Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0The 6 schools of Saint-Gilles: 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
They all come under Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.
Where the 6 schools in and around Saint-Gilles 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-Gilles
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
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.
Who runs Saint-Gilles’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems 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-Gilles
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
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 6 schools in and around Saint-Gilles
High schools within reach of Saint-Gilles
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: École secondaire Beaurivage, 9.5 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire BeaurivageSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 9.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 5,533 | 8 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Des Vallées | 3,575 | 19 | 1 | 3.3 km |
| Guybourg | 3,554 | 56 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 4 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 4 | 0 | 6.4 km |
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | 6 | 0 | 9.6 km |
| Saint-Pascal | 3,516 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Malartic | 3,506 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 15 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools than here: 46 of the 179 others. Schooling in English is on hand in 48 of the 180.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Gilles
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-Gilles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 km |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage 8.5 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Saint-Agapit 9.2 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 km |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage 14 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Saint-Bernard 16 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
It outnumbers its 6 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Saint-Gilles’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Saint-Gilles
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Gilles?
Not near Saint-Gilles: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Gilles?
Register at the service centre; a school outside the area takes a child if it has room.
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).