The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in
Rosemère, Quebec in
Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalgamated. Laurenval School Board, Laurentian School Board and Laurentienne School Trustees were merged, and the English sector of the other school boards of the
Laval,
Laurentides
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and
Lanaudière administrative regions joined to form the new administrative entity.
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is the third largest Anglophone
school board in the
Province of Quebec
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, Canada.
Service area
The service area, over large, includes the
City of Laval and the
Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 C ...
and
Lanaudière regions.
Wards 11-19 serve portions of Laval.
Communities in Ward 1:
Communities in Ward 2:
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Estérel
*
Mille-Isles
*
Morin-Heights
*
Saint-Sauveur
*
Sainte-Adèle
*
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson is a city in Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is partially named after and situated on the western shore of Lake Masson.
History
In the early 1860s, ...
*
Wentworth
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Wentworth-Nord
*Portions of
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
Communities in Ward 3:
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Brownsburg-Chatham
Brownsburg-Chatham is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality.
Economic activities include agriculture, tourism and the manufacture of explosives. It is the hometown of late M ...
*
Grenville
*
Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincia ...
*Portions of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
Communities in Ward 4:
Communities in Ward 5:
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Kanesatake
*
Oka
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* Oka (automobile), a small car designed by AvtoVAZ and produced by ZMA and SeAZ
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Military
* 2B1 Oka, Soviet 420 mm self-propelled mort ...
*
Pointe-Calumet
Pointe-Calumet is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. The municipality is located within the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region. It is situated about 30 minutes northwest of Montreal. Its populatio ...
*
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
*
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality.
History
The territory of the municipality of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac was part of the Lac des Deux-Montagnes S ...
*
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, 40 km from Montreal. It is crossed from east to west by Route 344, commonly known as Oka Ro ...
*
Saint-Placide
*Portions of
Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional Coun ...
Communities in Ward 6:
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Saint-Eustache
* Portions of Deux-Montagnes
* Portions of Mirabel
Communities in Ward 7:
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Blainville
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Boisbriand
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Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, 40 km northwest of the city of Montreal in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality, in the region of Laurentides. Its population was 14,990 during the census ...
*
Sainte-Thérèse
* Portions of
Terrebonne
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*Terrebonne, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal
**Terrebonne station, a commuter railway station in Terrebonne, Quebec
** Terrebonne City Council, the go ...
(in areas formerly in
La Plaine)
Communities in Ward 8:
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Bois-des-Filion
Bois-des-Filion is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, to the north of Montreal.
Historically, hundreds of families annually travelled to this region seasonally to experience the magnificent maple forests; however the ...
*
Lorraine
*
Rosemère
Rosemère is an affluent suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high ...
Communities in Ward 9:
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Charlemagne
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Mascouche
*
Repentigny
*Portions of Terrebonne (within areas formerly in the
Lachenaie and old Terrebonne municipalities)
Communities in Ward 10:
Administrative facilities
The board's head office is in the Administrative Centre on Montée Lesage in
Rosemère
Rosemère is an affluent suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high ...
, next to
Rosemere High School
Rosemere High School (RHS) of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is a high school located in the town of Rosemère, Québec, Canada. It is housed in a two-story structure with enrollment of approximately 1,200 students.
The building is adjace ...
. The board's Educational Services/Complementary Services Centre is located in
Rosemere High School
Rosemere High School (RHS) of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is a high school located in the town of Rosemère, Québec, Canada. It is housed in a two-story structure with enrollment of approximately 1,200 students.
The building is adjace ...
near the gymnasiums, adjacent to the administrative building.
The district previously had its headquarters in the
Duvernay area of
Laval.
Schools
This school board oversees 26
elementary schools, 10
high school
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s, 5 adult and vocational centres, in which over 15,000 students are enrolled.
Elementary schools
* Arundel -
Arundel
* Crestview -
Laval
* Franklin Hill -
Repentigny
* Genesis -
Laval
* Grenville -
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
* Hillcrest Academy -
Laval
* John F. Kennedy -
Laval
* Joliette -
Saint-Charles-Borromée
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* Jules Verne -
Laval
* Laurentia -
St-Jérôme
* Laurentian -
Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincia ...
* McCaig
McCaig
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Rosemère is an affluent suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high ...
* Morin Heights - Morin-Heights
* Mountainview - Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional Coun ...
Our Lady of Peace
- Laval
* Pierre Elliott Trudeau - Blainville
* Pinewood - Mascouche
:Pinewood Elementary School, which is part of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, is located in Mascouche, Quebec
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. The school admits kindergarten through sixth grade students. Prior to merging with Lewis King Elementary School, the institution used to be named Holy Rosary School, as it is next to Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Chemin des Anglais.
* Rawdon - Rawdon
* Souvenir - Laval
* St-Jude - Deux-Montagnes
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* St-Paul/St-Paul Annex - Laval
* St-Vincent - Laval
* Ste-Adèle - Ste-Adèle
* Ste-Agathe Academy - Ste-Agathe-des-Monts
* Terry Fox - Laval
* Twin Oaks - Laval
High schools
* Joliette High - Joliette
* Lake of Two Mountains - Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional Coun ...
* Laurentian Regional - Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincia ...
* Laval Junior Academy - Laval
* Laval Senior Academy - Laval
* Phoenix Alternative - Laval
* Rosemere High School
Rosemere High School (RHS) of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is a high school located in the town of Rosemère, Québec, Canada. It is housed in a two-story structure with enrollment of approximately 1,200 students.
The building is adjace ...
- Rosemère
Rosemère is an affluent suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high ...
* Ste-Agathe Academy - Ste-Agathe-des-Monts
* Mountainview (Batshaw) - Prévost
Adult Education
* CDC Laurier Boisbriand - Boisbriand
* CDC Laurier Lachute - Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincia ...
* CDC Laurier Pont-Viau - Laval
* CDC Laurier Repentigny - Repentigny
* CDC Laurier Vimont - Laval
Former schools
Secondary:
* Mother Teresa Junior High School (French: Mère-Teresa) - Laval
* Laval Junior High School
* Sacred Heart Middle School - Laval
* Batshaw High School ( Prévost)
* Laurier Senior High School (formerly used as Laval Catholic High School)
* Laval Liberty High School
* Western Laval High School (separated in 2005 into Laval Liberty HS and Laval JHS)
Primary:
* Holy Rosary - Mascouche
* Lewis King - Mascouche
See also
* Area Francophone school boards within the SWLSB territory:
** Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles
** Commission scolaire de Laval
** Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord
** Commission scolaire des Samares The Centre de services scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
* List of English educational institutions in Quebec
* Other Anglophone school boards in the Montreal area:
** English Montreal School Board
** Lester B. Pearson School Board
The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB, french: Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson, CSLBP) is one of the largest school boards on the island of Montreal and one of the nine English school boards in the province of Quebec. It is headquartere ...
** Riverside School Board
The Riverside School Board (RSB, french: Commission scolaire Riverside) is an English-language school board in the province of Quebec and provides educational services and programs to all students who have a certificate of eligibility for English ...
References
External links
SWLSB website
(French - English)
CDC Laurier website
(French - English)
List of SWLSB school web sites
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Education in Laval, Quebec
School districts in Quebec
Quebec English School Boards Association
Education in Laurentides
Education in Lanaudière