Parents

Under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a student is eligible to attend a francophone school if he or she meets at least one of the following conditions:

1. French is the mother tongue, still understood, of one or other of the parents
2. One of the parents was educated in French as a first language in Canada*.
3. One of the brothers/sisters has received or is receiving instruction in French as a first language in Canada.

*This refers to instruction in schools where French is taught as a first language, not as a second language (as taught in French immersion schools).

EXCEPTIONAL CASES

In the spirit of section 23 of the Charter, which aims to preserve the vitality of French-speaking communities in a minority setting, and in keeping with its remedial objective, CSCN may admit to its schools :

• A child, whose parent is a Canadian citizen, wishes to rediscover Francophone culture and identity.
  Example: a grandparent is Francophone, but the child's parent did not have the opportunity to have access to Francophone education.
• A child of a French-speaking parent, who is a permanent or temporary resident (excluding visitors), who wishes to maintain the French language, culture and identity of his or her child. 
  Example: an immigrant whose first language learned and still understood is French.

In all cases, at least one parent must reside in Alberta.

To register an exceptional case, please contact the school you are interested in or the Central Office during July and August.

To start kindergarten in the 2024-2025 school year, your child must be five years old by December 31, 2024.

To enter Grade 1 in the 2024-2025 school year, your child must be six years old by December 31, 2024.

For preschool, please contact the preschool directly for specific enrollment requirements.

A student cannot be registered without presenting a legal document confirming his/her legal name, date of birth and status in Canada.

Acceptable documents are::

• Canadian birth certificate ;
• permanent or temporary residency card or document ;
• study visa ;
• Canadian citizenship document ;
• Canadian passport ;
• parent's work visa¹ ;
• non-Canadian birth certificate² ; or
• non-Canadian passport² 

¹ If this proof is provided, the student's birth certificate or passport must accompany the registration.

² If this proof is provided, a second document proving status in Canada must be supplied.

Legal documentation is required in cases of parental custody agreements involving visitation restrictions.

You'll need to upload the necessary documents when you fill in the registration form.

There are free apps that will allow you to scan your documents on the go from your cell phone or tablet and export them as multi-page JPEG or PDF files. Here are just a few of them:

         Apple Notes

         Google Drive pour Android

         Scannable

         CamScanner

         Genius Scan

REGISTRATION

If your child is currently enrolled in one of our schools, a registration renewal form will be sent to you by e-mail in the spring. Please do not follow this process.

New student enrollment is processed online via PowerSchool Enrollment. PowerSchool Enrollment is a secure system that allows CSCN to efficiently verify each child's information before the start of the new school year. 

However, for those unable to complete the online form, a paper copy of the enrollment form is available from the school administration office.

* An student can only be registered at the school assigned based on the child's primary home address. You have two tools to identify the assigned school:

1. Please visit the attendance areas page in the Transportation section – Bus zones.
2. Please enter the child's primary home address into the BusPlanner tool, which will help you identify which attendance area your home is located in.

REGISTRATION FORMS FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR

• • Enrollment Form 2026-2027 (for new students only*) 
    • By clicking on the link you will be redirected to PowerSchool Enrollment and will be able to log in to your account or create an account with a valid email address. Create only one account per family, regardless of the number of students to be enrolled.
    • For parents who already have children already enrolled in a CSCN school, please note that this registration portal is not the same as a PowerSchool Parent Portal account, which you may already use to consult the academic results of a child enrolled in one of our schools.
  • Pre-school registration 
  • Exemption form (in French)

REGISTRATION FORMS FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR

• • Enrollment Form 2025-2026 (for new students only*) 
    • By clicking on the link you will be redirected to PowerSchool Enrollment and will be able to log in to your account or create an account with a valid email address. Create only one account per family, regardless of the number of students to be enrolled.
    • For parents who already have children already enrolled in a CSCN school, please note that this registration portal is not the same as a PowerSchool Parent Portal account, which you may already use to consult the academic results of a child enrolled in one of our schools.
  • Pre-school registration 
  • Exemption form (in French)
  • Course Selection Form - Religious Education or Ethic and Religious Culture program (for schools located outside Edmonton city limits)
    
    

This is a new registration when the student:

• has never studied in Alberta;
• has never attended a CSCN school;
• is entering kindergarten for the first time;
• has a sibling already enrolled in a CSCN school, or:
• has previously been a CSCN student and is returning to one of our schools.
• Students already enrolled in CSCN will receive a registration renewal form by email in the spring.
  
  

Kindly note that no new stops will be created before the third week of September for transportation requests submitted after June 28th.  For requests received between June 28th and early September, an existing stop may be assigned.

To be eligible for school bus transportation, a child must be registered at the school assigned based on the child's primary home address.

To find the assigned school for your attendance area, please visit the Bus zones page in the Transportation section – Bus zones.

Kindly note that no new stops will be created before the third week of September for transportation requests submitted after June 28th. For requests received between June 28th and early September, an existing stop may be assigned.  

At the time of enrolment, CSCN does not charge a basic fee and offers free transportation to its families.However, schools may charge parents a fee to cover part of the cost of optional courses, extracurricular activities, sports or field trips, for example. In such cases, the school will inform parents of the amount to be paid and the deadline for payment. These payments are made online via School Cash.

For more information on online payments, please visit https://centrenord.ab.ca/parents/paiement-en-ligne.

To find out the applicable school fees, please consult the school web pages of the Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord.