Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Windsor and its edges hold 3 schools: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
One board, Centre de services scolaire des Sommets, runs them all. Because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.
Where the 3 schools in and around Windsor are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Windsor
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
There is no English-language school among them.
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 Windsor’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one system, 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 Windsor
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
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Windsor
High schools within reach of Windsor
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 French public, 1 independent and 1 English public. 0.7 km away, École secondaire du Tournesol is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire du TournesolSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Sommets | French public | 0.7 km |
| École secondaire de BromptonvilleSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École secondaire régionale de RichmondSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Townships | English public | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 5 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 1 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 14 | 1 | 6.2 km |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 5,393 | 25 | 9 | 0.3 km |
| Chisasibi | 5,382 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Windsor | 5,368 | 3 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | 5,339 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 2 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | 5,242 | 15 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Montréal-Ouest | 5,197 | 73 | 28 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Adstock | 3,203 | 8 | 0 | 16 km |
116 out of 156 comparable towns have more schools. Schooling in English is on hand in 63 of the 157.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Windsor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Val-Joli 4.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 5 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 km |
| Saint-Claude 7.2 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Melbourne 14 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton 15 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Richmond 15 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 km |
Next door, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton counts 5 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Windsor or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. The French service centre and the English board each cover the whole territory with their own schools.
- The year. The provincial list 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. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
Questions about schools in Windsor
How do I get a place at a school in Windsor?
For an English school, get the certificate of eligibility first; for a French one, the service centre is enough.
Is there a English-language school in Windsor?
None within 3 km of Windsor. The English-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).