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FRENCH
HIGH SCHOOLS
IN CANADA
A PASSPORT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
WHAT IS A BACCALAURÉAT?
A Baccalauréat is a diploma awarded by the French Ministry of National Education. It marks the
successful completion of secondary studies and opens the door to higher education. This
comprehensive national exam covers all areas of study. Each exam contains a series of essays or
problems on issues requiring a thorough analysis based on the knowledge acquired over the course
of the final two years of Lycée education.
Over 500,000 students take the Baccalauréat général every year, including 12.000 students from
the French Lycées (high schools) abroad.
French-curriculum Lycées based in Canada and the United States offer the three sections of the
general baccalauréat: Literature (L), Economics and Social Science (ES), Science and Mathematics
(S).
French Lycées welcome students from Maternelle (3-year old) to Terminale. The last three years of
secondary education are called Seconde, Première and Terminale, corresponding to grades 10, 11
and 12. All subjects are taught in French. In Terminale, students earn the French secondary studies
diploma, the Baccalauréat.
Average success rate for the Baccalauréat général (2011):
In France:
including
In Canada:
88 %
15 %
7%
with Honors
with Highest Honors
98,8 %
29 %
23 %
The Option Internationale Baccalauréat (OIB) is currently being introduced in Canada. This option
includes two courses and exams in English: North American Literature and History/Geography.
What advantages does a French education give my child?
Challenging intellectual education
and personalized support for
students
Teaching programs created by the
French Ministry of National
Education and a majority of teachers
Quality education in French that is
recognized by the best North
American universities
The lycée system has changed
my children’ s life in every way
Nancy Nightingale
President and Managing Director
at Investeam
Mother of three students
at the Lycée Français de Toronto
An international teaching
environment
Institutions that are part of an
unparalleled global network
Marie-Claude Lortie
Journalist at La Presse
Alumni and mother of three
students at the Collège
International Marie de France
Montreal
The French lycée
curriculum helped me so
much in my life that
I want to offer the same
opportunity to my children
A diploma earned through
5 French-curriculum institutions in Canada
Vancouver
Ecole Française
Internationale de
Vancouver*
Calgary
Lycée Pasteur
Quebec city
CollègeStanislas*
Ottawa
Lycée Claudel
Toronto
Lycée Français
de Toronto
Toronto French
School*
Montreal
Collège Marie de France
Collège Stanislas
* These institutions offer a French program up to the grade 8 or 9 level.
A CHALLENGING AND COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM
In every basic subject at a French Lycée, each student receives a solid education that develops their
intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. It is an outstanding preparation to post-secondary
education.
At the end of the Lycée program, regardless of the chosen specialization, all students have acquired
a solid educational background by taking at least:
Three years of English
Two years of courses in
language and Civic
Chemistry, French
One year of courses in
courses, another foreign
Biology, Physics and
Education
Literature, Mathematics ,
Economics and Sociology, as
well as Philosophy
History and Geography
BAC L : LITERATURE
SUBJECTS
NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEIGHT FOR THE
YEAR
FINAL EXAM
Première
Terminale
136
68
68
85
68
153
51
68
272
68
51
68
68
153
68
4
4
4
2
2
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
136
2
2
2
2
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
3
2
2
2
French
Philosophy
French Literature
English Literature
English
Foreign Language 2
History/Geography
Science
Physical Education and Sport
Specialization: choose one
Complementary foreign language
Foreign Language 3
Latin or Ancient Greek
Mathematics
Maximum 2 options from the following:
Latin or Ancient Greek
Art
Cinema
Theatre
A very structured learning that
al lows for flexibility
Marie-Jeanne Le
Lawer
Mother of two students at the Lycée Pasteur
Calgary
5
7
2
BAC ES : ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
SUBJECTS
Economics and social sciences
Mathematics
History/Geography
French
Science
Philosophy
English
Foreign Language 2
Physical Education and Sport
Specialization: choose one
Mathematics
Social and Political Science
Advanced Economics
Maximum 2 options from the following:
Latin or Ancient Greek
Art
Cinema
Theatre
NUMBER OF
HOURS PER YEAR
WEIGHT FOR THE
FINAL EXAM
Première
Terminale
170
102
153
136
51
85
68
68
170
136
153
136
68
68
68
7
5
5
4
2
4
3
3
2
-
51
51
51
2
2
2
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
3
2
2
2
BAC S : SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
SUBJECTS
Mathematics
Physics / Chemistry
Life and Earth Science
French
Philosophy
English
Foreign Language 2
History/Geography
Physical Education and Sport
Specialization: choose one
Mathematics
Physics / Chemistry
Life and Earth Science
Maximum 2 options from the following:
Latin or Ancient Greek
Art
Cinema
Theatre
History/Geography
NUMBER OF
HOURS PER YEAR
Première Terminale
WEIGHT FOR
THE FINAL EXAM
136
102
102
136
85
68
153
68
204
170
119
102
102
102
68
7
6
6
4
3
3
2
3
2
-
68
68
68
2
2
2
102
102
102
102
-
102
102
102
102
68
3
2
2
2
2
Some Lycées also offer their students advanced placement tests (known as AP) that allow them to
earn credits in North American universities. In Quebec, compléments CEGEP are offered to allow
students to attend university under the best possible conditions.
Extracurricular activities are offered, including soccer, volleyball, skiing, science and debate clubs,
public speaking, music and choir singing, theatre, academic exchanges and trips.
A FRENCH BACCALAURÉAT LEADS TO
WHAT KIND OF HIGHER EDUCATION?
Each year, graduates of the French Baccalauréat are admitted to the best institutions of higher
learning in Canada, the United States and Europe. French Baccalauréat gives access to all French
Universities.
These are just some of the universities who have accepted students from French-curriculum
Lycées in North America:
CANADA
Carleton University
Concordia University
Dalhousie University
Glendon College (York
University)
HEC Montréal
McMaster University
Mc Gill University
Polytechnique Montréal
Queen s University
Ryerson University
Université d Ottawa
Université de Montréal
Université du Québec à
Montréal
Université Laval
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
Western University
USA
FRANCE & EUROPE
American University
California State University
Columbia University
Duke University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
MIT
New York University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California Berkeley
University of Michigan
Yale University
Preparatory classes for the French Grandes
Écoles:
Lycée Janson de Sailly
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Lycée du Parc
Lycée Montaigne
Lycée Saint-Louis
Lycée Carnot
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Sciences Po Paris
Écoles Nationales d Architecture de Paris
Val-de-Seine, de Clermont-Ferrand, de
Toulouse
Faculté de médecine de Paris, Toulouse,
Nantes, Lille
Université Paris 1 ‒ Sorbonne
Oxford University (GB)
At McGil , one of the most
selective Canadian
universities, we accept 50% of
the applications from French
lycées in Canada, which is
remarkably higher than our
average admission rate
Kim Bartlett
Director, Admissions and Recruitment
McGill University, Montreal
UNDERSTANDING THE FRENCH
GRADING SYSTEM
Grades earned over the course of a Lycée education and the Baccalauréat exams are calculated out
of 20. A general average of 10/20 (taking into account the weight for each subject) is necessary to
earn the diploma.
A grade of 20/20 is a perfect score and is rarely awarded. Depending on the subject, a grade of 16,
15 are considered very good results. In some subjects, a grade of 12 can even be considered a fairly
good result.
As a result, grades earned by French Baccalauréat students are generally converted for entry into
universities.
The following is an example of the grade conversion formula used by the University of Ottawa for
applicants with a French Baccalauréat from the Lycée Claudel in Ottawa:
French grade out of 20 X 4 + 30 = Canadian grade out of 100
Example:
17.5/20 X 4 + 30 = 100 % = A +
15/20 X 4 + 30 = 90 % = A 10/20 X 4 + 30 = 70 % = C+
However, North American universities increasingly rely directly on the report cards from French
Lycées for admission.
Correspondence between Baccalauréat grades and Canadian distinctions
16-20/20 : Mention très bien
14-15,9/20 : Mention bien
12-13,9/20 : Mention assez bien
10-11,9/20
Highest honors
High honors
Honors
Passing
08-9.9/20 : Students with this average will retake an oral exam
Less than 08/20 : Failed exam
The French system makes
the student work more and
use more his mind
Isham Rekouak
Undergraduate student at
the University of Toronto
Alumni of the Lycée Claudel
Ottawa
FRENCH SCHOOLS IN CANADA
CALGARY
Lycée Louis Pasteur
www.lycee.ca
QUEBEC CITY
MONTREAL
MONTREAL
OTTAWA
Collège International
Marie de France
www.cimf.ca
Collège Stanislas
www.stanislas.qc.ca
Lycée Claudel
www.claudel.org
TORONTO
TORONTO
VANCOUVER
Collège Stanislas
Lycée Français de Toronto
www.stanislas-quebec.qc.ca
www.lft.ca
Toronto French School
www.tfs.ca
Ecole Française Internationale
de Vancouver
www.efiv.org
FRENCH HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE USA
BOSTON
International School of Boston
www.isbos.org
LOS ANGELES
Lycée International de Los Angeles
(LILA)
www.lilaschool.com
NEW YORK
Lycée Français de New York
www.lfny.org
CHICAGO
HOUSTON
Lycée Français de Chicago
www.lyceechicago.org
Awty International School
www.awty.org
MIAMI
MIAMI
LOS ANGELES
Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles
www.lyceela.org
NEW YORK
International Studies
Charter High School
www.ischs.net
ISB Charter School
www.isbcharterschool.org
French American School
of New York
www.fasny.org
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
WASHINGTON DC
Lycée Français La Pérouse
www.lelycee.org
French American International School
www.frenchamericansf.org
Lycée Rochambeau
www.rochambeau.org