Photo: Metalex · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Saint-Esprit, 8 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools: 11 schools in all
All of them belong to Centre de services scolaire des Samares. None of them teaches in English, though 10% of schools in Quebec do. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Esprit
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.
Where the 11 schools in and around Saint-Esprit 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.
Who runs Saint-Esprit’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: 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-Esprit
English schools in Quebec
Under the Charter of the French Language, a child goes to an English public school only with a certificate of eligibility, generally because a parent did most of elementary school in English in Canada. Everyone else attends French-language schools.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Saint-Esprit
High schools within reach of Saint-Esprit
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 5: 4 French public and 1 independent. 6.6 km away, École secondaire de l'Achigan is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de l'AchiganSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 6.6 km |
| École secondaire du Havre-JeunesseSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 7.9 km |
| École secondaire de l'ÉvolutionSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 8 km |
| École secondaire de l'ÉvolutionSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 8.1 km |
| Collège Esther-BlondinSecondary | – | Independent | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Esprit
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-Esprit | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Saint-Alexis 6.2 km | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 km |
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan 7.8 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Sainte-Julienne 8.2 km | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides 9.4 km | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Saint-Jacques 9.7 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Sainte-Julienne (14).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Saint-Esprit or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Quebec’s public schools come under French service centres or English school boards, by language since 1998; private schools stand apart.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Saint-Esprit
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Esprit?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Esprit?
There is none in or near Saint-Esprit (within 3 km); the English-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).