Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Yamaska’s teenagers travel 14 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. The schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Yamaska
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 3 French public. École secondaire Fernand-Lefebvre lies closest, 14 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Fernand-LefebvreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 14 km |
| École secondaire Fernand-Lefebvre - Pavillon TournesolAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 14 km |
| École secondaire Bernard-GariépySecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Sorel-Tracy | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Yamaska 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 Yamaska
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
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 Yamaska’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to 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 Yamaska
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
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Yamaska
Schools in the towns around Yamaska
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Saint-Robert 4.7 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-François-du-Lac 9.8 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 km |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 11 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Pierreville 11 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 km |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 14 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Sorel-Tracy 16 km | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 km |
The busiest neighbour is Sorel-Tracy, with 14 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. The area is Yamaska plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- Boards and systems. Quebec’s public schools come under French service centres or English school boards, by language since 1998; private schools stand apart.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Yamaska
How many schools are there in Yamaska?
All 2 are inside the town itself.
Is there a English-language school in Yamaska?
Not within 3 km of Yamaska. The English-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Yamaska?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
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).