The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britanique (also known as Francophone Education Authority or School District No 93) is the French

Canadian French

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-language school board for all French schools located in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. Unlike the other school boards in British Columbia, this school board does not cover a specific geographic area, but instead takes ownership of schools based solely on language.

The school board helps ensure those with constitutional rights to minority language

Minority language

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 education

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 under section 23

Section Twenty-three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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 receive it.

Since its creation in 1995, the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique offers educational programs and services geared towards the growth and cultural promotion of the province’s Francophone learners. An active partner in the development of British Columbia’s Francophone community, the Conseil has presently in its system, and distributed across 78 communities in the province, over 4,350 students and 38 schools, which includes 23 homogeneous schools.

Schools

School	Location	Grades
École Mer et montagne	Campbell River Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...	K-6
Phoenix Middle School Phoenix Middle School Phoenix Middle School is an alternative middle school based on the concept of the Alternative School created by Timothy Dove along with others. Phoenix is located in Worthington, Ohio, and is a part of the Worthington School District....	Campbell River Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...	7-9
Carihi Secondary School Carihi Secondary School Carihi Secondary is a public high school in Campbell River, British Columbia part of SD 72 Vancouver Island and School District 93 Conseil scolaire francophone....	Campbell River Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...	10-12
École La Vérendrye	Chilliwack Chilliwack, British Columbia Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...	K-7
École Au coeur de l'île	Comox Valley	K-10
Isfeld Secondary School	Comox Valley	11
Highland Secondary School	Comox Valley	12
École du Bois-Joli	Delta Delta, British Columbia Delta is a district municipality in British Columbia, and forms part of Metro Vancouver. Located south of Richmond, it is bordered by the Fraser River to the north, the United States to the south and the city of Surrey to the east...	K-6
École Collines d'or	Kamloops	K-7
École de l’Anse-au-sable	Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...	K-12
École des Voyageurs École Des Voyageurs École des Voyageurs is a French first language elementary school located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It serves the French population of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.-Student exchange:...	Langley Langley, British Columbia (city) The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:...	K-7
École des Deux-Rives	Mission Mission, British Columbia Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...	K-7
École Océane	Nanaimo/Ladysmith	K-7
Nanaimo District Secondary School Nanaimo District Secondary School The Nanaimo District Secondary School or Nanaimo District Community School is a public high school in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada which was built in 1952. Since then there have been a few renovations, most notably the 1981 construction of the "tower", which houses a number of computer...	Nanaimo/Ladysmith	8-12
École des Sentiers-Alpins	Nelson Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,...	K-4
École André-Piolat	North Vancouver North Vancouver, British Columbia There are two municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, that use the name North Vancouver. These are:*The City of North Vancouver...	K-12
École de la Vallée de Pemberton	Pemberton Pemberton, British Columbia Pemberton is a village north of Whistler in the Pemberton Valley of British Columbia in Canada, with a population of 2,192. Until the 1960s the village could be accessed only by train but that changed when Highway 99 was built through Whistler and Pemberton.-Climate:The climate of Pemberton is...	K-7
École Entre Lacs	Penticton	K-8
Penticton Secondary	Penticton	9-12
École des Grands Cèdres	Port Alberni	K-6
École des Pionniers	Port Coquitlam	K-12
École Côte du Soleil	Powell River Powell River, British Columbia Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...	K-9
Brooks Secondary School Brooks Secondary School Brooks Secondary high school in Powell River, British Columbia part of School District 47 Powell River. Recent expansion to the school added a 100 by 50 meter turf field. Brooks is also home to the Max Cameron Theatre, a 500-seat two level proscenium theatre. Brooks Secondary was rebuilt on the...	Powell River Powell River, British Columbia Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...	9-12
École Franco-Nord École Franco-Nord École Franco-Nord is a French-language elementary school located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The school's name is a reference to the northern geographic location of Prince George within British Columbia ....	Prince George Prince George, British Columbia Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...	K-7
Duchess Park Secondary School Duchess Park Secondary School Duchess Park Secondary is a public high school in Prince George, British Columbia, part of School District 57 Prince George. It was designed by Vancouver firm Hughes Condon Marler Architects.- History :...	Prince George Prince George, British Columbia Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...	8-12
École des Navigateurs	Richmond Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...	K-6
École des Sept-Sommets	Rossland Rossland, British Columbia Rossland is a city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.Tucked high in the Monashee Mountains, Rossland is at an elevation of 1023 metres . Population today is approximately 3500; a number that fluctuates from season to season. The population is at its peak during the winter...	K-6
École du Pacifique École du Pacifique L'École du Pacifique is a French first language elementary school located in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada. It serves the Francophone population of the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. It includes a French Program at Chatelech Secondary School. Since September 2010, there are 15 staff and 145...	Sechelt/Gibsons Sechelt, British Columbia The District Municipality of Sechelt is on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver, Sechelt is accessible to the mainland of British Columbia via a 40 minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale, and a 25 minute drive from Langdale...	K-7
Chatelech Secondary School	Sechelt/Gibsons Sechelt, British Columbia The District Municipality of Sechelt is on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver, Sechelt is accessible to the mainland of British Columbia via a 40 minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale, and a 25 minute drive from Langdale...	8-12
Les Aiglons	Squamish Squamish, British Columbia Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway...	K-7
École Gabrielle-Roy	Surrey Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...	K-12
École Jack Cook	Terrace Terrace, British Columbia Terrace is a city on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The Kitselas people, a tribe of the Tsimshian Nation, have lived in the Terrace area for thousands of years. The community population fell between 2001 and 2006 from 12,109 with a regional population of 19,980 to 11,320 and...	K-7
École Rose-des-Vents École Rose-des-Vents École Rose-des-Vents is a Francophone school located in Greenwood, Nova Scotia operated by the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial.It was previously known as Russel C. Gordon Elementary School, offering both French and English elementary classes...	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	K-6
Anne-Hébert	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	K-6
École secondaire Jules-Verne École secondaire Jules-Verne École secondaire Jules-Verne is a francophone secondary school located in the Oakridge neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. Named after the French author, it is part of School District 93...	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	7-12
École Victor-Brodeur École Victor-Brodeur École Victor-Brodeur is a French first language K-12 school located in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. It is designed to accommodate 540 students from the Greater Victoria area and to serve as a community centre for the local francophone community...	Esquimalt Esquimalt, British Columbia The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the...	K-12
École La Passerelle	Whistler Whistler, British Columbia Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...	K-7

External links

• http://www.csf.bc.ca/