Commission Scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries

What Commission Scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries does

Commission Scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries, legally known as Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries (CSSDGS), is a Quebec-government-mandated public school service centre headquartered at 50 boulevard Taschereau, La Prairie. It provides free public education from preschool (Maternelle 4 and 5 ans) through secondary school, including specialized programs, alternative primary schools, particular pedagogical projects (PPP), summer courses, and transition support to CEGEP. Beyond K-12, the organisation operates adult general education (Formation générale aux adultes), vocational training at Centre de formation professionnelle de La Prairie and École de formation professionnelle de Châteauguay, a Centre d'entrepreneuriat, and a Service aux entreprises (SAE) offering customized workforce training to employers. It serves 31,995 students across 55 educational establishments with 7,085 employees and operates 1,280 daily school bus routes.

Core technology is centred on the Mozaïk Portail platform, which provides Espace Élèves, Espace Parents, and Clic école modules for grade tracking, bulletins, and school communications, supplemented by the mondep.com vocational-training catalogue, an online payment system for school fees, and the SILEI (Système d'information pour les élèves internationaux au secondaire) intake workflow built on Microsoft Office Forms. HR and recruitment are managed via the Workland platform. No proprietary AI, machine-learning, or advanced analytics capabilities are disclosed.

The business model is non-commercial: services are provided free of charge to Quebec residents, funded primarily through operational grants from the Quebec Ministry of Education (allocated based on student enrolment) and supplemented by territory-collected school taxes (taxe scolaire) levied on property owners. Revenue from vocational training, adult education, international-student fees, and corporate training through SAE is incremental. The organisation was restructured and renamed from a Commission scolaire to a Centre de services scolaire in 2020 under Quebec's school-board reform.

Name

Commission Scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries

Legal name

Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries

Website

https://csdgs.qc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries (formerly Commission scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries) is a Quebec public school service centre serving 31,995 students across 55 establishments in southwestern Quebec, funded by provincial education grants and school taxes and offering preschool through secondary, vocational, and adult education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Needs / Paratransit Student Transportation Services (EDAEADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Education Staffing & Contracted Providers (Paras, Therapists, Specialists) (EDAJAKAL)

Keywords

• Public education services
• Vocational training programs
• Adult general education
• School transportation services
• Special education support

Headquarters

HQ city

La Prairie

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public education services funded primarily through the Quebec Ministry of Education. School boards receive operational funding from the provincial government based on student enrollment and operational requirements.
2. School Tax Revenue: School boards in Quebec collect school taxes (taxe scolaire) from property owners in their territory to supplement operational funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries delivers publicly funded educational services from preschool (maternelle 4 and 5 ans) through secondary school, plus vocational training and adult education, through a network of 55 establishments serving approximately 31,995 students in southwestern Quebec. Core offerings include preschool and primary education, secondary education with special pedagogical projects, vocational training at CFP La Prairie and ÉFPC Châteauguay, adult general education at CFGADGS, entrepreneurship support at CEDGS, and corporate training services through SAE. All services are delivered free of charge to Quebec residents, supported by the Mozaïk Portail digital ecosystem and supplemented by school transportation across 1,280 daily bus routes.

Product overview

The Centre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries (CSSDGS) is a Quebec public school board providing comprehensive educational services across 55 establishments serving 31,995 students. The organization operates a unified educational ecosystem comprising preschool/primary, secondary, and professional/vocational training programs, along with adult education and business services. Core digital infrastructure centers on the Mozaïk Portail platform for student and parent access, supplemented by specialized training portals (mondep.com, CFPL, EFPC), adult education services (CFGADGS), and entrepreneurship support (CEDGS). The school board operates 1,280 daily school bus routes and provides professional student services, online payments, and admissions management through integrated digital platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Préscolaire et primaire (Preschool and Primary Education)

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Mozaïk Solutions: Provider of the Mozaïk Portail platform used by CSSDGS and other Quebec school service centres; an enabling technology vendor rather than a direct competitor but highly relevant for benchmarking digital infrastructure investment.
• Rio Tinto (Workforce Training Partnerships): Large Quebec employer that contracts with school boards for customized vocational training through Service aux entreprises programs — a representative customer-side stakeholder relevant to the SAE growth thesis.

Broad incumbents

• Calgary Board of Education: Alberta public school board of comparable scale and scope; provides K-12 and alternative programs under provincial governance analogous to Quebec's CSS structure.
• Vancouver School Board: British Columbia public school board serving a comparable urban-suburban population; operates under a different provincial mandate but comparable in scope of services and governance structure.
• Toronto District School Board: Larger Canadian public school board operating under a different provincial framework (Ontario) but with analogous mandate, scale, and digital-portal-driven parent/student services.
• Peel District School Board: Large Ontario public school board with comparable K-12 mandate and large-scale student information systems; useful proxy for digital infrastructure and operational scale.

Direct peers

• Commission scolaire English-Montréal: Quebec English-language public school board with similar preschool-through-adult mandate; shares the same provincial funding framework and regulatory environment as CSSDGS.
• Centre de services scolaire de la Vallée-des-Tisserands: Quebec public school service centre serving a comparable southwestern Quebec territory; offers the same preschool-through-adult education mandate and is subject to identical provincial funding rules as CSSDGS.
• Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin: Quebec school service centre of similar scale operating on the south shore of Montreal, providing K-12, vocational, and adult education under the same provincial framework.
• Centre de services scolaire de Saint-Hyacinthe: Regional Quebec public school service centre offering preschool, primary, secondary, vocational training, and adult education with comparable operational structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/csdgs.qc.ca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cssdgs
• Instagraminstagram.com/cssdesgrandesseigneuries
• Xx.com/CSSDGS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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