CBE non-instructional days and spring break 2026–27: Calgary Board of Education in Alberta
Spring break 2027 at CBE
Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29, 2027
5 school days. Classes resume on Tuesday, March 30, 2027.
Next non-instructional day: Friday, November 27, 2026.
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The school day count includes weekdays during the break, excluding Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and other holidays listed in the school calendar or the province’s or territory’s statutory-holiday list.
School year 2025–26
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| Date | Type | Who or what |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, February 12, 2026 – Friday, February 13, 2026 | Non-instructional day | Teachers' Convention |
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | First day of school | |
| Saturday, November 8 to Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Fall break | 3 school days |
| Saturday, December 20, 2025 to Sunday, January 4, 2026 | Winter break | 8 school days |
| Saturday, March 21 to Sunday, March 29, 2026 | Spring break | 5 school days |
| Monday, March 30, 2026 | Classes resume | |
| Friday, June 26, 2026 | Last day of school |
School year 2026–27
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| Date | Type | Who or what |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 25, 2026 | Non-instructional day | |
| Monday, October 19, 2026 | Non-instructional day | |
| Friday, November 27, 2026 | Non-instructional day | |
| Thursday, February 11, 2027 – Friday, February 12, 2027 | Non-instructional day | Teachers' Convention |
| Friday, February 26, 2027 | Non-instructional day | |
| Friday, March 19, 2027 | Non-instructional day |
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 31, 2026 | First day of school | |
| Wednesday, November 11 to Sunday, November 15, 2026 | Fall break | 2 school days |
| Saturday, December 19, 2026 to Sunday, January 3, 2027 | Winter break | 8 school days |
| Thursday, March 18, 2027 | Last day of classes before the break | |
| Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29, 2027 | Spring break | 5 school days |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2027 | Classes resume | |
| Friday, June 25, 2027 | Last day of school |
Calendar highlights
- First day of school
- Monday, August 31, 2026
- Last day of school
- Friday, June 25, 2027
- Province
- Alberta
- School year breaks (Calculated)
- 3 breaks listed: fall break, winter break and spring break
- Weekdays during breaks (Calculated)
- 19 weekdays within listed breaks, counting Monday to Friday and including holidays
- Longest scheduled break (Calculated)
- winter break lasts the longest: 10 weekdays (16 days in all)
- Shortest scheduled break (Calculated)
- fall break is the shortest: 3 weekdays (5 days overall)
- Other days without classes (Calculated)
- 7 additional days without classes listed for the school year
- Break comparison with 2025–26 (Calculated)
- Starts 1 day earlier than the previous year’s break, which began on Saturday, March 21, 2026; longer by 1 weekday
- Other province-wide breaks (Calculated)
- Starts in the same week as the province-wide break in Ontario and Prince Edward Island
- Consecutive days without classes (Calculated)
- 11 days, from Friday, March 19, 2027 to Monday, March 29, 2027, including adjacent weekends and other days off listed in the calendar
- Weekdays needing child care (Calculated)
- 6 weekdays to arrange care for if you work Monday to Friday and have the listed statutory holidays off. The count excludes these holidays during this period: Good Friday
Items marked Calculated are worked out from published dates; they are not stated directly in the official source.
The calendar from Calgary Board of Education includes a fall break as well as a spring break, so families have more than one school break to plan around. For 2026–27, the break dates include surrounding weekends where the board includes them; the table lists school days separately. The board also states when classes resume after spring break and uses 'non-instructional days' for its other designated days without instruction. Two school years are available here, each following the wording and ranges of its own calendar.
| School year | Dates | School days | Classes resume | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Saturday, March 21 to Sunday, March 29, 2026 | 5 school days | Monday, March 30, 2026 | |
| 2026–27 | Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29, 2027 | 5 school days | Tuesday, March 30, 2027 |
Province-wide dates and the other boards: Spring break in Alberta · all provinces in 2027.
Common questions
Why does a break range include weekend days?
Spring break is scheduled for Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29, 2027, covering 6 weekdays, and classes resume on Tuesday, March 30, 2027. The board prints its breaks as ranges that include surrounding weekend days. The break table keeps that published range and shows school-day totals separately, so the length of the displayed calendar span is not treated as a count of missed classes.
Does the board give the first day back after spring break?
Yes. The board gives a 'classes resume' date after spring break. That date appears in the spring break comparison table.
Where can I find the fall break?
Fall break appears in the key-dates table for each school year. Choose the school year you need; fall break is listed separately from spring break and non-instructional days.
Official sources
- Calgary Board of Education: 2025-2026 Instructional Calendar (PDF) · read on October 25, 2026
- Calgary Board of Education: 2026-2027 Instructional Calendar (PDF, amended April 6, 2026) · read on October 25, 2026
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 October 25, 2026. How we verify dates