Welcome to the Town of Carstairs in Alberta. It's a Lifestyle Choice. The Carstairs Town Office is conveniently located on 844 Centre Street, just west of the campground. There are many great residential subdivisions in town, offering safety and a real sense of community. Family is important in Carstairs. Check out the many programs we offer young families. Our recreation facilities include soccer fields, tennis courts, arena and curling rink, as well as a splash park now in the planning stages. The campground is simply beautiful, and features a replica grain elevator with many historical items on exhibit.
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Town of Carstairs
844 Centre St, Box 370
Carstairs, AB T0M 0N0
Ph: 403-337-3341
Fax: 403-337-3343

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 New School
The ground breaking ceremony on Sept 4, 2008 was the beginning of construction on a new K-4 school in Carstairs. The $10 million facility will house 12 classrooms, a music room, gymnasium, office space, a school library and municipal library.
Presentation of cheque from the province for the new Carstairs library.

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Educational Opportunities
The Town of Carstairs is currently home to two public schools, Hugh Sutherland School and Carstairs Elementary. The Midway Community School, Grades 1 - 6, is located northeast of Carstairs. The Horizon School is designed for students with special needs, and is located in Olds. Post-secondary education is available through Olds College is about 25 minutes north. Post-secondary educational institutions in Calgary such as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), the University of Calgary, and Mount Royal College are within a one hour drive.

Hugh Sutherland School
Hugh Sutherland School is located on the east side of Carstairs along Highway 581. Enrollment is approximately 450 students from grade 5 to grade 12. Middle School is grades 5-8, Highs School, Grades 9-12. The School is part of the Chinook's Edge School Division. Our school will be undergoing some renovations due to kindergarten to grade 4 moving to their own facility. The middle school students will have their own spaces ans the overcrowding of middle and high school will ease. We continue to work on strong academic achievement and in having happy, safe and healthy students. HSS believes in the well rounded educational experience of all students and the course options in Band, Art, Modern languages and CTS courses reelects this belief. In addition to education programs and opportunities, the school offers a solid athletic program, with students participating in volleyball, baseball, badminton, cross country and track.

RR 1, Carstairs, Alberta T0M 0N0
Phone: 403-337-3326
Fax: 403-337-3918
Principal: Denise Miller
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Hugh Sutherland School east of Carstairs offers programs in technology, fine arts, and a full slate of core subjects.

Carstairs Playschool Society
Box 631, Carstairs, Alberta T0M 0N0

"Where three and four year old children have an opportunity for positive social interaction. It is an environment where play is the medium through which learning occurs."

  • Carstairs Playschool welcomes three and four year old children, regardless of their abilities, race, or denomination.
  • All students need to be fully toilet trained.
  • Three year olds must have their third birthday by December 31 of the year they plan to attend, and will be unable to attend until their third birth date.
  • Space permitting, new students are accepted throughout the school year.
Carstairs Play School is an approved facility for the Alberta Government Child Care Subsidy Program for qualifying families. For more information, call 1-866-714-KIDS (5437) or go to www.child.alberta.ca.

For more Playschool information please contact:
    Chair - Jackie Schaffer - 403-337-0197
    Teacher - Danielle Gerle - 403-337-0169

Olds College
As Canada's premier institute of applied agriculture and the land, Olds College takes pride in being a true entrepreneurial college. Olds College is located 20 minutes north of Carstairs on Highway 2A. The College is a responsive, innovative and client-centered learning facility dedicated to excellence in careers education, performance-based training, applied research and the provision of customized services provincially, nationally and internationally in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, land and environmental management, agribusiness and rural entrepreneurship. Available programs include Land Resource Management, Agricultural Mechanics, Meat Processing, Landscape Gardening, and Animal Health, to name just a few.

Horizon School
The Horizon Alternative Program in Olds welcomes students with special needs with an emphasis on providing a life skills program. The school operates on a year round calendar.

Chinook's Edge School Division
Carstairs is part of the Chinook's Edge School Division, headquartered in Innisfail.

Chinook's Edge School Division No.73 is committed to providing the best educational opportunities to students through:

  1. Creating learning communities that focus on lifelong learning.
  2. Providing choices and involvement for all stakeholders.
  3. Being open to proven educational innovations that have merit for our students.
  4. Continued evaluation of personnel and programs to ensure that Chinook's Edge School Division No.73 is effective and efficient.
4904 - 50 St, Innisfail, AB T4G 1W4
Phone: 403-227-7070 ... 1-800-561-9229

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