Transportation
Transportation to elementary school is provided at no charge by First Student or Hertz for:
- Students living more than 1.2 km from their designated school.
- French immersion students if their designated French immersion school is more than 1.2 km from home.
- City-wide (outside of 1.2. km) for Saskatoon French School, Bishop Filevich and Cree instruction at St. Frances.
Different guidelines apply for elementary students in Biggar, Humboldt, Martensville and Warman.
Visit your school's site for maps and other information.
See more detail about eligibility in your area.
Transportation for high school students is provided by Saskatoon Transit.
Bus delays or cancellations
First Student:
For up to date information call (306) 343-2125 or visit https://saskatoon.firststudentinc.com/cancellations.aspx, where you can also subscribe to email updates or subscribe to their RSS feed.
Hertz:
Call (306) 374-4777 for the latest weather and service alerts, or check updates on their website: https://hertz.mybusplanner.ca/.
Extreme weather and adverse operating conditions information
Elementary
Transportation is provided at no cost in the following situations:
- For students who leave their home attendance area to attend their designated French immersion school:
École Cardinal Leger | École française de Saskatoon (Saskatoon French School) | École Father Robinson School (select grades as program grows) |
École St. Gerard | École Holy Mary (in Martensville) | École St. Luke School (select grades as program grows) |
École St. Matthew | École St. Mother Teresa | École St. Paul |
École St. Peter | École Sister O'Brien |
- Citywide for students who leave their home attendance area to attend:
- Saskatoon French School,
- Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School,
- Nēhiyaw Cree bilingual program at St. Frances Cree Bilingual School, or
- Michif program at St. Michael Community School (currently available up to Grade 3).
- For students living in the attendance areas of the following schools who would like instruction in English:
Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School | École St. Gerard | École St. Matthew |
École St. Paul | École Sister O'Brien |
- For students living in rural areas within division boundaries.
- For students living in the following areas to attend neighbouring elementary schools (if you do not see your neighbourhood here and believe you may be eligible for transportation, please contact the number below):
Adelaide-Churchill | Arbor Creek | Aspen Ridge |
Blairmore | Briarwood | Brighton |
Caswell Hill | Central Business District | City Park |
Elk Point | Exhibition | Greenbryer |
Greystone Heights | Grosvenor Park | Haultain |
Holliston | Kelsey-Woodlawn | Kensington |
King George | Lakewood Suburban Centre | Mayfair |
Meadowgreen | Nutana | Nutana Park |
Nutana Suburban Centre | Westmount | Westview Heights |
Willows |
Please contact Gena Mazoka at (306) 659-7020 or via email for further information.
High School
The division does not provide transportation for high school students. Saskatoon Transit provides transportation services for high school students.
Rural Transportation
There is limited school bus availability for students living in rural areas within division boundaries who attend the following schools (see locations and a map view of schools):
- Bishop James Mahoney High School
- École St. Matthew School
- École St. Mother Teresa School
- Georges Vanier Catholic Fine Arts School
- Holy Cross High School
If your home is within the rural division boundaries, but outside of the bus route for the school you are attending, contact Gena Mazoka at (306) 659-7020 or via email to apply for student conveyance mileage reimbursement.