Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainUnity and its edges hold 5 schools: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
There are none just outside: each is in the town. The schools grade is left out in Saskatchewan, as the province publishes no results school by school.
Schooling in English and French around Unity
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Saskatchewan.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Saskatchewan.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Unity’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Living Sky SD 202 has 4 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Living Sky SD 202Lakeview Colony, Scott Colony, Unity, Unity | English public | 4 |
| Light of Christ RCSSD 16St. Peter's | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Unity
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 5 schools in and around Unity
Towns its size in Saskatchewan
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanview Residents Group | 3,916 | 32 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Outlook | 2,629 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Boothill | 2,613 | 30 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Rosetown | 2,600 | 7 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 38 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Unity | 2,543 | 5 | 0 | 43 km |
| Esterhazy | 2,513 | 2 | 0 | 39 km |
| McNab | 2,510 | 27 | 0 | 1.2 km |
23 of the 33 others have more schools in reach. Of the 34, 0 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. Statistics Canada’s ODEF, 2019–22: the latest open list for this province.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. The area is Unity plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Unity
Which boards run the schools in Unity?
By number of schools: Living Sky SD 202 (4) and Light of Christ RCSSD 16 (1).
Is there a French-language school in Unity?
Not near Unity: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Unity?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · 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).