Conseil scolaire catholique

What Conseil scolaire catholique does

Conseil scolaire catholique des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR) is a publicly funded French-language Catholic school board operating under Ontario's Education Act, headquartered in Timmins, Ontario, and serving families across Northeastern Ontario. Founded in 1998 (originally as Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières, renamed in October 2024) and governed by elected trustees, the board operates 29 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools, and 3 alternative education centers across communities including Timmins, Hearst, Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, Temiskaming Shores, Cochrane, and Iroquois Falls. It delivers a full K-12 continuum plus adult education, special education, Indigenous education programming, francization (French-language immersion) services, early childhood centers, before/after school programs, and student transportation.

CSCDGR's revenue model is government-funded rather than commercial: the board receives per-pupil grants and provincial allocations from the Ontario Ministry of Education, with no tuition charged to residents for standard K-12 education. Residents may direct their school taxes to CSCDGR or to the local public board. Operationally, the board relies on a conventional enterprise technology stack — Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams for communications, a proprietary virtual learning environment (EAV / Environnement d'Apprentissage Virtuel) for online course delivery, and the BusPlanner system for student transportation routing and parent notifications. In March 2025, CSCDGR joined three other Northeastern Ontario boards to form the EnRoute Transportation Consortium, a joint-venture approach to shared transportation services.

CSCDGR's go-to-market is enrollment-based rather than sales-driven: families enroll children directly at schools or through a central enrollment process, with the board supporting outreach via its website, social media (Facebook, X/Twitter), email newsletters, parent webinars, podcasts, open houses, and a Parent Participation Committee. The board is led by Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer Jérémie Lepage (appointed 2024, succeeding Sylvie Petroski), with elected trustees providing governance oversight under President Langis H. Dion and Vice-President Isabelle Charbonneau. The 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, developed through community consultation, frames the board's forward direction.

Name

Conseil scolaire catholique

Legal name

Conseil scolaire catholique des Grandes Rivières

Website

https://en.cscdgr.education

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Conseil scolaire catholique des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR) is a publicly funded Ontario French-language Catholic school board operating 40 schools (elementary, secondary, and alternative education) across Northeastern Ontario, serving Franco-Ontarian families with K-12 education and ancillary programs under provincial mandate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education (French-language Catholic)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Center Education Programs (EDAAAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Charter Special Education & Inclusive Programs (EDAJACAF), Behavioral & Social-Emotional Support (ABA, PBIS, Counseling) (EDAJAKAE)

Keywords

• French-language Catholic education
• K-12 public education
• Special education services
• Indigenous education programs
• Virtual learning environment

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CSCDGR is a publicly funded French-language Catholic school board that operates kindergarten through Grade 12 education across 40 schools in Northeastern Ontario. Its core offerings include elementary and secondary classroom instruction, alternative and adult education, special education services, Indigenous education programming, francization language programs, faith education grounded in Catholic values, early childhood daycare and before/after school care, bus transportation, and the EAV virtual learning environment for remote educational access. The board is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education and does not charge tuition to residents for standard K-12 education.

Product overview

CSCDGR (Conseil scolaire catholique des Grandes Rivières) operates a comprehensive French-language Catholic education system serving northeastern Ontario. The organization manages 28 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools, and 3 alternative education centers. Core offerings include traditional classroom education at all levels, the EAV virtual learning environment for remote access, specialized services including special education, speech therapy, and Indigenous education programs, bus transportation via the EnRoute Transportation Consortium, and early childhood programs including daycare and before/after school care. The board also provides faith education grounded in Catholic values, francization programs for language development, and alternative education pathways for students requiring flexible learning options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elementary Education

Quantifiable outcome

• 29 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools, and 3 alternative education centres across Northeastern Ontario
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB): Canada's largest Catholic school board, operating under the same Ontario Education Act and per-pupil funding model as CSCDGR. Provides a comparable structural reference point at substantially greater scale, useful for benchmarking operating efficiency and program breadth.

Direct peers

• Conseil scolaire catholique Providence: Ontario French-language Catholic school board serving Southwestern Ontario. Same regulatory framework, Education Act governance, and per-pupil funding model as CSCDGR, with comparable K-12 plus special education programming.
• Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB): Ontario publicly funded English-language Catholic school board. Shares the same Education Act governance and per-pupil funding framework as CSCDGR, operating a comparable K-12 + special education portfolio at larger scale.
• Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien (CSDCEO): Ontario French-language Catholic school board covering Eastern Ontario with the same public funding structure and Education Act mandate. Comparable scale and program portfolio to CSCDGR.
• Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir: Another Ontario publicly funded French-language Catholic school board serving South-Central Ontario. Structurally identical mandate, funding model, and service portfolio as CSCDGR, making it the most direct functional comparator.
• Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario (CSDGN): Ontario French-language Catholic school board serving Northwestern Ontario. Direct functional peer for rural/semi-rural French-Catholic K-12 delivery under the same provincial funding model.
• Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord: Ontario French-language Catholic school board serving the North Bay / Nipissing region. Adjacent geographic mandate to CSCDGR with overlapping rural service area characteristics and identical funding framework.
• Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario (CSPNE): Public French-language school board serving the same Northeastern Ontario region as CSCDGR. The 2022 Alliance Catholic–Public joint secondary school in Iroquois Falls evidences deep operational partnership; functionally comparable in scale and mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cscdgr
• Facebookfacebook.com/cscdgr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conseil-scolaire-catholique

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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