Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, 2 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade: 3 schools in all
All of them belong to Centre de services scolaire de Portneuf. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 3 schools in and around Saint-Marc-des-Carrières are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Quebec marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Schooling in English isn’t on offer here.
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-Marc-des-Carrières’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-Marc-des-Carrières
English schools in Quebec
English public schooling in Quebec needs a certificate of eligibility, usually earned through a parent’s English elementary schooling in Canada; other children attend French schools.
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
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-Marc-des-Carrières
High schools within reach of Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: École secondaire de Saint-Marc, 1.2 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de Saint-MarcAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Portneuf | French public | 1.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 7 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 21 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Stanstead | 2,994 | 3 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | 2,961 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Dégelis | 2,943 | 6 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 5 | 0 | 6.2 km |
| Scott | 2,938 | 2 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | 2,938 | 14 | 2 | 6.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools than here: 82 of the 154 others. Schooling in English is on hand in 38 of the 155.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
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-Marc-des-Carrières | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Casimir 7.4 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 km |
| Deschambault-Grondines 7.6 km | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 km |
| Saint-Alban 8.6 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Portneuf 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 16 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Saint-Ubalde 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Deschambault-Grondines (8).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Saint-Marc-des-Carrières’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
Questions about schools in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières?
For an English school, get the certificate of eligibility first; for a French one, the service centre is enough.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières?
Not in or within 3 km of Saint-Marc-des-Carrières; the English-language board can name the nearest.
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).