Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.0Teaching in English: 9 of Saint-Siméon’s 12 schools
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores runs them: École de Belle Anse, École de Shigawake--Port Daniel and École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac. The 3 km around Saint-Siméon counts 6 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Siméon
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.
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores runs the English-language ones: École de Belle Anse, École de Shigawake--Port Daniel, École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac and École Primaire de Gaspé.
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 12 schools in and around Saint-Siméon are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Saint-Siméon’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: French service centres 3 and English boards 9.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores counts 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Eastern ShoresPolyvalente de Gaspé, Intermédiaire d'Escuminac, Primaire de Gaspé, Régionale Baie-des-Chaleurs, Saint-Joseph-Saint-Patrick, de Belle Anse, de Shigawake--Port Daniel, Evergreen … | English public | 9 |
| Centre de services scolaire René-LévesqueFrançois-Thibault, aux Quatre-Vents, des Découvertes | French public | 3 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Saint-Siméon
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
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Saint-Siméon
High schools within reach of Saint-Siméon
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
7 secondary schools are within 15 km: 5 English public and 2 French public. The shortest trip is to École aux Quatre-Vents, 5.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École aux Quatre-VentsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque | French public | 5.4 km |
| École Régionale Baie-des-ChaleursAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 5.4 km |
| Polyvalente de GaspéSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 5.4 km |
| École secondaire EvergreenSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 5.4 km |
| École secondaire de New RichmondAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 5.4 km |
| École Intermédiaire d'EscuminacAll grades | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 5.4 km |
| École aux Quatre-VentsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque | French public | 7.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Siméon
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Siméon | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| Caplan 8.1 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Bonaventure 8.2 km | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 km |
17 schools make Bonaventure the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Saint-Siméon and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Boards and systems. Language, not faith, divides Quebec’s public schools: French service centres and English boards share the map.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Saint-Siméon
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Siméon?
Yes: École de Belle Anse, École de Shigawake--Port Daniel, École Intermédiaire d'Escuminac and École Primaire de Gaspé, the English-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Saint-Siméon?
1 in the town, 11 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Saint-Siméon?
Commission scolaire Eastern Shores (9) and Centre de services scolaire René-Lévesque (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Siméon?
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).