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VSB Pro-D days and spring break 2026–27: Vancouver School Board (School District 39) in British Columbia

Spring break 2027 at VSB

Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 2027

9 school days. Classes resume on Tuesday, March 30, 2027 (calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated).  

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.

Calendar highlights

First day of school
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
School year breaks (Calculated)
2 breaks listed: winter break and spring break
Weekdays during breaks (Calculated)
18 weekdays within listed breaks, counting Monday to Friday and including holidays
Listed school holidays (Calculated)
2 holidays listed in the calendar as days without classes
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 Monday, March 16, 2026; shorter 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)
17 days, from Saturday, March 13, 2027 to Monday, March 29, 2027, including adjacent weekends and other days off listed in the calendar
Weekdays needing child care (Calculated)
10 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.

Vancouver School Board (School District 39) publishes compact calendars several years ahead, allowing this page to show four school years in separate tables, including 2026–27. The board uses the term Pro-D days for its teacher days, and its spring break lasts two weeks. Check the holidays immediately before and after each break: Easter holidays extend the time away in some years, while one later calendar lists Christmas and Boxing Day holidays separately before winter break. Each table preserves those distinctions so families can follow the full published sequence.

Spring break at VSB: every published school year
School yearDatesSchool daysClasses resumeCountdown
2025–26Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 27, 202610 school daysMonday, March 30, 2026
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
 
2026–27Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 20279 school daysTuesday, March 30, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
 
2027–28Monday, March 13 to Friday, March 24, 202810 school daysMonday, March 27, 2028
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
 
2028–29Monday, March 19 to Thursday, March 29, 20299 school daysTuesday, April 3, 2029
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
 

Province-wide dates and the other boards: Spring break in British Columbia · all provinces in 2027.

Common questions

Why might classes resume later than the spring break entry suggests?

Spring break is scheduled for Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 2027, covering 9 weekdays. The calendar gives no return date; this site calculates Tuesday, March 30, 2027 as the first weekday after the break that the calendar does not list as a day off. In some published years, Good Friday and Easter Monday follow spring break directly, extending the interval before classes resume. Check the Classes resume column in the spring break comparison table for the first day back.

Does the printed winter break always mark the start of the closure?

No. The last school-year table lists the Christmas and Boxing Day statutory holidays separately before winter break begins. Schools therefore close earlier than the break label alone suggests. The yearly table keeps those holiday entries separate so the sequence remains clear.

What are Pro-D days called in these calendars?

The board calls its professional development days Pro-D days. Across the school years shown, other calendar labels include a non-instructional day, the Indigenous Focus Day, and an administrative day at the end of June. The table for each school year lists the days that apply. For 2026–27, the calendar lists 7 days without classes for students, apart from breaks and holidays, under separate labels: 5 Pro-D days: September 21, 2026, October 23, 2026, November 20, 2026, February 12, 2027, May 21, 2027; 1 non-instructional day: April 19, 2027; 1 administrative day: June 30, 2027.

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 October 25, 2026. How we verify dates