Photo: Garbanzo972 · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Saint-Donat, 2 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade: 3 schools in all
They all come under Centre de services scolaire des Laurentides. The schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 3 schools in and around Saint-Donat 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 Saint-Donat
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 Saint-Donat’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.
How children get a place in Saint-Donat
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
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 3 schools in and around Saint-Donat
High schools within reach of Saint-Donat
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only École Sacré-Coeur is within 15 km, 0.7 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Sacré-CoeurAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Laurentides | French public | 0.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 5 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | 5,242 | 15 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Montréal-Ouest | 5,197 | 73 | 28 | 0.6 km |
| Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac | 5,194 | 5 | 0 | 1 km |
| Montréal-Est | 5,112 | 51 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Donat | 5,087 | 3 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 1 | 1 | 9 km |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | 5,054 | 4 | 0 | 6.9 km |
| Lemoyne | 5,052 | 63 | 16 | 1 km |
| Warwick | 4,939 | 7 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Ange-Gardien | 3,100 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 km |
115 out of 161 comparable towns have more schools. In 60 of the 162, at least one school teaches in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Donat
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-Donat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci 10 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The provincial list for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Saint-Donat’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- 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-Donat
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Donat?
There is none in or near Saint-Donat (within 3 km); the English-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Donat?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
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).