Here is a list of the status of schools, if they are open or closed, in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday, January 15, 2026:
Toronto District School Board: Schools are closed.
Toronto Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed.
Peel District School Board: Schools are closed.
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed.
York District School Board: Schools are closed.
York Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed.
Durham District School Board: Schools are open, but buses are cancelled in all zones – Zone 1, 2, 3, 4.
Durham Catholic District School Board: Schools are open, but buses are cancelled in all zones.
Halton District School Board: Schools are closed.
Halton Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed.
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board: Schools are closed.
District School Board of Niagara: Schools are closed.
Niagara Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed.
Simcoe County District School Board: Schools are are open, buses are cancelled.
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed.
York University: All campuses closed.
University of Toronto: All campuses closed.
Toronto Metropolitan University: Campus is closed.
Southern Ontario gets dumped with significant snow storm
Many residents in southern Ontario woke up Thursday with a dumping of snow after a system moved through the region late on Wednesday.
Significant snowfall was expected after Environment Canada issued a yellow – snowfall warning of 20 to 30 centimetres of snow to fall in the Toronto area between Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon, with the snow tapering off come late this afternoon.
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The snowfall warning stretches from the London area through to Toronto, north to Barrie and Orillia, and out east through Peterborough and Kingston towards Ottawa.
As much as 40 centimetres is expected in areas like Sarnia due to local snow squalls.
The weather agency warned of reduced visibility at times in heavy snow and local blowing snow.
“A low pressure system will continue to bring significant snowfall to much of southern Ontario. Very cold wind chills by this morning will add to the adverse weather conditions,” the latest weather alert read on Thursday morning for Toronto.
Temperatures also dropped significantly overnight reaching minus double digits. Toronto woke up to -22 with the wind chill on Thursday morning.
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