School Year Calendars 2014-2019 From the Ontario Ministry of Education Website

2014-2015 to 2018-2019

1. The following charts are provided for the guidance of school board officials in the preparation of school year calendars. School boards are required to prepare, adopt, and submit to the Ministry of Education, on or before May 1st of each year, the school year calendar(s) to be followed in the next school year. The regular school year is the period between September 1 and June 30.
   
   
2. The school year calendars must be completed in accordance with the Education Act and Regulation 304, School Year Calendar, Professional Activity Days. Where a board wishes to adopt a school year calendar that is different from the requirements in section 2 of the regulation, the board shall submit the proposed school year calendar to the Ministry of Education for approval on or before March 1st of the preceding school year.
   

    

   School Year
   	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
   Total number of school days available (Sept. 1 – June 30)	194	197	196	196	194
   Minimum number of school days required by regulation	194	194	194	194	194

    

    

    

   School Holidays
   	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
   Labour Day	Sept. 5	Sept. 4	Sept. 3
   Thanksgiving Day	Oct. 10	Oct. 9	Oct. 8
   Christmas break (inclusive)	Dec. 26, 2016 – Jan 6, 2017	Dec. 25 – Jan. 5	Dec. 24 – Jan. 4
   Family Day	Feb. 20	Feb. 19	Feb. 18
   Mid-Winter break (inclusive)	March 13-17	March 12-16	March 11-15
   Good Friday	April 14	March 30	April 19
   Easter Monday	April 17	April 2	April 22
   Victoria Day	May 22	May 21	May 20

    

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