Eastern Shores School Board

What Eastern Shores School Board does

Eastern Shores School Board (legal name: Commission scolaire Eastern Shores) is a public English-language school board established under Quebec's Education Act and headquartered at 40 Mountsorrel, New Carlisle, Quebec. It operates 16 K-12 schools (pre-kindergarten through secondary V) and 5 Adult and Vocational Education Centres (Wakeham, The Anchor, Listuguj, Northern Lights, and Grosse-Île) across three Quebec administrative regions: Bas-Saint-Laurent (01), Côte-Nord (09), and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11). The board serves English-speaking families eligible under Quebec's Charter of the French Language (Bill 101), as well as Mi'kmaq First Nations communities (Gespeg, Gesgapegiag, Listuguj, Uashat, Maliotenam, Mingan, Natashquan, Kawawachikamach) and offers culturally inclusive programming, outdoor education, and bilingual delivery.

The technology stack is non-proprietary and modest, consisting of the Mozaïk Parent Portal for family engagement and student progress tracking, a SharePoint-based staff portal for internal forms, and standard office productivity tooling. There is no proprietary platform or technology product; the board's "products" are services (teaching, vocational training, employer training). Programs include a 1,095-hour Construction Equipment Operation course with simulator-based training, ASP Health & Safety on Construction Sites training, carpentry-joinery, accounting, social sciences, and support services in health and social assistance. A new attestation in naval construction was announced in partnership with Centre de services scolaire des Chic-Chocs in December 2025.

The revenue model is government-funded and not commercially marketed. Operating revenue comes primarily from Quebec Ministry of Education grants, supplemented by school taxes levied under Quebec Law 3 (current rate $0.08423 per $100 of standardized assessment, 8% interest on arrears, tax base period July 1 to June 30). Tuition from adult learners and fees from the Service-to-Business employer training program represent marginal incremental revenue. Distribution is direct: students enroll through schools or the board office, and adult/vocational learners enroll through the five centres or via employer-customized contracts. Leadership is headed by Director General Denise Simoneau (24 years in education), with a management team of approximately 12 directors/coordinators overseeing educational services, finance, HR, IT, material resources, and school organization.

Name

Eastern Shores School Board

Legal name

Commission scolaire Eastern Shores

Website

https://essb.qc.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Eastern Shores School Board is a Quebec public English-language school board headquartered in New Carlisle, operating 16 K-12 schools and 5 adult/vocational education centres across Bas-Saint-Laurent, Côte-Nord, and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, serving English-speaking families and Mi'kmaq First Nations communities under Quebec's Education Act.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public education services
• K-12 schooling
• Vocational training programs
• Adult education
• English-language instruction

Headquarters

HQ city

New Carlisle

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Eastern Shores School Board (Commission scolaire Eastern Shores) operates 16 English-language K-12 schools and 5 Adult and Vocational Education centres across three Quebec administrative regions (Bas-Saint-Laurent, Côte-Nord, and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine). It provides pre-kindergarten through secondary education, special needs support, bilingual and First Nations cultural programming, and workforce training including vocational certification courses.

Product overview

Eastern Shores School Board operates a network of 16 K-12 English-language schools across three administrative regions in Quebec (Bas-Saint-Laurent, Côte-Nord, and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine), complemented by five Adult and Vocational Education centers. The organization provides elementary and secondary education services alongside vocational training programs through dedicated centers in Wakeham, The Anchor, Listuguj, Northern Lights, and Grosse-Île. Service to Business offerings deliver customized professional development to regional employers. The Mozaïk parent portal enables family engagement with schools. The portfolio also includes a Construction Equipment Operation vocational program with simulator-based training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 English-Language Education Pre-kindergarten through secondary V (Grade 11) education delivered in English across 16 schools, serving eligible families under Quebec's Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) including First Nations and Mi'kmaq communities.
• Adult and Vocational Education Continuing education, vocational certification, and professional development programs delivered through five dedicated centres (Wakeham, The Anchor, Listuguj, Northern Lights, and Grosse-Île) across Eastern Quebec.
• Service to Business Customized professional development and workforce training solutions offered by ESSB to regional employers, including ASP Health & Safety on Construction Sites training and tailored vocational programs.
• Construction Equipment Operation Program A 1,095-hour vocational program featuring state-of-the-art simulators and a training environment to prepare students for real-world construction equipment operation jobs.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Centre de services scolaire des Chic-ChocscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2025On December 11, 2025, ESSB and Centre de services scolaire des Chic-Chocs announced a new professional studies attestation (attestation d'études professionnelles) in naval construction (construction navale). This joint initiative brings a new vocational training program to the region.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cree School Board: Quebec school board serving Cree communities with a strong indigenous cultural-education mandate, comparable to ESSB's service to First Nations communities across its territory.
• Lester B. Pearson School Board: One of Quebec's English-language public school boards, operating K-12 schools and adult education centres in the Greater Montreal area. Directly comparable to ESSB in mandate, governance under the Education Act, and English-language public education delivery.
• Western Quebec School Board: Quebec English-language school board serving the Outaouais region. Same public-mandate, English-language K-12 model as ESSB, with comparable adult and vocational education offerings.
• Commission scolaire des Chic-Chocs: Francophone school board in the Gaspésie region with which ESSB has a joint vocational training partnership (naval construction attestation, Dec 2025). Operates the same Education Act framework, K-12, and vocational training portfolio.
• Central Quebec School Board: Quebec English-language school board serving the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec regions. Direct comparable on mandate, rural/mixed-region service model, and adult education portfolio.
• English Montreal School Board: Largest English-language school board in Quebec, providing K-12, adult education and vocational training. Closely comparable to ESSB in product mix (K-12 + adult/vocational) and funding/governance model under Quebec's Education Act.
• New Frontiers School Board: Quebec English-language school board south of Montreal. Operates K-12 schools and adult/vocational centres under the same Education Act framework as ESSB.
• Riverside School Board: Quebec English-language school board serving the Montérégie region. Comparable K-12 and adult/vocational mandate and structural governance as ESSB.
• Kativik Ilisarniliriniq: School board serving Nunavik (Northern Quebec) Inuit communities. Comparable to ESSB in remote, multi-community K-12 service with cultural-inclusion focus, though with a different language-of-instruction mandate.
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board: Quebec English-language school board in the Laurentides/Lanaudière area. Same governance, funding, and English-language K-12 / adult education mandate as ESSB.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sportseessb
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eastern-shores-school-board

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles25 records

Subsidiaries21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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