Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0The 7 schools of Sacré-Coeur: 3 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade
The town holds all of them; none is in the margin around it. No schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 7 schools in and around Sacré-Coeur 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 Sacré-Coeur
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.
Who runs Sacré-Coeur’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire: 6 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 l'EstuairePolyvalente des Berges, Dominique-Savio, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur (Gymnase de Sacré-Coeur), Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur (Sacré-Coeur, pavillon), Saint-Joseph | French public | 6 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Rives-du-SaguenayDu Vallon | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Sacré-Coeur
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
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 7 schools in and around Sacré-Coeur
High schools within reach of Sacré-Coeur
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 3 French public. École Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur is closest, at 0.3 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-CoeurAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire | French public | 0.3 km |
| École Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-CoeurAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire | French public | 0.3 km |
| École Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-CoeurSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire | French public | 0.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. A service centre runs the French-language public schools of its territory, a school board the English ones.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Sacré-Coeur’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
Questions about schools in Sacré-Coeur
Which boards run the schools in Sacré-Coeur?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire (6) and Centre de services scolaire des Rives-du-Saguenay (1).
Is there a English-language school in Sacré-Coeur?
Not near Sacré-Coeur: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Sacré-Coeur?
For an English school, get the certificate of eligibility first; for a French one, the service centre is enough.
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).