Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0No high school in or near Saint-Bernard: the closest is 10 km off
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. 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.
High schools within reach of Saint-Bernard
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only Polyvalente Benoît-Vachon is within 15 km, 9.9 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyvalente Benoît-VachonAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Beauce-Etchemin | French public | 9.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 3 schools in and around Saint-Bernard are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Bernard
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.
For schooling in English, families look further afield.
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 Saint-Bernard’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one system, every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Saint-Bernard
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Saint-Bernard
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ambroise | 4,262 | 2 | 0 | 17 km |
| … | ||||
| Macamic | 2,698 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | 4 | 0 | 1 km |
| Saint-Alexandre | 2,685 | 1 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | 2,662 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 5 | 0 | 5.8 km |
| Waterville | 2,643 | 6 | 2 | 2.7 km |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 6 | 0 | 7 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Set against 144 others, 74 have more schools in reach. Teaching in English: 34 of the 145 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Bernard
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bernard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Scott 4.6 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage 7.4 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Saint-Isidore 8.6 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Sainte-Marie 11 km | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
10 schools make Sainte-Marie the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Saint-Bernard’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- Boards and systems. The French service centre and the English board each cover the whole territory with their own schools.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Saint-Bernard
How many schools are there in Saint-Bernard?
1 are inside the town itself and 2 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Bernard?
No, none within 3 km of Saint-Bernard; ask the English-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Bernard?
Go to the service centre for your area, or to the English school board if the child is eligible.
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).