March Break CanadaMarch break, spring break and stat holidays by province
Français

Christmas break 2026 in Canada: last day of school by province

Ontario Christmas break (winter break), school year 2026–27

Monday, December 21, 2026 to Friday, January 1, 2027

Last day of classes Friday, December 18, 2026 (calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off). Classes resume on Monday, January 4, 2027 (first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days).  

Last day of classes before Christmas in other provinces: PE Dec 18 · NS Dec 21

Calendar highlights

Calendars with Christmas breaks Calculated
52 calendars from provinces, boards and divisions listing a Christmas break
Earliest finish before Christmas Calculated
Classes finish earliest on Friday, December 11, 2026 (Peel District School Board, modified (balanced) calendar, three schools)
Longest Christmas break Calculated
Longest listed Christmas break: Peel District School Board, modified (balanced) calendar, three schools, spanning 15 weekdays
Consecutive days without classes (Ontario) Calculated
16 days, from Saturday, December 19, 2026 to Sunday, January 3, 2027, including adjacent weekends and other days off listed in the calendar
Weekdays needing child care (Ontario) Calculated
8 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: Christmas Day and New Year’s Day

Items marked Calculated are worked out from published dates; they are not stated directly in the official source.

Find the last day of classes before Christmas break, the break itself and the first day back in January for provinces and school boards with verified calendars. Unless the calendar gives the last day of classes, this site calculates the last weekday before the listed break that has no day off recorded in that calendar; check your school’s calendar for any other closure. The first day back is taken from the calendar or marked as calculated. You may see Christmas vacation, holiday break or winter break in the source, depending on the province or board. Provinces without a verified calendar are left out rather than given estimated dates.

Christmas break 2026 by province, board and divisionLast day of classes, listed break dates and first day back; read the notes for calculated dates. A dash means no date is available here.
WhoLast day of classesBreakFirst day back
Peel District School Board
modified (balanced) calendar, three schools		Friday, December 11, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 14, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
Anglophone South School DistrictFriday, December 18, 2026December 21 to 31, 2026Monday, January 4, 2027
Anglophone South School District
pilot schools		Friday, December 18, 2026December 21 to 31, 2026Tuesday, January 5, 2027
Calgary Board of EducationFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 19, 2026 to January 3, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
Centre de services scolaire de la CapitaleFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027Wednesday, January 6, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
Edmonton Public SchoolsFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21 to 31, 2026Monday, January 4, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
Manitoba, 37 calendars
Beautiful Plains, Border Land, Brandon, Division scolaire franco-manitobaine, Flin Flon, Fort la Bosse, Frontier, Garden Valley, Hanover, Interlake, Kelsey, Lakeshore, Lord Selkirk, Louis Riel, Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology, Mountain View, Mystery Lake, Park West, Pembina Trails, Pine Creek, Portage la Prairie, Prairie Rose, Prairie Spirit, Red River Valley, River East Transcona, Rolling River, Seine River, Seven Oaks, Southwest Horizon, St. James-Assiniboia, Sunrise, Swan Valley, Turtle Mountain, Turtle River, Western, Whiteshell, Winnipeg		Friday, December 18, 2026no range stated in the calendarMonday, January 4, 2027
OntarioFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days
Peel District School BoardFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
Prince Edward IslandFriday, December 18, 2026no range stated in the calendarMonday, January 4, 2027
Saskatoon Public SchoolsFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
Toronto District School BoardFriday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
Vancouver School Board (School District 39)Friday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21 to 31, 2026Monday, January 4, 2027
Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1)
JK to Grade 8 and Grades 9 to 12		Friday, December 18, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
calculated from the calendar; no return date is stated
Nova ScotiaMonday, December 21, 2026
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 22, 2026 to January 1, 2027Monday, January 4, 2027
first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days
Manitoba, 1 calendar
Evergreen		Tuesday, December 22, 2026no range stated in the calendarWednesday, January 6, 2027

School year 2026–27, as set out in each calendar; the first class day of January 2027 is the calendar’s own “classes resume” date where it gives one.

Not yet on this page for 2026: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon and Nunavut. Their calendars are not included in this comparison; nothing is estimated from earlier years. This information was last checked against the official sources on November 2, 2026.

Nearby

Common questions

Why can school boards in the same province have different breaks?

This page includes 52 verified calendars from 10 provinces and territories. A provincial calendar does not always set the break for every school board. Where boards publish their own schedules, the last day of classes or first day back can differ, so use the row for your child’s board and calendar.

Where can I find the exact dates?

The verified province-wide dates for 2026 are as follows: Ontario: Monday, December 21, 2026 to Friday, January 1, 2027 (back Monday, January 4, 2027, calculated); Nova Scotia: Tuesday, December 22, 2026 to Friday, January 1, 2027 (back Monday, January 4, 2027, calculated). The table lists the available dates for each province or school board: the last day of classes, the break and the first day back. Check the notes for calculated dates and follow the official calendar link to confirm your school’s schedule.

What if a calendar has not been verified yet?

As of the check on November 2, 2026, no verified calendar is available on this page for Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon and Nunavut. Dates are added only after checking them against the relevant official calendar. A missing entry means the dates are not yet confirmed here, rather than indicating that students have no Christmas 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