Greater Toronto Hamilton Area schools have cancelled in-person classes due to a significant ongoing snowstorm with a snowfall total of amounts 25 to 40 cm by evening is expected. Most school boards are pivoting to online classes with some exceptions.

Credit: Environment Canada
School buses are also not running.
Environment Canada is advising to postpone all non-essential travel until conditions improve and the windstorm warning for Monday morning reads “Snow, at times heavy, with peak snowfall rates of 4 to 7 cm per hour possible this morning, which will significantly reduce visibilities. Local blowing snow at times due to winds gusting up to 60 km/h.”
List of school and bus cancellations
DDSB@Home Elementary as well as Secondary will proceed with a normal day of instruction. https://t.co/HMP0WGBnMS
— Durham District School Board (DDSB) (@DDSBSchools) January 17, 2022
Durham District Catholic School Board: School buses cancelled. Elementary schools closed for both online & in-person. Secondary school classes will be held online as in-Person classes are cancelled.
Transportation update for Monday, Jan. 17, 2022: Buses are cancelled for all zones today due to inclement weather. DCDSB Secondary schools switch to virtual learning today. Elementary schools and Before and After school programs are closed.
— Durham Catholic District School Board (@DurhamCatholic) January 17, 2022
Toronto District School Board: School buses cancelled. In-Person classes cancelled, classes will be held online.
Given the significant snowfall, we have made the decision to cancel school busses and close all TDSB schools to in-person learning for today.
All schools will be moving to remote learning.
— Toronto District School Board (@tdsb) January 17, 2022
Toronto Catholic District School Board: School buses cancelled. In-Person classes cancelled, classes will be held online.
Due to the weather, all school bus transportation has been cancelled & schools are closed for in-person learning today. Staff & students will continue to remain engaged in remote learning at home. pic.twitter.com/gZxXt22TAG
— Toronto Catholic District School Board (@TCDSB) January 17, 2022
Peel District School Board: In-Person and online classes cancelled.
Due to inclement weather conditions, all PDSB schools and buildings are closed today. All buses are cancelled. Closure of all schools means cancellation of all activities in schools, including childcare, night school and permits. NO CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN PERSON OR ONLINE. pic.twitter.com/jOWTMibkI0
— Peel District School Board (@PeelSchools) January 17, 2022
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board: In-Person classes cancelled, classes will be held online.
All DPCDSB schools and facilities are closed to staff and students today due to inclement weather. Schools will switch to remote learning for the day. pic.twitter.com/FqVqEm5mtO
— Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (@DPCDSBSchools) January 17, 2022
York Region District School Board: School buses cancelled. In-Person classes cancelled, classes will be held online asynchronously.
Due to inclement weather, transportation services are cancelled and all schools and board locations are closed to students today, January 17, 2022.
PARENTS Do NOT send your child to school today. More info: https://t.co/ImLtefwInU #OnStorm
— York Region DSB (@YRDSB) January 17, 2022
York Catholic District School Board: School buses cancelled. In-Person classes cancelled, classes will be held online asynchronously.
Please be advised that school transportation services are cancelled today due to inclement weather. All @ycdsb schools are closed. Do not send your child to school. Visit https://t.co/7dgPPm4Si8 for more information.
— York Catholic District School Board (@YCDSB) January 17, 2022
Halton Catholic District School Board: School buses cancelled. Both online and in-person classes are cancelled.
Monday, January 17, 2022: 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗖𝗗𝗦𝗕 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 & 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 due to the heavy snowfall and dangerous road conditions. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗. pic.twitter.com/aY6YL28uEh
— Halton Catholic DSB (@HCDSB) January 17, 2022
Halton District School Board: School buses cancelled. Both online and in-person classes are cancelled.
Monday, Jan. 17, 2022: All #HDSB schools (in-person & virtual) and workplaces are closed. School bus transportation is cancelled. pic.twitter.com/7HdcZ8g4dq
— HDSB (@HaltonDSB) January 17, 2022
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board: School buses cancelled. Both online and in-person classes are cancelled.
ALERT: All remote, eLearning, child care, and in-person learning is cancelled today, Jan 17 due to inclement weather and as a result of cancelled transportation. Buses are not running. All admin buildings are closed. pic.twitter.com/0LApqjpAZb
— HWDSB (@HWDSB) January 17, 2022
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board: School buses cancelled. In-Person classes cancelled, classes will be held online asynchronously for elementary students.
Transportation is cancelled and HWCDSB schools are closed for in-person learning today, Monday, January 17th due to inclement weather.
The elementary virtual school remains open. In-person students can expect to have some asynchronous work posted by 10am. pic.twitter.com/HlEPWEJThA
— HWCDSB (@HWCDSB) January 17, 2022
GTHA schools were scheduled to reopen for in-person classes after Ontario moved classes online due to COVID-19 restrictions.













