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Christmas break 2028 in Canada: last day of school by province

Ontario Christmas break (winter break), school year 2028–29

Monday, December 25, 2028 to Sunday, January 7, 2029

Last day of classes Friday, December 22, 2028 (calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off). Classes resume on Monday, January 8, 2029 (first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days).  

Calendar highlights

Calendars with Christmas breaks Calculated
2 calendars from provinces, boards and divisions listing a Christmas break
Longest Christmas break Calculated
Longest listed Christmas break: Ontario, spanning 10 weekdays
Consecutive days without classes (Ontario) Calculated
16 days, from Saturday, December 23, 2028 to Sunday, January 7, 2029, including adjacent weekends and other days off listed in the calendar

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 2028 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
OntarioFriday, December 22, 2028
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 25, 2028 to January 7, 2029Monday, January 8, 2029
first weekday after the break; check your school calendar for PA days or other non-instructional days
Vancouver School Board (School District 39)Friday, December 22, 2028
calculated: last weekday before the break with no listed day off		December 27, 2028 to January 5, 2029Monday, January 8, 2029

School year 2028–29, as set out in each calendar; the first class day of January 2029 is the calendar’s own “classes resume” date where it gives one.

Not yet on this page for 2028: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories 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.

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Common questions

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

This page includes 2 verified calendars from 2 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 2028 are as follows: Ontario: Monday, December 25, 2028 to Sunday, January 7, 2029 (back Monday, January 8, 2029, 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 Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories 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