École Victoria: French Immersion School Guide & Homes in Its Zone

École Victoria is a Saskatoon Public Schools elementary school at 639 Broadway Avenue, at the top of the Broadway Bridge in Nutana. It is one of only two single-track French Immersion schools in the division, so every class from Kindergarten to Grade 8 is taught in French Immersion. Below are the key facts, the neighbourhoods in its French Immersion zone and live homes for sale in those neighbourhoods.

École Victoria Quick Facts

About École Victoria

Housed in one of Saskatoon's first schools, École Victoria sits in the heart of the Broadway district. The division describes a focus on literacy and numeracy, an arts education program led by a fine arts teacher, physical education taught by specialists and a band program starting in Grade 6. Students generally enter French Immersion in Kindergarten or Grade 1, and parents do not need to speak French.

How French Immersion Works in Saskatoon Public Schools

In elementary French Immersion, instruction is about 100% in French from Kindergarten to Grade 2 and about 75% in French from Grades 3 to 8, when English Language Arts is added. Students can continue in French Immersion at Walter Murray, Centennial, Marion M. Graham or Tommy Douglas collegiates for Grades 9 to 12.

École Victoria French Immersion Zone

Saskatoon Public Schools maps each neighbourhood to one elementary French Immersion school, and says free busing may be available for students leaving their home neighbourhood to attend the French Immersion program in their area. According to the division's French Immersion handbook, École Victoria provides French Immersion programming for these neighbourhoods:

• Nutana (where the school is located)
• Avalon
• Buena Vista
• Exhibition
• Grosvenor Park
• Haultain
• Holliston (north of Taylor Street only)
• Queen Elizabeth
• Varsity View
• The Willows

Important: this zone list comes from the division's French Immersion handbook dated April 2021. The division's website now directs families to an interactive map, and zones can change, so confirm the current French Immersion school for a specific address with Saskatoon Public Schools before you buy. Holliston is split at Taylor Street: the part south of Taylor is in École Alvin Buckwold's zone.

Homes for Sale in the École Victoria French Immersion Zone

Live listings from the neighbourhoods above. Listings are grouped by whole neighbourhood, so homes in Holliston south of Taylor Street also appear here; check the address.

École Victoria FAQ

Is École Victoria a French Immersion school?

Yes. It is a single-track French Immersion school, so it offers only French Immersion from Kindergarten to Grade 8.

Which neighbourhoods are in École Victoria's French Immersion zone?

According to the division's April 2021 French Immersion handbook: Nutana, Avalon, Buena Vista, Exhibition, Grosvenor Park, Haultain, Holliston (north of Taylor Street), Queen Elizabeth, Varsity View and The Willows. Confirm the current zone for a specific address with Saskatoon Public Schools.

Is there busing to École Victoria?

Saskatoon Public Schools says free busing may be available for students leaving their home neighbourhood to attend the French Immersion program in their area. Contact the school for details.

Do parents need to speak French?

No. The division says most French Immersion parents have little or no French.

Where do École Victoria students go for high school French Immersion?

Saskatoon Public Schools offers French Immersion for Grades 9 to 12 at Walter Murray, Centennial, Marion M. Graham and Tommy Douglas collegiates. Collegiates operate with open boundaries.

Other French Immersion Schools

See all nine public elementary French Immersion schools and every high school in the Saskatoon School & Property Matcher.