Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain5 school boards share Rouyn-Noranda
Beside Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda, which has 34, sit Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Abitibi, Centre de services scolaire de l'Or-et-des-Bois and Commission scolaire Western Québec. In English: one of the 40 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. Counting a 3 km margin, Rouyn-Noranda has 24 elementary schools and 16 schools for every grade. 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.
The 5 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-NorandaCléricy - Mont-Brun (Centre communautaire de Mont-Brun), Cléricy - Mont-Brun (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-de-Cléricy), Cléricy - Mont-Brun (Saint-Norbert-de-Mont-Brun), D'Iberville, D'Iberville (CRJDA / CRDI-TSA et DP Rouyn-Noranda), D'Iberville (Centre administratif), D'Iberville (Centre Élisabeth-Bruyère), D'Iberville (Complexe La Source-Polymétier) … | French public | 34 |
| Centre de services scolaire du Lac-AbitibiBellefeuille, du Maillon | French public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire de l'Or-et-des-BoisLouis-Querbes | French public | 1 |
| Commission scolaire Western QuébecNoranda | English public | 1 |
| Centre de services scolaire HarricanaÉcoles primaires St-Paul--Sainte-Gertrude | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 40 schools in and around Rouyn-Noranda 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.
Schooling in English and French around Rouyn-Noranda
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.
Commission scolaire Western Québec runs the English-language ones: École Noranda.
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 Rouyn-Noranda’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 38, English boards 1 and other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Rouyn-Noranda
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
English schools in Quebec
To attend an English public school, a child needs a certificate of eligibility from the ministry.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 40 schools in and around Rouyn-Noranda
High schools within reach of Rouyn-Noranda
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 16 high schools: 15 French public and 1 English public. École D'Iberville lies closest, 0.3 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 0.3 km |
| École La SourceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 0.7 km |
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 0.7 km |
| École La SourceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.5 km |
| École La SourceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.5 km |
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.5 km |
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.5 km |
| École La SourceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.6 km |
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.6 km |
| École de la Grande-OurseAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.6 km |
All 16 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École La SourceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.9 km |
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 1.9 km |
| École La SourceAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 2 km |
| École D'IbervilleAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 2 km |
| École NorandaAll grades | Commission scolaire Western Québec | English public | 2.2 km |
| École Sacré-CoeurAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda | French public | 2.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 70 | 1 | 4.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Sault-Saint-Louis | 47,270 | 96 | 30 | 0.5 km |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 47,002 | 32 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 34 | 10 | 1.1 km |
| Port-Maurice | 45,720 | 145 | 19 | 0.2 km |
| Rouyn-Noranda | 43,270 | 40 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Anjou | 43,243 | 95 | 12 | 1.6 km |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 41,971 | 117 | 12 | 0.6 km |
| Boucherville | 41,910 | 64 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 57 | 14 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Loyola | 26,607 | 119 | 49 | 0.9 km |
44 of 69 similar towns count more schools. Schooling in English is on hand in 65 of the 70.
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
- Boards and systems. Quebec’s public schools come under French service centres or English school boards, by language since 1998; private schools stand apart.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Rouyn-Noranda’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Rouyn-Noranda
Which boards run the schools in Rouyn-Noranda?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire de Rouyn-Noranda (34), Centre de services scolaire du Lac-Abitibi (2), Centre de services scolaire de l'Or-et-des-Bois (1), Commission scolaire Western Québec (1) and Centre de services scolaire Harricana (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Rouyn-Noranda?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
How many schools are there in Rouyn-Noranda?
All 40 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a English-language school in Rouyn-Noranda?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École Noranda.
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).