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When is March break 2027 in Canada?

Ontario March break, school year 2026–27

Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 2027

Classes resume on Monday, March 22, 2027 (first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days).  

Other provinces: MB Monday, March 29 to Friday, April 2 · PE Friday, March 19 to Thursday, March 25 · NS Monday, March 8 to Friday, March 12

School break start weeks across Canada

Each colour represents the week a break starts; hatching means each school board or school sets its own dates, a dashed outline means no calendar has been verified yet, and hovering over or tabbing to a province in the line above highlights it on the map.

Statutory holidays

March break, spring break and stat holidays by province. School breaks have different names and calendars across Canada: March break, spring break and, in Québec, la relâche. Find the break week for every province and territory with a published, verified calendar, then use the grid to see which schools are off on the same day. School board calendars include PA days and other scheduled closures, while separate tables cover statutory holidays by province and territory. A countdown shows how long remains before a listed break begins. Official calendars are linked below the tables; return dates calculated from those calendars are labelled.

Who is on break when

March break and spring break 2027Province-wide dates where a ministry sets them; otherwise the verified board calendars
WhoDatesSchool daysClasses resumeCountdown
Anglophone South School District
regular calendar and pilot schools		Monday, March 1 to Friday, March 5, 20275 school daysMonday, March 8, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Centre de services scolaire de la CapitaleMonday, March 1 to Friday, March 5, 20275 school daysTuesday, March 9, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
English Montreal School BoardMonday, March 1 to Friday, March 5, 20275 school daysMonday, March 8, 2027 
2 schools: Programme Confluence, Robert ServiceFriday, March 5 to Monday, March 15, 20277 school daysTuesday, March 16, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
1 school: Tantalus CommunityMonday, March 8 to Friday, March 12, 20275 school daysMonday, March 15, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
10 schools: CSSC Mercier, École Émilie-Tremblay, Whitehorse Schools, J.V. Clark, Khatinas.axh Community, Grey Mountain Primary, Takhini Elementary, Eliza Van Bibber, Ross River, St. Elias CommunityMonday, March 8 to Friday, March 19, 202710 school daysMonday, March 22, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Nova ScotiaMonday, March 8 to Friday, March 12, 20275 school daysMonday, March 15, 2027
first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days		 
2 schools: Johnson Elementary, Watson Lake SecondaryFriday, March 12 to Thursday, March 25, 202710 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
2 schools: Del Van Gorder, Kluane LakeMonday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 20279 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
2 schools: Chief Zzeh Gittlit, Ghùch Tlâ CommunityMonday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 20275 school daysMonday, March 22, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
OntarioMonday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 20275 school daysMonday, March 22, 2027
first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days		 
Peel District School BoardMonday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 20275 school daysMonday, March 22, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Peel District School Board
modified (balanced) calendar, three schools		Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 20279 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Toronto District School BoardMonday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 20275 school daysMonday, March 22, 2027 
Vancouver School Board (School District 39)Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 20279 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1)
JK to Grade 8 and Grades 9 to 12		Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 26, 20279 school daysnot stated in the calendar 
Prince Edward IslandFriday, March 19 to Thursday, March 25, 20275 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Calgary Board of EducationSaturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29, 20275 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027 
ManitobaMonday, March 29 to Friday, April 2, 20275 school daysMonday, April 5, 2027
first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days		 
Saskatoon Public SchoolsMonday, March 29 to Friday, April 2, 20275 school daysMonday, April 5, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
1 school: Nelnah Bessie JohnTuesday, March 30 to Friday, April 2, 20274 school daysMonday, April 5, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 
Edmonton Public SchoolsTuesday, March 30 to Friday, April 2, 20274 school daysMonday, April 5, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated		 

Boards whose calendars are not yet verified do not appear. Each province page says who sets the calendar there.

By province and territory

No verified calendar yet for Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut: their pages appear as soon as the official school calendar is published and checked. This information was last checked against the official sources on November 2, 2026.

School boards: days without classes and first and last school days

Christmas break by province

Other years

From the official calendar to the table

Dates are copied from documents published by education ministries, school boards and the government bodies responsible for statutory holidays. An independent second pass checks each date digit by digit, including its weekday, before the entry is published. The source and the day it was read appear with the table. Nothing is estimated from an earlier calendar. If an official source names a holiday but gives no date, the name appears without one. Calendars can be revised, and the official document prevails if it differs from this overview. This is an independent reference, not a government service.

Common questions

Is the school break the same week everywhere?

No. The verified dates for 2027 are as follows:

  • Nova Scotia: Monday, March 8 to Friday, March 12, 2027;
  • Ontario: Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 2027;
  • Prince Edward Island: Friday, March 19 to Thursday, March 25, 2027;
  • Manitoba: Monday, March 29 to Friday, April 2, 2027.

There is no shared break week across Canada. Some provinces publish a common week for public schools, while other calendars are set by school boards, divisions or districts. The comparison table shows where the published breaks overlap.

Which documents supply the dates?

Dates are transcribed from official ministry and school board calendars, then checked independently before publication. Each table identifies its source and records when it was read.

Why might a province or territory be missing?

As of the check on November 2, 2026, no verified calendar is available on this page for Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut. A calendar appears only after an official source has been found and its dates verified. An absent entry means that work is not complete or a suitable calendar has not been published; it does not mean there is no school break.

Official sources

Dates come from the official sources listed above. Calculated dates are labelled; transcribed dates are checked digit by digit before publication. If dates differ, follow the current official document.

This page’s dates were last checked against official documents on November 2, 2026. How we verify dates