Spring break 2027 in British Columbia
Spring break 2027 in British Columbia: set by each board
VSB: Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25
Classes resume on Tuesday, March 30, 2027 (calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated).
Calendar highlights
- 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 at VSB (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 at VSB (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
- Who sets the calendar
- Boards of education (school districts)the School Calendar Regulation prescribes what a calendar contains, not the dates
- Local name
- Spring breakprinted as spring break in the calendars
- Time zone for the countdown
- Vancouver
- Statutory holidays
- British Columbia stat holidays
Items marked Calculated are worked out from published dates; they are not stated directly in the official source.
A school district’s calendar is the starting point for finding spring break 2027 in British Columbia. Boards of education choose their own schedules; the School Calendar Regulation specifies what those calendars must contain rather than setting their dates. This page compares the verified Vancouver School Board break with province-wide breaks elsewhere in Canada. The linked Vancouver School Board page covers four school years, including Pro-D days and other closures. Its spring break falls within a two-week period, but that does not establish a shared provincial break.
Alongside provincial breaks in 2027
The dates shown for British Columbia apply to the school board identified below. The verified calendar material shown here is published by Vancouver School Board (School District 39). Follow the board link for its full calendar, including days without classes. Here, the comparison places this board’s break week beside the province-wide breaks elsewhere in Canada for the same year.
| Who | Dates | School days | Classes resume | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver School Board (School District 39) | Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 25, 2027 | 9 school days | Tuesday, March 30, 2027 calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated | |
| Nova Scotia | Monday, March 8 to Friday, March 12, 2027 | 5 school days | Monday, March 15, 2027 first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days | |
| Ontario | Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 2027 | 5 school days | Monday, March 22, 2027 first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days | |
| Prince Edward Island | Friday, March 19 to Thursday, March 25, 2027 | 5 school days | Tuesday, March 30, 2027 calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated | |
| Manitoba | Monday, March 29 to Friday, April 2, 2027 | 5 school days | Monday, April 5, 2027 first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days |
British Columbia does not publish one province-wide spring break: boards of education (school districts) set the dates (the School Calendar Regulation prescribes what a calendar contains, not the dates). The table shows every board calendar that has been verified; others appear when their calendars are checked.
School boards in British Columbia
Download school board calendars (.ics): VSB 2025–26 · VSB 2026–27 · VSB 2027–28 · VSB 2028–29
Christmas break by province: Christmas break 2026 in Canada.
Common questions
Why isn’t there a single provincial break row?
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. Boards of education set their own calendars, and Vancouver School Board is the only district calendar verified here so far. The break table therefore presents that district’s schedule without turning it into a date range for the whole province.
Does the School Calendar Regulation choose the break?
No. The regulation specifies what a school calendar must include; boards of education set the dates. For the verified schedule, use the district rows in the yearly table; the regulation does not supply a common provincial spring break.
How should I read Pro-D entries alongside spring break?
Pro-D days are professional development days for teachers, with no classes for students. These are separate calendar entries from spring break. Follow the Vancouver School Board link to see Pro-D days and spring break in its school calendar.
Official sources
- Vancouver School District: Calendar 2025-2026 (PDF) · read on October 25, 2026
- Vancouver School Board: 2026-2027 Calendar (PDF) · read on October 25, 2026
- Vancouver School Board: Compact Calendar 2027-2028 (PDF) · read on October 25, 2026
- Vancouver School Board: Compact Calendar 2028-2029 (PDF) · 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