Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial

What Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial does

Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial (CSAP) is the only French-language public school board in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, serving the Acadian and Francophone community across preschool through grade 12. The board operates 23 schools and 19 preschool sites delivering tuition-free public education, an École virtuelle (virtual school) for remote learners, and the Grandir en français early childhood program. CSAP is governed by an elected council and operates under the strategic plan 2024-2030, which centers student success, cultural vitality, and community engagement.

CSAP's product surface covers the full K-12 spectrum in French, including core academic instruction, the Gradir en français early childhood offering, the École virtuelle remote learning channel, the universal lunch program rolling out for 2026-2027, and a scholarship program that awarded $1,986,039 to the 2026 graduating cohort of 411 students. The platform is built on a publicly funded school-district operating model with a family portal for stakeholder communications.

CSAP is funded primarily through the Nova Scotia Department of Education via per-pupil and operating grants, with revenue mechanics tied to provincial budget cycles and enrollment. The model is non-commercial and tuition-free; the "customer" base is the francophone population of Nova Scotia, with the Office of Acadian Affairs and Ministry of Education acting as the primary regulator and funder. Two new schools — École Mer et Monde and École Baie Sainte-Marie — are in build-out, and a tripartite working group with the Ministry of Education and Office of Acadian Affairs was established in October 2025 to coordinate infrastructure investment.

Name

Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial

Legal name

Conseil scolaire acadien provincial

Website

https://csap.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial (CSAP) is the only French-language public school board in Nova Scotia, Canada, operating 23 schools and 19 preschool sites to deliver tuition-free preschool through grade 12 education to the Acadian and Francophone community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Language Schools (611630), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Language Immersion & Bilingual Private Schools (EDAJABAL)

Keywords

• French-language education
• Public school board
• K-12 education
• Preschool education
• Francophone schools

Headquarters

HQ city

Saulnierville

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Conseil scolaire acadien provincial operates the only French-language school board in Nova Scotia, delivering tuition-free French first-language education from preschool through grade 12 across 23 schools and 19 preschool sites province-wide. It also teaches the English first-language program and offers supplementary services including virtual schooling, transportation, absence reporting, digital library access, and a school lunch program.

Product overview

Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial operates as a unified French-language school system offering education from preschool (Grandir en français) through grade 12 across 23 schools and 19 preschool sites in Nova Scotia. The core offerings include in-person education, virtual school (École virtuelle), and family engagement through the ÉcolesPlus portal. Supporting services include transportation (BusPlanner), the SafeArrivals absence reporting system, the BiblioVirtuo digital library, a school lunch program, and the Centre provincial de ressources pédagogiques (CPRP) for teacher support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• French first-language K-12 education French first-language education from preschool through grade 12 following Nova Scotia Department of Education programs, delivered across 23 schools in the province for Acadian and Francophone students.
• Grandir en français (Early childhood program) Early childhood program focused on French language and cultural development for young children, including preschool services at 19 sites across Nova Scotia.
• École virtuelle (Virtual school) Virtual school program offering online education options for students across Nova Scotia's French-language school system.
• ÉcolesPlus (Family portal) Family portal providing access to school information, communications, and services for parents and guardians of CSAP students.
• BiblioVirtuo (Digital library) Digital library service providing access to e-books and digital resources for students.
• SafeArrivals (Absence reporting) Absence reporting system that allows parents to report student absences, tardiness, or early departures via app, website, or phone.
• Programme de repas du midi (School lunch program) School lunch program that was piloted for two years and expanded to all CSAP schools for the 2026-2027 school year.
• Transport scolaire (School transportation) School transportation service using BusPlanner system for route management and real-time bus location tracking.
• Centre provincial de ressources pédagogiques (CPRP) Provincial center for educational resources providing pedagogical support and materials for teachers and schools.
• English first-language program English first-language program offered in all CSAP schools throughout the province.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ministry of Education and Early Childhood Development (Nova Scotia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Tripartite working group established in October 2025 between the Ministry of Education and Early Childhood Development, the Office of Acadian Affairs and Francophonie, and CSAP. The group focuses on strengthening French minority language education through collaborative infrastructure planning, student admission criteria, transportation needs analysis, and curriculum development including the new 'Grandir en français' early childhood program.
• Office of Acadian Affairs and Francophonie (Nova Scotia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Tripartite working group with the Ministry of Education and CSAP to support and strengthen French minority language education in Nova Scotia. Addresses infrastructure, admission criteria, transportation, and curriculum priorities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud: Ontario French-language Catholic school board serving francophone minority students from preschool through grade 12. Comparable mandate, funding structure, and student population to CSAP's French first-language public education offering.
• Conseil scolaire des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario: Eastern Ontario French-language public school board. Operates multiple schools and preschool sites across a wide geographic area to serve francophone minority families, mirroring CSAP's model in Nova Scotia.
• Conseil scolaire fransaskois: Saskatchewan's French-language school board. Similar structure to CSAP as a provincial francophone minority school board offering K–12 and preschool programming under provincial government funding.
• Conseil scolaire Viamonde: Public French-language school board in Ontario. Directly comparable as a publicly funded francophone minority school board offering K–12 instruction across multiple regional offices and schools, with a similar governance and funding model to CSAP.
• Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique: British Columbia's French-language public school board. Comparable as a publicly funded minority-language school board serving francophone families across a large, geographically dispersed province.

Regional players

• Halifax Regional Centre for Education: English-language public school board serving the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia. Comparable as a provincial school board operating within the same Nova Scotia education system but serving the English-language majority rather than the francophone minority that CSAP serves.
• South Shore Regional Centre for Education: Nova Scotia regional English-language school board. Comparable as a Nova Scotia public school board serving families in rural communities with similar governance and funding structures, though operating in the English-language stream rather than French.

Broad incumbents

• Commission scolaire de Montréal: Major Quebec French-language school board operating a large network of schools. Comparable as a French-language school board operator with established pedagogical resource centres and program offerings, though serving the French majority in Quebec rather than a francophone minority community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/conseil-scolaire-acadien-provincial
• Instagraminstagram.com/csap.officiel
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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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