Its current president is Christine Emond-Lapointe, a former Bloc Québécois candidate for the riding of Pontiac in the 2006 Canadian federal elections.

The board operates 24 primary schools across the Gatineau sector as well as in Cantley and Val-des-Monts.

The board also operates 4 high schools : Polyvalente de l'Érablière, Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau, Polyvalente Le Carrefour and École secondaire du Versant and offers transportation to students attending Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull and Collège Saint-Alexandre, the city's two private schools.

Several councillors of the City of Gatineau were formally or are school trustees at the CSD.

Among those included Aurèle Desjardins, Joseph de Sylva, Paul Morin and Luc Angers.