Photo: Robert Garry · CC BY-SA 4.018 schools in and around Thetford Mines: 13 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade
Inside the town there are 17; another 1 sit within 3 km. In English: 2 of the 18 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%.
Where the 18 schools in and around Thetford Mines 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 Thetford Mines
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The English-language schools are École primaire Saint-Patrick and École secondaire A.S. Johnson Memorial, run by Commission scolaire Central Québec.
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 Thetford Mines’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Their systems: French service centres 16 and English boards 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Centre de services scolaire des Appalaches has 16 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 des AppalachesPolyvalente de Black Lake, Polyvalente de Thetford Mines, Polyvalente de Thetford Mines (CFP le Tremplin), AIBL, Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Louis, Saint-Noël, Saint-Noël (Polyvalente de Thetford) … | French public | 16 |
| Commission scolaire Central Québecprimaire Saint-Patrick, A.S. Johnson Memorial | English public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Thetford Mines
English schools in Quebec
Eligibility for English schooling comes from the family’s schooling history; without a certificate, a child goes to a French school.
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 Thetford Mines
High schools within reach of Thetford Mines
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
5 secondary schools are within 15 km: 4 French public and 1 English public. For the shortest journey, Polyvalente de Thetford Mines: 1.2 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyvalente de Thetford MinesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Appalaches | French public | 1.2 km |
| Polyvalente de Thetford MinesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Appalaches | French public | 1.5 km |
| École secondaire A.S. Johnson MemorialSecondary | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 2.7 km |
| Polyvalente de Black LakeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Appalaches | French public | 7.1 km |
| École Saint-LouisAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Appalaches | French public | 7.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouyn-Noranda | 43,270 | 40 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Laurendeau | 27,321 | 37 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Parc-Kent | 27,291 | 138 | 45 | 0.6 km |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 37 | 2 | 0.1 km |
| La Prairie | 27,159 | 28 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Thetford Mines | 27,155 | 18 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | 26,786 | 31 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 26,673 | 11 | 1 | 2.2 km |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 119 | 49 | 0.9 km |
| Sault-au-Récollet | 25,464 | 126 | 13 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Parc-Lafontaine | 16,386 | 96 | 15 | 0.8 km |
Set against 126 others, 110 have more schools in reach. 117 of 127 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 Thetford Mines
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thetford Mines | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine 15 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Adstock 17 km | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
It outnumbers its 2 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Thetford Mines’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- 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.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. A service centre runs the French-language public schools of its territory, a school board the English ones.
Questions about schools in Thetford Mines
Which boards run the schools in Thetford Mines?
Centre de services scolaire des Appalaches (16) and Commission scolaire Central Québec (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a English-language school in Thetford Mines?
Yes, there are English-language schools: École primaire Saint-Patrick and École secondaire A.S. Johnson Memorial.
How do I get a place at a school in Thetford Mines?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec. · 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).