All public and Catholic schools in Aurora, Ontario, are closed today, January 26, 2026, due to severe winter/emergency weather conditions. The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) and the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) have closed all buildings and cancelled student transportation as heavy snow and ice made local roads dangerous.
This full system closure affects every school in the town, including elementary and secondary schools. Student Transportation Services of York Region (via the School Bus City cancellations portal) reports that all school bus and taxi transportation serving both boards is cancelled region‑wide for Jan. 26, 2026. The boards had recently launched a Two‑Zone Transportation Pilot (Jan. 5, 2026) intended to allow southern municipalities, including Aurora, to remain open during localized storms, but officials say the current conditions impacted the entire service area.
Licensed child care and before‑and‑after school programs located inside schools are also closed today. Boards typically provide asynchronous learning (work posted online) rather than live online classes on full emergency/system‑closure days; the official closure notices did not announce live online instruction for Jan. 26, 2026.
Board procedures call for closure decisions to be made early in the morning, and the boards announced the system closure via their official channels this morning. The decision was made after reviewing road and site conditions across the region and in consultation with Student Transportation Services.
