Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between August 2025 and July 2026.
Collège International Marie de France (CIMF) is a private school located in Montréal at 4635 Queen Mary. It is affiliated with the AEFE network and delivers the French national curriculum alongside the Québec model, preparing students for two French diplomas: the Diplôme National du Brevet (end of 3e) and the Baccalauréat Français (1ère and Terminale). Eight Baccalauréat specialties are offered, and progression supports two streams with options across humanities, sciences, languages, and economics. The school operates from Maternelle through Lycée, with English study beginning in early years and additional languages introduced from CM2. CIMF's campus includes an auditorium of 300 seats, two libraries with around 20,000 titles, a cafeteria, computer and science labs, and a dedicated IT team. Extracurriculars span STEM, arts, languages and community service, including Genius Club, Robotics and Chess, as well as extensive performing arts and music programs. The school welcomes families from roughly seventy nationalities worldwide.
Collège Stanislas is a private, French‑language school with campuses in Québec City and Montréal, serving students from age 3 to 18. It delivers the official French curriculum homologated for use in Quebec, supplemented by Quebec courses, and it operates within the AEFE network while being subsidized by the Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec. The Québec campus educates about 450 students from three‑year‑old kindergarten to terminale in a green, structured setting, and the Montréal campus (Outremont) serves more than 2,600 students from preschool to terminale. The school emphasizes values such as tolerance, honesty, responsibility, effort, cooperation and initiative, with life governed by rules to promote a safe, productive learning environment. A distinctive feature is the music program: the Little Conservatory of Music at the Québec campus and a Music Conservatory at the Montréal campus, complemented by technology and multimedia offerings across both sites, reflecting a blend of French and Quebec educational traditions.
Lower Canada College is a private, coeducational day school in Montreal serving ages 5–18. On a seven-acre campus with five buildings and four mini-schools, LCC offers the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme, alongside the Canadian curriculum, and is the only English-language Quebec school delivering both MYP and DP. The Junior School is bilingual (about 70% French, 30% English) and includes English Language Arts, Français, Culture and Citizenship in Quebec, with a technology focus featuring Scratch Jr, Dash and Dot and The Hour of Code. Technology is integrated across grades, from coding in early years to iPads and Google Classroom in upper grades, with Seesaw as an online portfolio. The Pre-University year (Grade 12) is Montreal's longest-standing Pre-University program, offering an IB/Pre-U pathway with AP options. The DP core (TOK, Extended Essay, CAS) and six subject groups prepare students for universities worldwide; graduates have entered McGill, U of Toronto and UBC. The campus houses the LEED-certified Assaly Arts Centre, Chamandy Arena, Fab Lab, libraries, and a rooftop urban garden opened in 2025.
St. George's School of Montreal is an independent, co-educational day school with a family boarding option for international students, delivering the Canadian Curriculum across two campuses. The elementary campus is at 3685 The Boulevard, Westmount, and the high school campus at 3100 The Boulevard, Montreal, reflecting a history dating to 1930. The Grade 12 Pre-University program leads to the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) through eight credits earned over two terms, with three curricular pathways—Science, Commerce, and Humanities. The Science pathway includes Advanced Biology, Advanced Chemistry, Calculus, and Advanced Physics; Humanities covers Canadian and International Law and World History; Commerce includes Economics, Ethics, and related courses. The program emphasizes inquiry-based, experiential learning and university-focused guidance to support post-secondary plans. Facilities include state-of-the-art computer labs and fully equipped robotics labs, plus the Jaclyn Linetsky Performing Arts Program and the Glee Club. Language support and a dedicated homestay program assist international students.
Alexander von Humboldt German International School (AvH) is a private, co-educational, trilingual school in Baie-D'Urfé, Quebec, a West Island suburb of Montreal. Founded in 1980, the school serves approximately 320 students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. AvH offers trilingual instruction in German, English, and French, following both German (Thuringia) and Quebec curricular requirements. Graduates can earn the German International Abitur and the Quebec Secondary School Diploma.
