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School Bus Safety Week Oct. 20-24, 2025

Celebrating School Bus Safety Week & School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! This week, we’re celebrating two very special occasions: School Bus Safety Week (October 20–24, 2025) and School […]

Working For Workers Five Act – How it Affects Employers

New Rules for Ontario’s Employers Ontario’s Bill 190, called the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024, has received royal assent and includes amendments to a […]

Tired of School Bus Delays and Cancellations?

Tell your MPP to fix the funding formula to prevent more cancellations, delays! Send a letter here!

Update on R&R Bonus

Retention and Recruitment Bonus Fall 2024 The eligibility criteria for the R & R have changed from the former Driver Retention Program (DRP) and each […]

Retention & Recruitment Bonus – Ministry Information

January 2024 The Ministry of Education has posted new information on the Retention and Recruitment bonus for school bus drivers. More detail on how the […]

Back-to-School: Bus Safety First

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 […]

School Bus Companies: “Routes” in the Community

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 […]

School Bus Drivers – T4A’s Important Information

Online T4As – The DRP Service Provider, Deloitte, has advised that the Driver T4As in the CRA online account had inaccurate street numbers/street names/unit numbers. These […]

2022 School Bus Driver Excellence Award

School Bus Ontario is pleased to announce that Andrea Mederios of First Student in Georgetown has earned this year’s Driver Excellence award. Andrea is being […]

New Eight Lamp Warning System in Ontario

This fall (2022) changes are coming to school buses. A new amber-red, eight light system is being rolled out across the province to further protect […]