Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0The schools around Varennes answer to 4 boards
Centre de services scolaire des Affluents has 15 of them, and Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île, Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes and Commission scolaire Riverside share the others. Of the 45, one teaches in English (10% of schools in Quebec). The 3 km around Varennes counts 34 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des AffluentsAlphonse-Desjardins (Alphonse Desjardins), Alphonse-Desjardins (Lionel-Groulx), Henri-Bourassa, Jean-XXIII, Jean-XXIII (Jean-XXIII Annexe), Longpré, Longpré (Longpré annexe), Louis-Fréchette … | French public | 15 |
| Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'ÎleFrançois-La-Bernarde, Félix-Leclerc, Le Tournesol, Marc-Laflamme / Le Prélude (Marc-Laflamme-Le Prélude annexe), Marc-Laflamme / Le Prélude (Marc-Laflamme-Le Prélude), Montmartre, Notre-Dame, Saint-Marcel … | French public | 14 |
| Centre de services scolaire des PatriotesJ.-P.-Labarre, Le Rocher, Le Sablier, Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine, Père-Marquette, de la Source, du Carrousel, la Roseraie … | French public | 12 |
| Commission scolaire RiversidePrimaire Boucherville | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 45 schools in and around Varennes are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Varennes
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Commission scolaire Riverside runs the English-language ones: École Primaire Boucherville.
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 Varennes’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: French service centres 41, English boards 1 and independent 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Varennes
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
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
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 45 schools in and around Varennes
Show all 34 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Varennes
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
42 secondary schools are within 15 km: 33 French public, 8 independent and 1 English public. First by distance comes École secondaire le Carrefour, at 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire le CarrefourSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 0.7 km |
| École secondaire De MortagneSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 1.5 km |
| École secondaire de ChamblySecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 1.5 km |
| Collège Saint-PaulSecondary | – | Independent | 1.6 km |
| École secondaire de la Pointe-aux-TremblesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 5.6 km |
| École Le TournesolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 5.6 km |
| École Marc-Laflamme / Le PréludeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 6 km |
| École secondaire Daniel-JohnsonSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 6.2 km |
| École orientante l'ImpactSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 7.4 km |
| École Marc-Laflamme / Le PréludeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 7.4 km |
All 42 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège St-Jean-VianneySecondary | – | Independent | 7.5 km |
| Collège St-Jean-Vianney, CSJV internationalAll grades | – | Independent | 7.5 km |
| École secondaire Guy-VanierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 8.7 km |
| École secondaire La PasserelleSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 9 km |
| Cité des PrairiesSecondary | Commission scolaire English-Montréal | English public | 9 km |
| École secondaire Jean-Claude-CrevierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 9.1 km |
| École Les Trois SaisonsAll grades | – | Independent | 9.1 km |
| La Réussite inc.Secondary | – | Independent | 9.2 km |
| École secondaire De MortagneSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 9.2 km |
| École secondaire Jean-Claude-CrevierSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 9.6 km |
| École secondaire Jean-Baptiste-MeilleurSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 9.7 km |
| École de programme intégré secondaireSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 9.7 km |
| École secondaire l'HorizonSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 11 km |
| Centre d'intégration scolaire inc.All grades | – | Independent | 11 km |
| École secondaire François-WilliamsSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 11 km |
| Collège Mont-RoyalSecondary | – | Independent | 11 km |
| École secondaire Irma-LeVasseurSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 11 km |
| École Louise-TrichetSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 12 km |
| École Louise-TrichetSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire AnjouSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 12 km |
| École de la LancéeAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire du Grand-CoteauSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire Jean-GrouSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire Des RivesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 12 km |
| École Le TournesolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île | French public | 12 km |
| Académie DuntonSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire Félix-LeclercSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 13 km |
| École Édouard-MontpetitSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 14 km |
| École Louis-RielSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 14 km |
| École Marie-AnneSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal | French public | 15 km |
| Collège d'AnjouSecondary | – | Independent | 15 km |
| École secondaire l'EnvoléeSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Affluents | French public | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande-Prairie | 34,316 | 104 | 15 | 1.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Petite-Bourgogne | 21,834 | 71 | 29 | 0.7 km |
| Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay | 21,776 | 35 | 1 | 2.8 km |
| Mont-Bleu | 21,636 | 29 | 3 | 1 km |
| Ile-des-Soeurs | 21,568 | 39 | 10 | 1.6 km |
| Varennes | 21,490 | 45 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Chameran/Montpellier | 21,170 | 101 | 14 | 1 km |
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 149 | 66 | 0.4 km |
| Dorval | 21,062 | 46 | 17 | 0.2 km |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 20,864 | 15 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Centre-Ville | 12,981 | 66 | 29 | 0.6 km |
90 of the 171 others have more schools in reach. Schooling in English is on hand in 145 of the 172.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Varennes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varennes | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles 5.7 km | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1.3 km |
| Charlemagne 7.4 km | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Montréal-Est 7.9 km | 51 | 5 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Boucherville 8.6 km | 64 | 2 | 7 | 0.6 km |
| Repentigny 9.7 km | 49 | 2 | 6 | 0.9 km |
| Rivière-des-Prairies 10 km | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1.2 km |
64 schools make Boucherville the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Varennes or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
Questions about schools in Varennes
Is there a English-language school in Varennes?
Yes: École Primaire Boucherville, the English-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Varennes?
The town holds 11 of them; 34 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in Varennes?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
Which boards run the schools in Varennes?
Centre de services scolaire des Affluents (15), Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île (14), Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes (12) and Commission scolaire Riverside (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in Quebec, 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).