Register a Student

The Western Québec School Board is proud to provide English language instruction as well as French Immersion programs.

  • To register for Pre-Kindergarten (K4) for school year 2024-2025, a child must be 4 years of age by September 30, 2024. See which of our schools offer K4 in the Registration Contacts section below.
  • To register for Kindergarten (K5) for school year 2024-2025, a child must be 5 years of age by September 30, 2024.
  • To register for Grade 1 for school year 2024-2025, a child must be 6 years of age by September 30, 2024.

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First Steps

  • Verify that the child is eligible to English education in Québec;
  • Use our School Locator to determine the child’s boundary school. To apply for a transfer to another WQ school, see Cross-Boundary Requests;
  • Obtain a copy of all necessary documents:
    • Child’s original long-form birth certificate bearing parents’ names;
    • Canadian Citizenship of the parent who will render the child eligible;
    • Québec driver’s license of the parent/guardian responsible for the child or Lease/House Deed and a utility bill;
  • In the meantime, parents can contact the Admissions team or their boundary school for any and all other questions.

School Registration Contacts

To register, contact your child’s boundary school by telephone or e-mail using the directory below.

  • K5 registrations for the 2024-2025 school year begin 7 February 2024.
  • K4 registrations for the 2024-2025 school year take place 26 February to 1 March 2024.

After these dates, registrations will be ongoing by appointment only.

Registration of International Students

For information on registration of an international student to an Elementary or Secondary school, contact the School Organization Department directly.

Cross-Boundary Requests

Parents are asked to register their child in their boundary school. Cross-Boundary Requests allow parents to request to send their child to another school located outside of the boundaries of a given school (in other words, the territory served by a school). This transfer request is made to the Department of School Organization, which will review it individually before submitting a recommendation to the General Directorate.


Frequently Asked Questions


Contact the School Organization Department

Sabrina Crawford, Admissions Call 819-684-2336 #540008 or send an email using the form on the Contact page and selecting Admissions & School Organization.Do you prefer to speak with the person in charge of registrations at a specific school? A directory can be found higher on this page, in the form of a PDF document.
School Organization Department
Western Québec School Board
15 Katimavik, Gatineau (QC) J9J 0E9