Photo: Gilles Douaire (douaireg) · CC BY-SA 2.0The 7 schools of Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
The town holds 2 of them; 5 more are within 3 km of its outline. Schooling in English is on offer at one of the 7; in Quebec, 10% of schools teach in it.
Where the 7 schools in and around Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
By name, in English: École Harold-Sheppard (Commission scolaire Riverside).
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-Victoire-de-Sorel’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Their systems: French service centres 6 and English boards 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy has 6 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-TracyAu Petit Bois, Monseigneur-Prince, Sainte-Victoire, Sainte-Victoire (Centre récréatif), les Bateaux-Blancs, Bernard-Gariépy | French public | 6 |
| Commission scolaire RiversideHarold-Sheppard | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
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
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
High schools within reach of Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 5: 5 French public. First by distance comes École secondaire Bernard-Gariépy, at 6.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Bernard-GariépySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 6.7 km |
| École secondaire Fernand-LefebvreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 7.3 km |
| École secondaire Fernand-Lefebvre - Pavillon TournesolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 7.3 km |
| École secondaire Bernard-GariépySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 7.3 km |
| École secondaire Pierre-de-LestageSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napierville | 4,187 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Waterville | 2,643 | 6 | 2 | 2.7 km |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 6 | 0 | 7 km |
| Saint-Chrysostome | 2,641 | 1 | 0 | 16 km |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 7 | 1 | 6.7 km |
| Hébertville | 2,588 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 1 | 0 | 22 km |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 8 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Set against 138 others, 23 have more schools in reach. 33 towns of the 139 have a English-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Sorel-Tracy 6.4 km | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 km |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel 8.5 km | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Saint-Robert 9.7 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Lanoraie 9.8 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| Saint-Ours 9.8 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
Top among the neighbours: Sorel-Tracy, 14 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Each public school belongs to a French service centre or an English board, whichever covers its address.
- 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. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
How do I get a place at a school in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel?
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-Victoire-de-Sorel?
Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy (6) and Commission scolaire Riverside (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a English-language school in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel?
Yes, schooling in English is at École Harold-Sheppard.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Ungraded on schools in Quebec, because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school. · 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).