Application for 2024-2025 Senior Elementary School and High School Student Transportation
Lakehead District School Board, Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board and Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales provides school bus service on an "opt-in" basis for senior elementary school and secondary school students meeting the minimum eligibility distance criteria for residential addresses within the school zone. Distance computations come solely from Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay's Ministry of Education approved geospatial routing software.
Eligible students attending either a senior elementary school or a secondary school for the 2024-2025 school year in Thunder Bay are required to apply for school bus transportation. Those entering either grade 7 or 8 at a Senior Elementary School who reside more than 1.6 km from their zoned school or those entering any grade at a high school who reside more than 3.2 km from their zoned school, can request school bus transportation through the link provided at the bottom of this page. Applications must be received by April 30, 2024 in order to be included in preparing routes for next year.
Eligible students enrolled in the following schools for September 2024 are required to apply for school bus transportation by April 30, 2024:
Lakehead District School Board schools:
Hammarskjöld High School
Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Superior Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board schools:
Bishop E.Q. Jennings Senior Elementary School
Bishop Gallagher Senior Elementary School
Pope John Paul II Senior Elementary School
St. Ignatius High School
St. Patrick High School
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales:
École catholique de La Vérendrye
École secondaire catholique de La Vérendrye
Important Information:
- Senior Elementary school students must reside greater than 1.6 kilometers and Secondary school students must reside greater that 3.2 kilometers away from their zoned school to qualify for busing. Check eligibility for transportation here. (Note: you must change the school year at the bottom of the 'Can I Ride A Bus' page to 2024-2025 to view accurate information on next year's eligibility)
- School bus stops are generally further away for older students with senior elementary students expected to walk up to 800 meters and secondary students expected to walk up to 1600 meters to access a bus stop.
- Distance eligibility is determined solely by STSTB’s routing software. Next year's eligibility tool can be found here. (Note: you must change the school year at the bottom of the 'Can I Ride A Bus' page to 2024-2025 to view accurate information on next year's eligibility)
- If a student chooses to register at a school other than their zoned school, transportation will not be provided.
- Assigned students who do not ride the bus at least once in any 20 consecutive school day period are subject to removal from busing, and must reapply in order to be reinstated.
- Individual student transportation information for all returning students in the 2024-2025 school year will only be available online through the “Parent Portal” found at: www.ststb.ca by the end of June 2024. An announcement will be made when this information is available.
Transportation for all other grades and schools
If you have registered a NEW JK student who is starting school in September 2024, transportation will be set up based on what you indicated on the registration form. If you need to make any changes between now and September, please contact the school where you registered your child.
For students currently in JK through grade 5 at TBCDSB and CSDCAB schools and JK through 7 at LDSB and CSPGNO schools, no application for transportation is required for next year if there will be no changes from their current transportation status, however the previously announced changes to transportation eligibility distances for JK-3 students for next year will also apply. Any transportation changes for these students for September 2024 are to be directed through the school office.
