GTA school boards declare Monday a snow day, after up to 60 cm of snow accumulates Sunday
All exams Monday postponed, some childcare services, school bus services also cancelled
All school boards across the Greater Toronto Area have declared a snow day Monday after a major storm slammed the region Sunday.
In a post to social media Sunday evening, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) said all schools, sites and administrative buildings will be closed due to ongoing snow removal.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) also posted to social media to inform students and guardians that all schools and other board sites would be closed Monday. The school board said exams scheduled for Monday would be rescheduled to Thursday.
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board followed suit, noting all schools, offices and facilities would be closed to students and staff on Monday due to the winter weather conditions.
Exams scheduled for Monday will move to the designated contingency day, the school board said in a post to social media Sunday evening.
York Region District School Board also announced all schools, transportation services and all board locations would be closed to students Monday.
"PARENTS DO NOT send your child to school tomorrow," the board said in a post to social media Sunday evening.
York Region Catholic District School Board schools will also be closed Monday. Child-care operators will also be unable to operate, the school board said in a news release Sunday evening.
Monday's exams will be rescheduled to Thursday, though Tuesday and Wednesday exams will proceed as scheduled.
Peel District School Board also announced a Monday snow day, saying the closures include "all activities located in the schools, including childcare, night school and permits." In a statement on social media, the board said any exams scheduled for Monday are being moved to Wednesday, while Tuesday exams will go ahead as planned.
As of 7 p.m. Sunday, Durham District School Board has also cancelled school, posting to its website that the decision was made "due to the winter storm, significant snowfall forecasted to continue through the evening, and the anticipated storm aftermath."
Durham Student Transportation Services, which is the Durham District School Board and the Durham Catholic District School Board's bus service, cancelled all transportation for Monday, January 26th, 2026 due to ongoing inclement weather conditions.
Durham Catholic District School Board posted a similar message on its website, followed by Halton District School Board.
In a news release Sunday evening, the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic School Board said due to forecasted continuation of snow, all schools, buildings and worksites including the Catholic Education Centre would be closed to students and staff Monday.
The school board also said before- and after-school programs would be cancelled, though full-day child-care programs would be contacting parents independently.
The French public Viamonde School Board announced Sunday evening that schools and daycares in York, Durham, Toronto, Peel, Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Guelph and Orangeville would be closed Monday due to "severe weather."
"Depending on how the situation develops, further closures may be announced later," the school board said.
The Catholic French school board, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir, said all schools located in Toronto, Peel, Halton, York, Durham, Peterborough, Niagara, Hamilton, Brantford, Norfolk, Kitchener and Waterloo, and Guelph would be closed Monday due to the weather conditions.
High school exams will be postponed, the school board said on social media Sunday evening.
Environment Canada issued an orange winter storm warning that predicted between 30 and 50 centimetres of snow across the GTA, but some areas, like Toronto and Mississauga, could see over 60 centimetres of accumulation.
It said about five to 10 centimetres of snow could fall per hour during the storm's peak.
The City of Toronto declared a significant weather event and activated its major snow event response plan Sunday evening.
In a later post to social media, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said there were more than 600 snowplows on roads and sidewalks and over 1,300 city staff and contractors clearing the snow.
At a news conference Sunday evening, the city's manager Paul Johnson said it will be a challenge to move around Monday.
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