Photo: Williamborg · Public domainThe nearest high school to Saint-Ours is 11 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 4 elementary schools, and no high school. No schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Saint-Ours
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 2 French public and 1 independent. The closest high school is L'Académie de la Vallée du Roy, 11 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Académie de la Vallée du RoyAll grades | – | Independent | 11 km |
| École secondaire de la RiveSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 11 km |
| École secondaire Bernard-GariépySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 4 schools in and around Saint-Ours 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-Ours
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-Ours’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.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy counts 3, more than any of the other boards of the 2. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-TracyPierre-de-Saint-Ours, Saint-Roch, Sainte-Victoire | French public | 3 |
| Centre de services scolaire de Saint-Hyacintheaux Quatre-Vents | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Saint-Ours
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Saint-Ours
Schools in the towns around Saint-Ours
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-Ours | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu 1.1 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Contrecoeur 6.4 km | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 km |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 9.8 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Lanoraie 10 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| Lavaltrie 11 km | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu 11 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
Top among the neighbours: Contrecoeur, 9 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. The area is Saint-Ours plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Saint-Ours
How many schools are there in Saint-Ours?
1 in the town, 3 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Ours?
Not near Saint-Ours: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
Which boards run the schools in Saint-Ours?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy (3) and Centre de services scolaire de Saint-Hyacinthe (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Ours?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
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).