Where is French immersion in Alberta?

French immersion in Alberta

Click here for a list of French immersion schools

We have indicated, to the best of our knowledge, the grades in which French immersion is offered in each school. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information, and so it is important to contact the school to confirm.

Early French Immersion

(students begin in kindergarten or grade 1)

Airdrie (public district)
Ardrossan (public district)
Athabasca (public district)
Barrhead (public district)
Beaumont (public and catholic/separate districts)
Bonnyville (catholic/separate district)
Calgary (public and separate/catholic districts)
Camrose (public district)
Canmore (public district)
Chestermere (public district)
Cochrane (public district)
Cold Lake (public district and separate/catholic districts)
Edmonton (public and separate/catholic districts)
Edson (public district)
Fahler / Donnelly (public district)
Fort McMurray (public and separate/catholic districts)
Fort Saskatchewan (public district)
Grande Prairie (public and separate/catholic districts)
High River (public district)
Hinton (public district)
Innisfail (public and separate/catholic districts)
Jasper (public district)
Lacombe (public district)
Leduc (public district)
Lethbridge (public and separate/catholic districts)
Lloydminster (separate/catholic district)
Mallaig (public district)
Medicine Hat (public and separate/catholic districts)
Morinville (public/catholic district)
Okotoks (public district)
Okotoks (separate/catholic district) (beginning Sept.2011)
Olds (public district)
Peace River (public and separate/catholic districts)
Pincher Creek (separate/catholic district)
Plamondon (public district)
Red Deer (public and separate/catholic districts)
Rocky Mountain House (public district)
Sherwood Park (public and separate/catholic districts)
Springbank (public district)
Spruce Grove (public district)
St. Albert (catholic/public and protestant/separate districts)
St. Paul (public district)
Stony Plain (public district)
Sylvan Lake (public and separate/catholic districts)
Westlock (public district)
Wetaskiwin (public district)
Whitecourt (catholic/separate district)

Late French Immersion

(students begin in grade 6 or 7)

Calgary (public and separate/catholic districts) (gr.7 entry)
Edmonton (public district) (gr.7 entry)
Okotoks (separate/catholic district) (gr.7 entry)
Red Deer (public district) (gr.6 entry)
St.Albert (protestant/separate district) (gr.7 entry)

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