Lottery
Lottery
Schools With A Program In Lottery
Schools With A Program In Lottery
Several CBE schools have limited capacity for new students. This means we may need to hold a lottery to ensure that all students wishing to attend the school have an opportunity to do so. Review the list below to see if the school(s) you are applying to are listed and register before Feb. 10, 2026, at noon (12 PM). If your designated regular program is listed below, review the overflow schools list to see where students who are unsuccessful in the lottery will be overflowed.
Note | The list below may change between now and Feb. 10, 2026. It’s important to register before the cut-off date to secure your spot in a lottery draw; if the school does not need to run one, your place will be guaranteed.
Lottery Zones
Lottery zones are one factor used to establish priority in the lottery process. To review whether you are within or outside the lottery zone, please select your school from the drop-down menu and then select the map file.
Schools With A Program In Lottery
Regular Program
- Cambrian Heights School | Livingston community only
- Connaught School
- Cranston School
- Crossing Park School
- Dr. Gordon Higgins | Redstone community only
- Grant MacEwan School | Cornerstone community only
- Griffith Woods School
- Hugh A. Bennett School
- Joanne Cardinal Schubert High School
- Keeler School | Redstone community only
- Kenneth D. Taylor School
- Lakeshore School
- Mahogany School
- Mount Royal School
- Nelson Mandela High School
- Northern Lights School | Carrington community only
- North Trail High School
- Peter Lougheed School
- Prairie Sky School
- Richmond School
- Rideau Park School
- Saddle Ridge School
- Simon Fraser School | Evanston community only
- Taradale School
- Ted Harrison School
- Terry Fox School | Cornerstone community only
- Tom Baines School
- West Springs School
Alternative Programs
Arts-Centred Learning
Language Programs
- Banff Trail School | French Immersion
- Collingwood School | Spanish Bilingual
- Dalhousie School | Spanish Bilingual
- Hidden Valley School | French Immersion
- Highwood School | Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual
- King George School | French Immersion
- Marion Carson School
| Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual
- Sundance School | French Immersion
- Varsity Acres School | French Immersion
- W.O. Mitchell School | Spanish Bilingual
- William Reid School | French Immersion
Montessori
- Captain John Palliser School
- Killarney School
- Lake Bonavista School
Science
- Ian Bazalgette School
- Louis Riel School
- Maple Ridge School
- R.T. Alderman School
- Riverside School
- Valley View School
Traditional Learning Centre
- Annie Gale School
- Balmoral School
- Brentwood School
- Chief Justice Milvain School
- Chris Akkerman School
- Colonel Macleod School
- Colonel Sanders School
- Fairview School
- Glamorgan School
- Dr. J.K. Mulloy School
- Le Roi Daniels School
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier School
- Thomas B. Riley School
- Thorncliffe School (Kindergarten only)
Registering for School After a Lottery has been Held
Regular program schools limit new student registration when capacity is exceeded and will overflow students who cannot be accommodated to a school with available space. If you register after a lottery has been held, you may be required to attend the
overflow schools. Visit the overflow schools page for more information.
Alternative programs (language, subject matter, or teaching philosophy) running lotteries have limited spots and require an expression of interest each January. If you register after the lottery has been held, you may be added to a callback list that remains open until the end of September. If you are not offered a spot at the school by that time, the callback list is dissolved, and you will need to submit an expression of interest again for the following year once registration opens.
