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Education

Wainwright offers excellent educational facilities from preschool services through to adult learning and advanced educational studies.

Preschools

Wainwright Elementary School
905 - 10 Street
Phone: 780-842-6085

    • 3 year old pre-school program

Blessed Sacrament School
Room #178, 1321 - 4 Avenue
Phone: 780-842-3808

    • 3 and 4 year old pre-school program

Wainwright Elementary School
905 - 10 Street
Phone: 780-842-6085

    • 4 year old pre-school program

Catholic Schools

Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
1321 – 4 Avenue
Phone: 780-842-3808

    • Kindergarten – Grade 12

Blessed Sacrament Outreach School
801 – 2 Avenue
Phone: 780-842-3944

    • Alternative High School For Students Aged 15 to 19

French School

The Conseil Scolaire Centre-Nord offers French schooling in Wainwright:

Public Schools

Buffalo Trail Public School Division operates two schools in Wainwright:

Wainwright Elementary School
905 - 10 Street
Phone: 780-842-3361

    • Kindergarten - Grade 6

Wainwright High School
800 - 6 Street
Phone: 780-842-4481

    • Grade 7 - Grade 12

Wainwright High School

Students Online

Phone: 780-847-3639 or 780-847-3640
Toll Free: 866-847-6299

Students Online is proud to serve the distributive learning needs of Buffalo Trail Public Schools and surrounding areas. As partner of the Alberta Distance Learning Center, Students Online provides high quality online and print based learning programs for students and families. In addition to supporting the distributive learning needs of schools within Buffalo Trail Public Schools, Students Online also offers customizable home-based programming for student and families wanting more flexibility in how and what they learn.

Post-Secondary

Lakeland College
Phone: 800-661-6490
Email: hello@lakelandcollege.ca

Located in nearby Vermilion and Lloydminster and offers full-time studies as well as online delivery.

University of Calgary

Email:bnosinfo@ucalgary.ca 
(Information on admission requirements, tuition costs, financial aid, how to apply etc.)

Contact: Carley Herbert, Economic Development Officer
Phone: 780-842-3381
Email: cherbert@wainwright.ca

Alberta Health Services in collaboration with the University of Calgary is providing the opportunity to get a four-year undergraduate registered nursing degree in Wainwright!

Lakeland College 
Phone: 780-871-5429
Email: hello@lakelandcollege.ca

Lakeland College has offered the Health Care Aide program in Wainwright in 2016, 2018 and 2022 and will offer it in 2024 if there is enough interest. Please view further information at Lakeland College - Wainwright Cohort.

A $9000 tuition bursary is available, paid out in two installments; $3000 after completion of courses 1-5 and $6000 paid after all courses have been completed and successful completion of the provincial exam.  To be eligible students must sign a return of service agreement agreeing to work 2,000 hours, within two years of commencing employment with a continuing care operator (CC). CC operators include Wainwright Long Term Care and Points West Living.  Lakeland College Health Care Aide students are eligible for this bursary. Please apply HERE

To apply for the Lakeland College Health Care Aide program, please visit: Apply Alberta.

Health Care Aide program

Wainwright Adult Learning

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