page_title: Laval, Quebec
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Laval, Quebec / Education
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Station de métro Montmorency à Laval
context_page_description: Laval is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest city in Quebec, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.
  Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.
  Laval forms its own administrative region in Quebec which constitutes the 13th region of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval.
context_section_description: Laval is home to a variety of vocational/technical centres, colleges and universities, including:
  College Montmorency
  CDI College
  Centre de formation Compétences-2000
  Centre de formation en métallurgie de Laval
  Chomedey Centre
  Centre de formation horticole de Laval
  Centre de formation Paul-Émile-Dufresne
  Herzing College
  École hôtelière de Laval
  École polymécanique de Laval
  Centre de formation Le Chantier
  Institut de protection contre les incendies du Québec
  Université de Montréal (Laval campus)
  Delta College
  Université du Québec à Montréal (Laval campus)
  The city has two separate school boards serving Laval: the Commission scolaire de Laval for French-speaking students and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board for English-speaking students. There is one community English-language high school in the city: Laval Senior Academy, created on July 1, 2015 by the merger of Laval Liberty High School and Laurier Senior High School.
  North Star Academy Laval is the only private English high school in Laval. They offer secondary 1 to 5 and the possibility to do a grade 12 diploma from Ontario via their online platform.
caption: The Laval campus of the Université de Montréal.
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