Photo: Robert Garry · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Sept-Îles, 13 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade: 18 schools in all
3 of them lie outside the boundary, within 3 km; 15 are inside. In English: 3 of the 18 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 18 schools in and around Sept-Îles are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Sept-Îles
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.
By name, in English: École Primaire Flemming (Flemming Elementary School, annexe), École Primaire Flemming (Flemming Elementary School) and École secondaire Queen Elizabeth (Commission scolaire Eastern Shores).
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 Sept-Îles’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 11, English boards 3, independent 1 and other 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Centre de services scolaire du Fer has 11 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 du FerBois-Joli, Camille-Marcoux, Gamache, Jacques-Cartier, Jean-du-Nord / Manikoutai, Jean-du-Nord / Manikoutai, Maisonneuve, Marie-Immaculée … | French public | 11 |
| Commission scolaire Eastern ShoresPrimaire Flemming (Flemming Elementary School), Primaire Flemming (Flemming Elementary School, annexe), Queen Elizabeth | English public | 3 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Sept-Îles
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
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
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 18 schools in and around Sept-Îles
High schools within reach of Sept-Îles
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
5 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 French public, 1 English public, 1 independent and 1 other. First by distance comes École Jean-du-Nord / Manikoutai, at 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Jean-du-Nord / ManikoutaiSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Fer | French public | 0.7 km |
| École secondaire Queen ElizabethSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Shores | English public | 0.7 km |
| Institut d'enseignement de Sept-ÎlesSecondary | – | Independent | 0.8 km |
| École Jean-du-Nord / ManikoutaiSecondary | Centre de services scolaire du Fer | French public | 0.8 km |
| École secondaire Manikanetish du conseil des Montagnais de Sept-Îles et MaliotenamAll grades | – | Other | 1.8 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 57 | 14 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Mile End | 24,987 | 139 | 28 | 0.2 km |
| Candiac | 24,920 | 30 | 3 | 1 km |
| Outremont | 24,629 | 177 | 48 | 0.2 km |
| Cartierville | 24,617 | 107 | 13 | 0.5 km |
| Sept-Îles | 24,483 | 18 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| Ouest (Montréal-Nord) | 23,373 | 104 | 16 | 0.1 km |
| Saint-Lambert | 23,355 | 79 | 19 | 0.3 km |
| Rivière-Blanche | 23,089 | 36 | 14 | 2.2 km |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 13 | 7 | 3.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Orsainville | 14,751 | 30 | 0 | 1.3 km |
Set against 155 others, 133 have more schools in reach. A English-language school is within reach in 136 of the 156.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sept-Îles
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept-Îles | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Uashat 27 1.6 km | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Maliotenam 13 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Sept-Îles or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Sept-Îles
How do I get a place at a school in Sept-Îles?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
Which boards run the schools in Sept-Îles?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire du Fer (11) and Commission scolaire Eastern Shores (3).
Is there a English-language school in Sept-Îles?
Yes: École Primaire Flemming (Flemming Elementary School, annexe), École Primaire Flemming (Flemming Elementary School) and École secondaire Queen Elizabeth, the English-language schools here.
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).