Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Sainte-Marie-Salomé’s teenagers travel 6.8 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Sainte-Marie-Salomé
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 14: 10 French public, 3 independent and 1 English public. The closest high school is Collège Esther-Blondin, 6.7 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Esther-BlondinSecondary | – | Independent | 6.7 km |
| École secondaire de l'AmitiéSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 8.7 km |
| École secondaire de l'AchiganSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire de JolietteSecondary | Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier | English public | 11 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 11 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 11 km |
| Collège de l'AssomptionSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| Académie Antoine ManseauSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École secondaire Paul-ArseneauSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 12 km |
| École de l'Espace-JeunesseAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 13 km |
All 14 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 13 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 13 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 3 schools in and around Sainte-Marie-Salomé 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 Sainte-Marie-Salomé
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.
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 Sainte-Marie-Salomé’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.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Centre de services scolaire des Samares has 2 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des Samaresprimaire Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus, primaire de Sainte-Marie-Salomé | French public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire des AffluentsGareau | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Sainte-Marie-Salomé
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 sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Sainte-Marie-Salomé
Schools in the towns around Sainte-Marie-Salomé
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 km |
| Crabtree 5.1 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 km |
| Saint-Jacques 6.9 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| L'Épiphanie 8.1 km | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 km |
| Saint-Paul 8.8 km | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2.4 km |
| L'Assomption 9.6 km | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Saint-Liguori 9.9 km | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 km |
L'Assomption leads the neighbours with 35 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Sainte-Marie-Salomé and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- 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.
- The year. The province’s 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. A service centre runs the French-language public schools of its territory, a school board the English ones.
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Sainte-Marie-Salomé
How do I get a place at a school in Sainte-Marie-Salomé?
Go to the service centre for your area, or to the English school board if the child is eligible.
Which boards run the schools in Sainte-Marie-Salomé?
Centre de services scolaire des Samares (2) and Centre de services scolaire des Affluents (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a English-language school in Sainte-Marie-Salomé?
There is none in or near Sainte-Marie-Salomé (within 3 km); the English-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Sainte-Marie-Salomé?
The town holds 1 of them; 2 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).