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Freezing rain leads to GTA school closures, bus cancellations

A number of school cancellations across the Greater Toronto Area mean that some kids will get an extra long, long weekend.

Ice day for some GTA students ahead of long weekend

Parked school bus
Both public and Catholic school boards in Peel and Halton have closed all schools and board offices today. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

A number of school cancellations across the Greater Toronto Area this morning mean that some kids will get an extra long, long weekend.

The following school boards have closed all schools and board offices today:

  • Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board 
  • Halton Catholic School Board
  • Halton District School Board
  • Peel School Board
  • CS Viamonde in Peel, Halton, Guelph, Orangeville and Waterloo

Meanwhile, these school boards have cancelled buses today, but their schools remain open:

  • Toronto Catholic District School Board 

  • Toronto District School Board

  • York Catholic School Board 

  • York Region District School Board

For all of the latest up-to-the-minute information on how the freezing rain is affecting Toronto and the GTA this morning, visit our Storm Centre here