Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.07 of the 13 schools around Saint-Lazare teach in English
Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson runs them: École primaire Birchwood, École primaire Evergreen and École primaire Forest Hill Junior. Taken together, Saint-Lazare and its 3 km edge hold 11 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Lazare
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The English-language schools are École primaire Birchwood, École primaire Evergreen, École primaire Forest Hill Junior and École primaire Forest Hill Senior, run by Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson.
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 13 schools in and around Saint-Lazare are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Saint-Lazare’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
The split by system: French service centres 6 and English boards 7.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson, with 7. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearsonprimaire Birchwood, primaire Evergreen, primaire Forest Hill Junior, primaire Forest Hill Senior, primaire Mount Pleasant, Westwood Junior, Westwood Senior | English public | 7 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Trois-LacsAuclair, Saint-Thomas, de l'Hymne-au-Printemps, des Légendes, des Étriers, à l'Orée-du-Bois | French public | 6 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Saint-Lazare
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 settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 13 schools in and around Saint-Lazare
High schools within reach of Saint-Lazare
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 14 high schools: 9 French public, 2 English public, 2 independent and 1 other. The shortest trip is to École secondaire Westwood Junior, 3.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Westwood JuniorSecondary | Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson | English public | 3.7 km |
| École secondaire Westwood SeniorSecondary | Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson | English public | 6.6 km |
| Ratihen:te High SchoolAll grades | – | Other | 9.2 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire de la Cité-des-JeunesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 9.3 km |
| École secondaire des ÉchosSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 9.8 km |
| École secondaire d'OkaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 13 km |
All 14 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire d'OkaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire du Chêne-BleuSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs | French public | 14 km |
| Collège BourgetAll grades | – | Independent | 15 km |
| Collège Bourget, section anglaiseSecondary | – | Independent | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 14 | 1 | 2 km |
| … | ||||
| Sept-Îles | 24,483 | 18 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| Ouest (Montréal-Nord) | 23,373 | 104 | 16 | 0.1 km |
| Saint-Lambert | 23,355 | 79 | 19 | 0.3 km |
| Rivière-Blanche | 23,089 | 36 | 14 | 2.2 km |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 13 | 7 | 3.7 km |
| Mont-Royal | 22,821 | 184 | 43 | 0.6 km |
| Sainte-Lucie | 22,574 | 160 | 17 | 0.3 km |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 50 | 4 | 1.2 km |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 136 | 59 | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Ville-Émard | 13,826 | 106 | 48 | 0.8 km |
149 of 165 similar towns count more schools. 141 towns of the 166 have a English-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Lazare
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-Lazare | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| Hudson 6.3 km | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Clet 7.5 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion 8.3 km | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac 9 km | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Kanesatake 9.4 km | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Sainte-Marthe 9.5 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 km |
Of the neighbours, Vaudreuil-Dorion counts the most schools: 34.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Counted: Saint-Lazare’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Saint-Lazare
How many schools are there in Saint-Lazare?
8 in the town, 5 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Lazare?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École primaire Birchwood, École primaire Evergreen, École primaire Forest Hill Junior and École primaire Forest Hill Senior.
Which boards run the schools in Saint-Lazare?
Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson (7) and Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs (6), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Lazare?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Why no schools grade in Quebec? 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).