Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse and its edges hold 4 schools: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to Centre de services scolaire de la Côte-du-Sud. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 4 schools in and around Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse 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-Charles-de-Bellechasse
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
None of them teaches in English.
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-Charles-de-Bellechasse’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-Charles-de-Bellechasse
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
High schools within reach of Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 5 high schools: 3 independent and 2 French public. Nearest: École secondaire de Saint-Charles, 0.8 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de Saint-CharlesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Côte-du-Sud | French public | 0.8 km |
| Collège Jésus-Marie de BellechasseSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École Sainte-Famille, Pavillon Marguerite-BourgeoisSecondary | – | Independent | 13 km |
| École Sainte-FamilleAll grades | – | Independent | 13 km |
| Centre de formation en entreprise et récupération de BellechasseSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Côte-du-Sud | French public | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive | 4,393 | 30 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 6 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Kuujjuaq | 2,766 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Gore | 2,756 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Wickham | 2,745 | 1 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | 2,739 | 4 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Waskaganish | 2,726 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 17 | 11 | 1 km |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 7 | 0 | 4 km |
| Eastman | 2,706 | 2 | 0 | 8 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 57 of the 147 other towns. 36 towns of the 148 have 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 Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Saint-Gervais 7.2 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 km |
| Beaumont 8 km | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 km |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse 12 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 12 km | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6.2 km |
| Saint-Henri 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Raphaël 15 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 km |
The busiest neighbour is Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, with 6 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. A service centre runs the French-language public schools of its territory, a school board the English ones.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- Which schools count. The area is Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse?
No, none within 3 km of Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse; ask the English-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
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).