100 Prince Philip Drive
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL · A1B 4J6
Tel: (709) 729-1234 · Fax: (709) 729-9876
100 Prince Philip Drive
P.O. Box 8700 · St. John's, NL · A1B 4J6
Tel: (709) 729-1234 · Fax: (709) 729-9876
Student Transportation
Welcome to the NLSchools' Student Transportation/Busing information page.


The Student Transportation Parent Portal is designed to provide families with important information regarding their child's eligibility for busing and transportation schedule. By creating an account on the Parent Portal, you will have access to details such as your child's bus route, assigned bus stop location, and projected pickup/drop off times. Additionally, you will receive email notifications about any routing changes that may affect your child throughout the school year. We encourage all parents to click on the Parent Portal icon above and create an account to stay informed about their child's transportation arrangements.

Click on the dropdowns below to learn more.

SAFETY

Safety is an integral component of any successful student transportation system. The main factors of maintaining a safe student transportation system are:

  1. Safe Buses

    School buses are required by law to meet the Canadian Standards Association's D250 school bus standards, a prescriptive manufacturing standard that school buses must be built and maintained to throughout the service life of a school bus.

    To give an illustration of how safe school buses are, here is a quote from the 2020 Strengthening School Bus Safety in Canada report by the Federal Government's Task Force on School Bus Safety:

    Children traveling to school by school bus are 72 times safer than those traveling to school by car, and 45 times safer than those walking and cycling to school.

    For more information on why school buses are so safe, please go here.

    School bus operators are required by law to arrange for the completion of two Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspections every year by an Official Inspection Station (a business licensed to inspect school buses). These inspections must be completed by a certified journeyperson mechanic. These two inspections are completed over the summer and in December. Additionally, Highway Enforcement Officers from the Department of Digital Government & Service NL complete an inspection of every school bus in the Fall of each year as well as a random inspection of 30% of the Province's school bus fleet on top of that at any time throughout the year. All of these inspections are very thorough.

    So every year, 70% of school buses are inspected 3 times a year, and 30% of school buses are inspected 4 times a year! To give some perspective on this, you may want to ask yourself when was the last time you had your personal vehicle inspected from top to bottom?

    By law, bus drivers are required to conduct, and document, a trip inspection every 24 hours and report any major defects to their supervisor immediately which need to be repaired before the school bus can return to service. If a school bus is involved in a collision, it must be inspected by a certified journeyperson mechanic before returning to service in consultation with the Highway Enforcement Division.

  2. Safe Drivers

    School bus drivers are held to the highest standards of safety and preparedness. NLSchools outlines its standards in its Student Transportation Driver Standards. In order to transport students using a school bus, a driver must maintain a valid Class 2 Driver Licence (or Class 4 - Commercial) for smaller school buses) from the Motor Registration Division of the Department of Digital Government & Service NL. As per Motor Registration Division protocol, drivers holding a Class 2 or 4 commercial licence require a medical to be completed every 5 years until age 45, every 3 years until age 65 and every year after age 65.

    The NLSchools Driver Standards includes driver documentation, minimum qualifications and how NLSchools evaluates drivers. This includes regular Criminal Record & Vulnerable Sector screening as well as annual Driver Record screenings.

    In addition to a variety of school bus operator directed training, NLSchools maintains a school bus driver online training system. Through this system, all drivers are given specific training assignments each year on a variety of safety topics and student transportation procedures that are required to be completed in order to be eligible to transport students.

    All drivers are also required to participate in emergency school bus evacuation drills with students every Fall and maintain a valid Emergency First Aid, CPR & Epipen certificate.

  3. Safe Route Design & Bus Stop Locations

    NLSchools is responsible for designing safe bus routes and bus stop locations. The routes are determined by a set of criteria outlined by the Department of Education which is captured in the NLSchools Bus Route & Stop Guidelines. Such criteria includes, but is not limited to, distances between stops, line of sight, posted speed limits, avoiding left turns where practical, widths of roads, grade of roads, intersections, traffic lanes and number of students.

    NLSchools is responsible for the safety of students from the moment they step onto the bus in the morning and until the moment they disembark the bus in the afternoon. However, it is the parent's/guardian's responsibility to ensure their child gets to and from their assigned bus stop safely.

  4. Policy, Procedures & Laws - Safety Focus

    The school bus industry is one of the most highly regulated industries in Canada. The following entities have laws or policies and procedures that regulate the school bus industry in order to maintain the highest degree of safety as possible:






BUS ROUTE DOCUMENTATION

Below is a list of all schools with updated bus routes. To view the latest Bus Route information for your school, click to open the list and select the bus route document to view. (Only schools with updated bus route documentation available will be listed.) If no bus route document is available below, you can check the School Directory for last years bus route documentation, or please contact the school or your regional office. To view a school profile page with complete school information including bus route information, click on the school name or check out the School Directory to select your school's profile page.

Below are bus route documentation sorted by school.

SCHOOL NAME TOWN/CITY REGION UPDATED ROUTE
A.P. Low Primary Labrador City labrador 2024/10/18 VIEW
A.R. Scammell Academy Change Islands central 2024/08/06 VIEW
Acreman Elementary Green's Harbour Avalon 2024/09/26 VIEW
Admiral's Academy Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/10/04 VIEW
All Hallows Elementary North River Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Amalgamated Academy Bay Roberts Avalon 2024/10/10 VIEW
Anthony Paddon Elementary Musgravetown central 2024/09/05 VIEW
Ascension Collegiate Bay Roberts Avalon 2024/09/13 VIEW
Avoca Collegiate Badger central 2024/09/11 VIEW
Baccalieu Collegiate Old Perlican Avalon 2024/09/25 VIEW
Baltimore School Ferryland Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Bay d'Espoir Academy St. Alban's central 2024/10/04 VIEW
Bay Roberts Primary Bay Roberts Avalon 2024/09/25 VIEW
Bayside Academy Port Hope Simpson labrador 2024/08/30 VIEW
Bayview Academy St. George's western 2024/09/09 VIEW
Beachy Cove Elementary Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Avalon 2024/11/25 VIEW
Beaconsfield Junior High St. John's Avalon 2024/10/25 VIEW
Belanger Memorial School Doyles western 2024/11/01 VIEW
Bishop Abraham St. John's Avalon 2024/10/11 VIEW
Bishop Feild Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/10/31 VIEW
Bishop White School Port Rexton central 2024/08/21 VIEW
Bonne Bay Academy Woody Point western 2024/09/15 VIEW
Botwood Collegiate Botwood central 2024/08/23 VIEW
Brian Peckford Primary Triton western 2024/09/24 VIEW
Brookside Intermediate Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Avalon 2024/11/25 VIEW
Brother Rice Junior High St. John's Avalon 2024/12/04 VIEW
Burgeo Academy Burgeo western 2024/09/09 VIEW
C.C. Loughlin Elementary Corner Brook western 2024/10/18 VIEW
Cabot Academy Western Bay Avalon 2024/08/28 VIEW
Canon Richards Memorial Academy Flower's Cove western 2024/08/06 VIEW
Cape John Collegiate La Scie western 2024/09/26 VIEW
Cape St. Francis Elementary Pouch Cove Avalon 2024/09/20 VIEW
Carbonear Academy Carbonear Avalon 2024/11/15 VIEW
Carbonear Collegiate Carbonear Avalon 2024/10/18 VIEW
Catalina Elementary School Catalina central 2024/08/06 VIEW
Centreville Academy Centreville-Wareham central 2024/09/05 VIEW
Christ the King School Rushoon central 2024/10/18 VIEW
Clarenville High School Clarenville central 2024/08/06 VIEW
Clarenville Middle School Clarenville central 2024/08/27 VIEW
Cloud River Academy Roddickton western 2024/08/06 VIEW
Copper Ridge Academy Baie Verte western 2024/08/06 VIEW
Corner Brook Intermediate Corner Brook western 2024/11/01 VIEW
Corner Brook Regional High Corner Brook western 2024/10/18 VIEW
Cottrell's Cove Academy Cottrell's Cove central 2024/09/24 VIEW
Cowan Heights Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/09/13 VIEW
Crescent Collegiate Blaketown Avalon 2024/09/18 VIEW
Discovery Collegiate Bonavista central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Donald C. Jamieson Academy Burin Bay Arm central 2024/09/02 VIEW
Dorset Collegiate Pilley's Island western 2024/11/06 VIEW
Dunne Memorial Academy St. Mary's Avalon 2024/10/08 VIEW
E.A. Butler All Grade McKay's western 2024/09/18 VIEW
East Point Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/08/21 VIEW
Eastside Elementary Corner Brook western 2024/09/13 VIEW
Elizabeth Park Elementary Paradise Avalon 2024/11/15 VIEW
Elwood Elementary School Deer Lake western 2024/11/15 VIEW
Elwood Regional High School Deer Lake western 2024/11/15 VIEW
Exploits Valley High Grand Falls-Windsor central 2024/10/15 VIEW
Exploits Valley Intermediate Grand Falls-Windsor central 2024/11/08 VIEW
Fatima Academy St. Bride's Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Fitzgerald Academy English Harbour West central 2024/10/11 VIEW
Fogo Island Central Academy Fogo Island central 2024/08/28 VIEW
Forest Park Primary Grand Falls-Windsor central 2024/10/25 VIEW
Fortune Bay Academy St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Frank Roberts Junior High Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/11/29 VIEW
French Shore Academy Port Saunders western 2024/09/07 VIEW
Gander Academy Gander central 2024/11/25 VIEW
Gander Collegiate Gander central 2024/10/18 VIEW
Gander Elementary Gander central 2024/10/18 VIEW
Gill Memorial Academy Musgrave Harbour central 2024/08/27 VIEW
Glovertown Academy Glovertown central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Gonzaga High School St. John's Avalon 2024/10/11 VIEW
Goulds Elementary Goulds Avalon 2024/11/12 VIEW
Grandy's River Collegiate Burnt Islands western 2024/09/03 VIEW
Green Bay South Academy Robert's Arm western 2024/11/06 VIEW
Greenwood Academy Campbellton central 2024/10/01 VIEW
Gros Morne Academy Rocky Harbour western 2024/09/13 VIEW
H.G. Fillier Academy Englee western 2024/09/04 VIEW
Hampden Academy Hampden western 2024/08/28 VIEW
Hazelwood Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/09/24 VIEW
Helen Tulk Elementary Bishop's Falls central 2024/09/27 VIEW
Henry Gordon Academy Cartwright labrador 2024/08/08 VIEW
Heritage Collegiate Lethbridge central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Hillside Elementary La Scie western 2024/09/12 VIEW
Hillview Academy Norris Arm central 2024/08/23 VIEW
Holy Cross All Grade Daniel's Harbour western 2024/08/25 VIEW
Holy Cross Elementary (Holyrood) Holyrood Avalon 2024/09/06 VIEW
Holy Cross School Complex Eastport central 2024/09/12 VIEW
Holy Family Elementary (Chapel Arm) Chapel Arm Avalon 2024/09/05 VIEW
Holy Family Elementary (Paradise) Paradise Avalon 2024/12/02 VIEW
Holy Heart of Mary St. John's Avalon 2024/08/25 VIEW
Holy Name of Mary Academy Lawn central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Holy Redeemer Elementary Spaniard's Bay Avalon 2024/08/23 VIEW
Holy Spirit High Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/10/21 VIEW
Holy Trinity Elementary Torbay Avalon 2024/10/18 VIEW
Holy Trinity High School Torbay Avalon 2024/09/20 VIEW
Immaculate Conception Primary Colliers Avalon 2024/10/24 VIEW
Indian River Academy Springdale western 2024/09/13 VIEW
Indian River High School Springdale western 2024/08/08 VIEW
J.J. Curling Elementary Corner Brook western 2024/08/08 VIEW
J.M. Olds Collegiate Twillingate central 2024/08/16 VIEW
J.R. Smallwood Middle School Wabush labrador 2024/10/04 VIEW
Jakeman All Grade Trout River western 2024/09/03 VIEW
James Cook Memorial Cook's Harbour western 2024/08/20 VIEW
Jane Collins Academy Hare Bay central 2024/08/29 VIEW
John Burke High School Grand Bank central 2024/10/04 VIEW
John Watkins Academy Hermitage central 2024/10/21 VIEW
Juniper Ridge Intermediate Torbay Avalon 2024/10/25 VIEW
King Academy Harbour Breton central 2024/09/24 VIEW
Labrador Straits Academy L'Anse au Loup labrador 2024/08/29 VIEW
Lake Academy Fortune central 2024/09/20 VIEW
Lake Melville School North West River labrador 2024/10/11 VIEW
Lakeside Academy Buchans central 2024/09/27 VIEW
Lakewood Academy Glenwood central 2024/10/18 VIEW
Larkhall Academy St. John's Avalon 2024/11/28 VIEW
Laval High School Placentia Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Leading Tickles Primary Leading Tickles, NL central 2024/01/04 VIEW
Learys Brook Junior High St. John's Avalon 2024/11/22 VIEW
LeGallais Memorial Isle aux Morts western 2024/09/18 VIEW
Leo Burke Academy Bishop's Falls central 2024/08/22 VIEW
Lewisporte Academy Lewisporte central 2024/11/01 VIEW
Lewisporte Collegiate Lewisporte central 2024/10/18 VIEW
Lewisporte Intermediate Lewisporte central 2024/10/18 VIEW
Long Range Academy Cow Head western 2024/08/28 VIEW
Lourdes Elementary Lourdes western 2024/09/27 VIEW
Lumsden Academy Lumsden central 2024/10/18 VIEW
M.S.B. Regional Academy Middle Arm western 2024/11/19 VIEW
Macdonald Drive Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/09/27 VIEW
Macdonald Drive Junior High St. John's Avalon 2024/11/07 VIEW
Main River Academy Pollard's Point western 2024/08/26 VIEW
Mary Queen of Peace St. John's Avalon 2024/10/04 VIEW
Mary Queen of the World Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/11/29 VIEW
Mary Simms All Grade Main Brook western 2024/11/27 VIEW
Marystown Central High Marystown central 2024/10/15 VIEW
Matthew Elementary Bonavista central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Mealy Mountain Collegiate Happy Valley-Goose Bay labrador 2024/08/29 VIEW
Memorial Academy Botwood central 2024/10/04 VIEW
Menihek High School Labrador City labrador 2024/10/18 VIEW
Mobile Central High School Mobile Avalon 2024/11/22 VIEW
Morris Academy Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/11/03 VIEW
Mount Pearl Intermediate Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Mount Pearl Senior High Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/11/19 VIEW
New World Island Academy Summerford central 2024/10/25 VIEW
Newtown Elementary School Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/10/11 VIEW
O'Donel High Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/09/20 VIEW
Octagon Pond Elementary Paradise Avalon 2024/09/27 VIEW
Our Lady of the Cape School Cape St. George western 2024/08/21 VIEW
Paradise Elementary Paradise Avalon 2024/11/01 VIEW
Paradise Intermediate Paradise Avalon 2024/10/04 VIEW
Pasadena Academy Pasadena western 2024/09/09 VIEW
Pasadena Elementary Pasadena western 2024/10/04 VIEW
Peacock Primary School Happy Valley-Goose Bay labrador 2024/09/27 VIEW
Pearce Junior High School Burin Bay Arm central 2024/10/15 VIEW
Pearson Academy Wesleyville central 2024/11/06 VIEW
Perlwin Elementary Winterton Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Persalvic School Complex Victoria Avalon 2024/10/04 VIEW
Phoenix Academy Carmanville central 2024/09/26 VIEW
Piccadilly Central High Piccadilly western 2024/08/08 VIEW
Point Leamington Academy Point Leamington central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Prince of Wales Collegiate St. John's Avalon 2024/11/15 VIEW
Queen Elizabeth Regional High Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/09/20 VIEW
Queen of Peace Middle School Happy Valley-Goose Bay labrador 2024/09/27 VIEW
Random Island Academy Hickmans Harbour central 2024/11/15 VIEW
Rennie's River Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/09/25 VIEW
Riverside Elementary Clarenville central 2024/10/25 VIEW
Riverwood Academy Wing's Point central 2024/09/23 VIEW
Roncalli Central High Avondale Avalon 2024/11/06 VIEW
Roncalli Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/10/25 VIEW
Sacred Heart Academy Marystown central 2024/10/27 VIEW
Sacred Heart Elementary Corner Brook western 2024/11/20 VIEW
Sandstone Academy Ladle Cove central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Smallwood Academy Gambo central 2024/08/23 VIEW
Southwest Arm Academy Little Heart's Ease central 2024/09/30 VIEW
Sprucewood Academy Grand Falls-Windsor central 2024/10/15 VIEW
St. Andrews Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/11/08 VIEW
St. Annes Academy Dunville Avalon 2024/10/16 VIEW
St. Augustines Elementary Bell Island Avalon 2024/10/13 VIEW
St. Bernard's School Witless Bay Avalon 2024/10/18 VIEW
St. Boniface All Grade Ramea western 2024/08/20 VIEW
St. Catherine's Academy St. Catherines Avalon 2024/10/08 VIEW
St. Edward's School Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/11/15 VIEW
St. Francis of Assisi Outer Cove Avalon 2024/09/06 VIEW
St. Francis School Harbour Grace Avalon 2024/10/11 VIEW
St. Gabriel's All Grade St. Brendan's central 2024/09/03 VIEW
St. George's Elementary Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/11/29 VIEW
St. James All Grade Lark Harbour western 2024/08/23 VIEW
St. James Elementary Channel Port aux Basques western 2024/08/20 VIEW
St. James Regional High Port aux Basques western 2024/09/24 VIEW
St. John Bosco St. John's Avalon 2024/08/29 VIEW
St. Joseph's Academy Lamaline central 2024/08/28 VIEW
St. Joseph's All Grade Terrenceville central 2024/08/27 VIEW
St. Joseph's Elementary Harbour Breton central 2024/09/18 VIEW
St. Kevin's High School Goulds Avalon 2024/11/12 VIEW
St. Kevins Junior High Goulds Avalon 2024/11/12 VIEW
St. Lawrence Academy St. Lawrence central 2024/08/25 VIEW
St. Lewis Academy St. Lewis labrador 2024/08/08 VIEW
St. Mark's School King's Cove central 2024/08/27 VIEW
St. Mary's All Grade Mary's Harbour labrador 2024/09/06 VIEW
St. Mary's Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/10/18 VIEW
St. Matthew's School St. John's Avalon 2024/10/02 VIEW
St. Michael's Elementary Stephenville Crossing western 2024/08/08 VIEW
St. Michaels Regional High Bell Island Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
St. Paul's Intermediate School Gander central 2024/10/18 VIEW
St. Paul's Junior High St. John's Avalon 2024/09/27 VIEW
St. Peter's Academy (Benoit's Cove) Benoit's Cove western 2024/11/27 VIEW
St. Peter's Academy (Westport) Westport western 2024/11/04 VIEW
St. Peters Elementary (UIC) Upper Island Cove Avalon 2024/09/24 VIEW
St. Peters Junior High School Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/11/20 VIEW
St. Peters Primary Mount Pearl Avalon 2024/11/04 VIEW
St. Teresas School/Ecole St. John's Avalon 2024/09/26 VIEW
St. Thomas Aquinas Port au Port western 2024/10/11 VIEW
Stella Maris Academy Trepassey Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Stephenville Elementary Stephenville western 2024/09/06 VIEW
Stephenville High Stephenville western 2024/08/28 VIEW
Stephenville Middle School Stephenville western 2024/08/22 VIEW
Stephenville Primary Stephenville western 2024/10/18 VIEW
Swift Current Academy Swift Current central 2024/08/08 VIEW
Templeton Academy Meadows western 2024/10/18 VIEW
Topsail Elementary Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/10/10 VIEW
Tricentia Academy Arnold's Cove central 2024/08/23 VIEW
Tricon Elementary Bay de Verde Avalon 2024/09/18 VIEW
Truman Eddison Memorial Griquet western 2024/08/08 VIEW
Twillingate Island Elementary Twillingate central 2024/08/26 VIEW
Upper Gullies Elementary Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/11/29 VIEW
Valmont Academy King's Point western 2024/08/20 VIEW
Vanier Elementary St. John's Avalon 2024/08/09 VIEW
Viking Trail Academy Plum Point western 2024/10/25 VIEW
Villanova Junior High Conception Bay South Avalon 2024/10/23 VIEW
Waterford Valley High St. John's, NL Avalon 2024/10/29 VIEW
Whitbourne Elementary Whitbourne Avalon 2024/09/13 VIEW
White Hills Academy St. Anthony western 2024/11/15 VIEW
William Gillett Academy Charlottetown labrador 2024/08/08 VIEW
William Mercer Academy Dover central 2024/08/26 VIEW
Woodland Elementary Dildo Avalon 2024/11/12 VIEW
Woodland Primary Grand Falls-Windsor central 2024/10/25 VIEW
Xavier Junior High Deer Lake, NL western 2024/11/15 VIEW

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To report an Emergency or a Bus Service Delay, please call:

  • Labrador Region
    Tel: (709) 896-6025 (Includes all of Labrador)
  • Western Region
    Tel: (709) 637-4040 (Ranges from Northern Peninsula to Southwest Coast to the Baie Verte Peninsula)
  • Central Region
    Tel: (709) 256-2547 Ext. 238 (Ranges from Badger to Arnold's Cove, including Bonavista and Burin Peninsulas)
  • Avalon Region
    Tel: (709) 729-8200 (All the Avalon Peninsula)
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