | 60 | 0.4 km |
| Centre (Montréal-Nord) | 20,584 | 86 | 15 | 0.6 km |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 136 | 61 | 0.5 km |
| Westmount | 20,377 | 157 | 65 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Bromont | 12,413 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
More schools are within reach in 145 of the 173 other towns. Of the 174, 145 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 Rivière-du-Loup
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-du-Loup | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Saint-Antonin 7.7 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 km |
| Cacouna 8.8 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 km |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage 9.7 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Saint-Modeste 11 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Arsène 13 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska 18 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
It outnumbers its 6 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open 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.
- 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. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Rivière-du-Loup’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
Questions about schools in Rivière-du-Loup
Is there a English-language school in Rivière-du-Loup?
Not in or within 3 km of Rivière-du-Loup; the English-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Rivière-du-Loup?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Schools grade in Quebec: none (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).