Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0In and around Saint-Colomban, 16 schools: 10 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade
Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord is the only board. None of them teaches in English, though 10% of schools in Quebec do.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Colomban
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.
Not one 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.
Where the 16 schools in and around Saint-Colomban are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Saint-Colomban’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: 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-Colomban
English schools in Quebec
Eligibility for English schooling comes from the family’s schooling history; without a certificate, a child goes to a French school.
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 16 schools in and around Saint-Colomban
High schools within reach of Saint-Colomban
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
19 secondary schools are within 15 km: 18 French public and 1 independent. The nearest is École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, 6.2 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École polyvalente Saint-JérômeSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 6.2 km |
| École secondaire des-StudiosSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 6.2 km |
| École secondaire des-StudiosSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 6.4 km |
| École secondaire du FlambeauSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 6.6 km |
| École secondaire Le TremplinAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 7.5 km |
| École secondaire Émilien-FrenetteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 8.2 km |
| École secondaire Saint-StanislasSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 8.9 km |
| École secondaire Le TremplinAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 9.1 km |
| École polyvalente Saint-JérômeSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire Le TremplinAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 9.3 km |
All 19 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire des-StudiosSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 9.3 km |
| École polyvalente Saint-JérômeSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 10 km |
| Académie Lafontaine inc.All grades | – | Independent | 10 km |
| École de l'Horizon-SoleilAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire Cap-JeunesseSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire des-StudiosSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire des Hauts-SommetsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 11 km |
| École secondaire de MirabelSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire du MaréchalSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Du Moulin | 30,364 | 48 | 9 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 26 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 35 | 20 | 0.5 km |
| Tétreaultville | 19,390 | 43 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Nicolas-Viel | 19,361 | 137 | 16 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Colomban | 19,080 | 16 | 0 | 6.4 km |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 37 | 12 | 2.7 km |
| Saint-Sulpice | 18,557 | 139 | 17 | 0.2 km |
| Deux-Montagnes | 18,516 | 29 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Desmarchais-Crawford | 18,505 | 56 | 19 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| René-Goupil | 11,663 | 110 | 15 | 1.3 km |
More schools are within reach in 139 of the 171 other towns. A English-language school is within reach in 141 of the 172.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Colomban
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-Colomban | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 km |
| Saint-Jérôme 8.3 km | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 13 km | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Gore 13 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Prévost 13 km | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3.2 km |
| Mille-Isles 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Mirabel 15 km | 70 | 1 | 1 | 4.3 km |
Next door, Mirabel counts 70 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Saint-Colomban and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
Questions about schools in Saint-Colomban
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Colomban?
Register at the service centre; a school outside the area takes a child if it has room.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Colomban?
None within 3 km of Saint-Colomban. The English-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).