Photo: Laceoflight Louis-Philippe Rousselle-Brosseau · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Placide’s teenagers travel 8 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Saint-Placide
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
7 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public, 2 independent, 2 French public and 1 other. The shortest trip is to Ratihen:te High School, 7.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratihen:te High SchoolAll grades | – | Other | 7.9 km |
| École secondaire Westwood SeniorSecondary | Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson | English public | 8.6 km |
| Collège BourgetAll grades | – | Independent | 9.7 km |
| Collège Bourget, section anglaiseSecondary | – | Independent | 9.7 km |
| École secondaire Westwood JuniorSecondary | Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson | English public | 11 km |
| École secondaire d'OkaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 14 km |
| École secondaire d'OkaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Saint-Placide 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-Placide
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
For schooling in English, families look further afield.
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-Placide’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one system, every one French service centres.
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.
The biggest of the 2 is Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles: 1 schools. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îlesde l'Amitié | French public | 1 |
| Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-NordSaint-Hermas | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Saint-Placide
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
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-Placide
Schools in the towns around Saint-Placide
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-Placide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 km |
| Rigaud 8.8 km | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Kanesatake 9 km | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Hudson 9.2 km | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 12 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 km |
| Oka 12 km | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2.6 km |
| Saint-Lazare 15 km | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3.7 km |
The busiest neighbour is Saint-Lazare, with 13 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- Boards and systems. The French service centre and the English board each cover the whole territory with their own schools.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Saint-Placide or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Saint-Placide
How many schools are there in Saint-Placide?
1 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Placide?
None within 3 km of Saint-Placide. The English-language board serves it from schools further off.
Which boards run the schools in Saint-Placide?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles (1) and Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Placide?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
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).