Private & international schools in Montreal

Use the Montréal address and actual French teaching stage

AEFE lists CIMF at 4635 chemin Queen Mary and Stanislas at 780 boulevard Dollard. Stanislas's own Montréal page places its campus in Outremont and distinguishes it from the separate Québec campus. Use the Montréal admissions route and the child's division when arranging a visit; information about another campus should not determine a place or attendance arrangement in this collection.

Both AEFE records list homologated French grades from Moyenne section and Grande section through CP–CM2, collège and Terminale. That provides a specific teaching-stage map rather than a generic 'French school' label. Ask the receiving school to identify the proposed class against the pupil's completed work. The listed homologation does not on its own establish every other qualification, younger nursery class or personal admission condition.

Sources: AEFE CIMF homologated grades and Queen Mary address · AEFE Stanislas homologated grades and Dollard address · Stanislas Montréal campus and French baccalauréat context

Separate recognised-school transfers from other assessments

CIMF's conditions page begins with an online application. It says no admission examination is required for pupils coming from an AEFE school or another school recognised by the French education ministry, or for pupils entering maternelle. Other applicants are asked to take an examination after their form is received. Ask which category applies to the previous institution rather than assume French nationality or spoken French supplies the exemption.

Stanislas's collège page requires academic placement testing, particularly French and mathematics, for pupils from systems other than the French system. For entry to sixième, it says the previous primary cycle must be completed, explicitly distinguishing French CM2 and Québec sixth year. It also limits entry to quatrième or troisième for pupils from another system without a required second modern language beyond French or English. Send the actual language history for an individual review.

Sources: CIMF named admission-examination exemptions · Stanislas collège placement, completed primary cycle and language conditions

Read the named intake and senior plan before committing

Stanislas's Montréal application pages separately label 2026–27 in-year enquiries, subject to space, and 2027–28 applications opened in September 2026. Its maternelle page says no admission test is required and gives birthdate conditions specifically for the 2027–28 Moyenne and Grande section intake. That page also retains an autumn 2025 event paragraph. Use the current named-year admissions information and confirm the visit date directly.

Stanislas's Montréal campus page describes preparation for the French baccalauréat. For either selected school, ask how previous courses fit the proposed lycée class, which senior subjects can actually be taken and what completed award is intended. Obtain a current itemised fee contract and discuss support before planning a later transfer. Admission, a class mapping and eventual completion of a national award are separate decisions.

Sources: Stanislas Montréal stage-specific and 2027–28 admissions overview · Stanislas maternelle named intakes and retained older event paragraph · Stanislas Montréal campus and French baccalauréat context · AEFE CIMF homologated grades and Queen Mary address

Compare documented pathways and campuses

These are the pathways recorded for each included campus. Online provision appears separately. A senior qualification does not establish provision in younger years.

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