Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.02 schools in and around Thurso: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallées. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 2 schools in and around Thurso 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 Thurso
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in English.
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 Thurso’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.
How children get a place in Thurso
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 settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Thurso
High schools within reach of Thurso
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 6 high schools: 4 French public, 1 French Catholic and 1 English public. The shortest trip is to École Sainte-Famille/aux Trois-Chemins, 0.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Sainte-Famille/aux Trois-CheminsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallées | French public | 0.4 km |
| École secondaire catholique L'EscaleSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC de l'Est ontarien | French Catholic | 6.5 km |
| Rockland District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | 7 km |
| École secondaire publique RocklandSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | 7.1 km |
| École secondaire Hormisdas-GamelinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallées | French public | 12 km |
| École Saint-MichelAll grades | Centre de services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallées | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 9 | 4 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | 6 | 0 | 9.6 km |
| Saint-Pascal | 3,516 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Malartic | 3,506 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 15 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 4 | 1 | 10 km |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 3 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Sainte-Mélanie | 3,417 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
More schools than here: 128 of the 178 others. Of the 179, 47 offer 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 Thurso
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest 6.8 km | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6.5 km |
| Rockland 7.7 km | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4.1 km |
| Plaisance 10 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 km |
| L'Ange-Gardien 13 km | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre 14 km | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Cumberland 17 km | 22 | 10 | 10 | 5.3 km |
Among the neighbours, Cumberland has 22, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Inside Thurso’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Thurso
How do I get a place at a school in Thurso?
Start with the body of the network you choose: it names the school for the address.
Is there a English-language school in Thurso?
Not in or within 3 km of Thurso; the English-language board can name the nearest.
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).