School bus and other student transportation options

Whitehorse and rural school bus registration

We are streamlining the school bus registration process for the 2021–22 school year to:

• allow for better planning; and 
• earlier communication with students and families. 

How to register for the school bus

For students currently assigned a seat on a school bus

The same student from the same home address, going to the same school.

No action is required. 

Your child will be automatically registered for the 2021–22 school bus.

For students requiring changes next year

If any of your child’s information changed. 

Examples:

• changing schools (this includes transitions such as into high school or French immersion); 
• a change in contact information or home address;
• a change in procedure, such as requiring or not requiring to be met at the bus stop;
• a change in your child’s medical information; or
• de-registering your child if you no longer need a seat on the bus for the 2021–22 school year.

Follow the registration process and submit your request by Friday, June 11, 2021. Change requests received after June 11, 2021 will be processed before the start of the new school year.

School bus registration process

1. Complete the Annual School Bus Registration form.
2. Submit your form to the Student Transportation branch. 
   Email: student.transportation@yukon.ca
   In person: 1000 Lewes Boulevard, Department of Education office
   Fax: 867-667-8243

For new students

Submit a registration form for each child.

Follow the registration process and submit your request by Friday, June 11, 2021. Change requests received after June 11, 2021 will be processed before the start of the new school year.

School bus registration process

1. Complete the Annual School Bus Registration form.
2. Submit your form to the Student Transportation branch. 
   Email: student.transportation@yukon.ca
   In person: 1000 Lewes Boulevard, Department of Education office
   Fax: 867-667-8243

For students switching to the City of Whitehorse Student Transit Pass

Whitehorse high school students can take a city bus instead of a school bus. Students are not eligible for both school bus and public transit student pass.

Follow the registration process for the Whitehorse Transit pass below and submit your request by Friday, June 11, 2021. 

Change requests received after June 11, 2021 will be processed before the start of the new school year.

Registrations provide us with vital emergency information

Registrations ensure we have your current contact information. We also share your child's medical information with the school bus company in case of an emergency.

Adjustments to school bus routes and schedules

Before each school year starts, school bus routes and schedules are:

• reviewed; and
• adjusted as needed based on the home addresses from bus registrations.

Adjusting school bus schedules each year ensures:

• there are enough buses for all students; and
• school bus routes meet the needs of students and families.

Parent or guardians will receive an email confirmation by July 26, 2021 of their children’s school bus:

• routes; and 
• numbers. 

Updated school bus schedules will also be posted on the school bus schedule webpage by July 26, 2021.

Please use the closest school bus stop to your home addresses from the current routes.

Travel to an alternative bus stop

Each school year, your child will be registered for the school bus from your home to the school and back.

Requests to ride the school bus to a location other than a home address may be submitted to the Student Transportation Officer at student.transport@yukon.ca.

These requests are considered at the start of the new school year based on: :

• available space on the bus; and
• existing bus routes.

Student transportation health and safety guidelines 

To ensure the health and safety of students during the COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted our school bus services during the 2020–21 school year based on the health and safety guidelines for school bus operations set by Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. Any updates to health and safety guidelines for the 2021–22 school year will be shared as they become available. 

To learn more, visit Health and safety in schools: COVID-19.

Sign up for a free Whitehorse Transit pass

Whitehorse high school students can take a city bus instead of a school bus. Students who choose the city bus receive free semester Whitehorse Transit passes and are not eligible to ride a school bus. They may use their passes to get to and from school and for personal use.

1. Complete the Public Transit Registration Form.
2. Submit your form to the Student Transportation branch. 
   Email: student.transportation@yukon.ca
   In person: 1000 Lewes Boulevard, Department of Education office
   Fax: 867-667-8243
3. You must follow the Whitehorse Transit Passenger Code of Conduct when you take the bus.

Apply for a transportation subsidy

If your child lives more than 3.2 km from the nearest school bus stop and goes to the catchment area school, you may apply for a transportation subsidy to offset the cost of driving.

1. Complete the Application for Student Transportation Allowance.
2. Submit the completed form.
   Email: student.transportation@yukon.ca
   In person: 1000 Lewes Boulevard, Department of Education office
   Fax: 867-667-8243

Student transportation policies, regulations and legislation

• Student Transportation Regulations.
• Education Act, Transportation, Section 47(1).
• Student transportation on school buses ridership guidelines.
• Student transportation allowance order.