Photo: Chicoutimi · CC BY-SA 3.0Teaching in English: 2 of Stanstead’s 3 schools
Those are Collège Stanstead and École primaire Sunnyside (Commission scolaire Eastern Townships). Within 3 km of Stanstead are 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. 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 Stanstead
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 Townships runs the English-language ones: Collège Stanstead and École primaire Sunnyside.
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 3 schools in and around Stanstead are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Stanstead’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is French service centres 1, English boards 1 and independent 1.
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 des Sommets counts 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des Sommetsdu Jardin-des-Frontières | French public | 1 |
| Commission scolaire Eastern Townshipsprimaire Sunnyside | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Stanstead
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.
English schools in Quebec
English public schooling in Quebec needs a certificate of eligibility, usually earned through a parent’s English elementary schooling in Canada; other children attend French schools.
Independent schools
Independent schools choose their students and charge fees, with part of their costs paid by the province when they qualify.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Stanstead
High schools within reach of Stanstead
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Collège Stanstead, 1.2 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège StansteadSecondary | – | Independent | 1.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 4,775 | 2 | 1 | 16 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | 3,018 | 5 | 0 | 5.8 km |
| Lac-des-Écorces | 3,005 | 3 | 0 | 12 km |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 21 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Stanstead | 2,994 | 3 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | 2,961 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Dégelis | 2,943 | 6 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 5 | 0 | 6.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Set against 156 others, 82 have more schools in reach. 39 of 157 have a school teaching in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Stanstead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanstead | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Stanstead 14 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Ayer's Cliff 19 km | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Stanstead and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Stanstead
How many schools are there in Stanstead?
Every one of them, 3, is inside the town.
Is there a English-language school in Stanstead?
Yes: Collège Stanstead and École primaire Sunnyside, the English-language schools here.
Which boards run the schools in Stanstead?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire des Sommets (1) and Commission scolaire Eastern Townships (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Stanstead?
Start with the body of the network you choose: it names the school for the address.
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).