School Bus Ontario (SBO) is a non-profit association providing advocacy, education and legislative consultation services to the owners of school bus fleets, school boards/transportation consortia and supplier/manufacturer/distributor companies across Ontario for over 60 years. We encourage related organizations to become members of SBO, committed to professionally and reliably serving the needs of student transportation in Ontario. For any specific matters related to school bus routes, bus stops, etc., please contact your local school board/transportation consortia or bus company as these types of service issues lie outside the role and mandate of CBO.
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On Oct. 1, Ontario’s minimum wage, the lowest wage employers are permitted to pay their workers per hour, rose from $15.50 to $16.55, a 6.8 per cent increase. For more information [...] -
Parents & Caregivers Please note that School Bus Ontario (SBO) does NOT have information on individual school bus routes. To find information about your child’s school bus, you will need [...] -
Fall 2023 Top tips for school bus safety: STOP for the school bus! Every day in every region of Ontario, there are reports of motorists blowing by stopped buses when [...] -
Funding Formula for Student Transportation Updated Fall 2023 The Ministry of Education has announced a new funding formula model for student transportation services. Among the changes in the new funding [...] -
MVIS LICENCE RENEWAL – 2024 August 4, 2023 Message from MTO to School Bus Ontario Recently I wrote to you to advise of the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) decision to [...] -
School Bus Companies with Deep Roots in Communities Orville Hammond, standing beside taxi, 1947 Many of School Bus Ontario’s (SBO) companies have been operating in Ontario for decades and, in [...] -
The new amber red system is designed to enhance school bus safety across Ontario. Watch SBO’s Robert Monster, Safety expert, on CP 24 discuss how and why the new system [...] -
Back to School Information With the back to school season underway, it is important to familiarize yourself with the following guidance documents that have been issued by the Ministry of [...] -
As of January 1, 2017 criminal background checks required by MTO for Class B and E licences are no longer being conducted through DriveTest, ServiceOntario Centres or the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Security [...] -
If you have an interest in working with children and youth, driving a school bus may be a great job for you! Approximately 18,000 school buses travel two million kilometers [...]