While schools in the prairie provinces virtually never close for bad weather, ones on Canada's East Coast regularly shut down during snowstorms. In B.C., Ontario and Quebec, schools tend to call snow days sparingly. | CBCNews
The Canadian PressDepending on where you live in Canada, heavy snowfall like this may or may not result in school closures.Parents across Canada have been forced to scramble in recent weeks as wintry conditions have prompted schools to shut, with some regions recording an unusually high number of closures.
An examination reveals a haphazard patchwork of varying approaches to inclement weather across Canada that appear to be based on a region's common practice and culture as much as the forecast. Still, the number of snow days remains higher in the Maritimes, with some school boards consistently reporting double-digit closures over a winter.
An Edmonton Public Schools spokesperson said there have been 'zero' snow days over the last 10 years.For example, Regina Public Schools, the Regina-based administrator for the city's schools, doesn't have snow days, said spokesperson Terry Lazarou. A report on school storm days in Nova Scotia in 2009 acknowledged the role of culture in snow-day decisions.
Yet the Catholic school board in the same region does not have the same policy — it cancelled bus service this week but schools remained open.
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