Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-Hugues’s teenagers travel 18 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Saint-Hugues
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Where the 2 schools in and around Saint-Hugues 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-Hugues
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
A English-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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-Hugues’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-Hugues
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.
English schools in Quebec
To attend an English public school, a child needs a certificate of eligibility from the ministry.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Saint-Hugues
Schools in the towns around Saint-Hugues
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-Hugues | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| Saint-Simon 8.8 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud 10 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot 12 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Saint-Jude 12 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Saint-Guillaume 13 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 km |
| Saint-Eugène 14 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
Among the neighbours, Saint-Simon has 3, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. The French service centre and the English board each cover the whole territory with their own schools.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- 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. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Counted: Saint-Hugues’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Saint-Hugues
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Hugues?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
How many schools are there in Saint-Hugues?
1 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Hugues?
Not near Saint-Hugues: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
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).