--- title: "Snow day and closures in Prince George | PG Pulse" description: "Is it a snow day in Prince George? School district, college and university closures and school bus cancellations, checked every 10 minutes on winter…" url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/snow-day/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/snow-day.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-19T06:43:12.869Z --- # Snow day and closures in Prince George No school, college or university closure is posted for today (it is not a school day). From the notices each institution posts on its own website, checked every 10 minutes on school mornings from November to April. Checked 2 h ago. Closures are also announced on local radio and social media; when in doubt, check with your school. ## Today, Sunday, October 18 - ### School District 57 No closure posted Checked 2 h ago · [SD57 school buses](https://sd57.bc.ca/district/departments/transportation/) · [SD57 schools](https://sd57.bc.ca/news/) - ### UNBC No closure posted Campus status page: All clear Checked 2 h ago · [UNBC campus status](https://www.unbc.ca/emergency-operations) - ### College of New Caledonia No closure posted Checked 2 h ago · [CNC campuses](https://cnc.bc.ca/news) ## City buses No BC Transit service alert mentions the weather right now. [Live arrivals and every transit alert](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/tools/next-bus/) School buses are run by the school district and listed above. ## Snow clearing The City clears streets in priority order once the snow stops. [How the City clears snow](https://www.princegeorge.ca/city-services/roads-transportation/snow-clearing) - Priority 1: arterial roads, downtown, the hospital district; cleared within 48 hours after a snow event ends (163 streets) - Priority 2: collector roads, priority hills, commercial and industrial roads, bus routes; within 48 hours (262 streets) - Priority 3: residential roads and lanes; within 72 hours after priorities 1 and 2 are done (973 streets) - Cleared by Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure contractors (53 streets) - Cleared by Ministry contractors in partnership with the City (3 streets) - Cleared when time permits (3 streets) Red: priority 1. Green: priority 2. Grey: priority 3. Dashed: cleared at night. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. ## Earlier this week - Friday, October 16 · School District 57: [CANCELLED – Friday October 16th](https://sd57.bc.ca/district/departments/transportation/) (Bus 57 AM & PM) Sources: [SD57 school buses](https://sd57.bc.ca/district/departments/transportation/); [SD57 schools](https://sd57.bc.ca/news/); [UNBC campus status](https://www.unbc.ca/emergency-operations); [CNC campuses](https://cnc.bc.ca/news). Each notice is shown as the institution worded it, with a link to the original; we only show what they post on their websites. Snow clearing priorities: [City of Prince George, snow removal priority map](https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=cc5b3e65452c413f95f50d6aec823f6c), [Open Government Licence – City of Prince George](https://pgmapinfo.princegeorge.ca/opendata/CityofPrinceGeorge_Open_Government_License_Open_Data.pdf), loaded 5 h ago. Data as JSON: [closures](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/snow-day), [priority routes (GeoJSON)](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/snow-day/routes?format=geojson). Source: [PG Pulse snow day checks](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/snow-day/). [Report a data problem](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/feedback/?kind=correction&page=%2Fsnow-day%2F&subject=Data+problem%3A+PG+Pulse+snow+day+checks) ## More in Getting around [See all in Getting around](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#getting-around) - [Getting around Bus, airport, trains, roads](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/getting-around/) - [Next bus Live arrivals](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/tools/next-bus/) - [Road closures City streets closed now and soon](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/road-closures/) - [Gas prices City averages, stations, propane](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/fuel/) - [Maps Parks, trails, dog parks, EV](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/) - [Dog parks Off-leash areas on a map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/?layer=dog-parks) ## Data Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/). ### Closures and checks today Source: [School District 57, UNBC, College of New Caledonia](https://sd57.bc.ca/district/departments/transportation/). Licence: Public notices published by each institution; facts and links only, with attribution (each item carries its own source and licence). Updated 2026-10-19T04:50:15.398Z. JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/snow-day - **date**: 2026-10-18 - **closures**: _none_ - **cityNotices**: _none_ #### checks | source | institution | label | page | ok | status | checkedAt | lastOkAt | stale | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | sd57-buses | School District 57 | SD57 school buses | https://sd57.bc.ca/district/departments/transportation/ | true | CANCELLED – Friday October 16th / Bus 57 AM & PM | 2026-10-19T04:50:05.564Z | 2026-10-19T04:50:05.564Z | false | | sd57 | School District 57 | SD57 schools | https://sd57.bc.ca/news/ | true | No closure posted | 2026-10-19T04:50:07.500Z | 2026-10-19T04:50:07.500Z | false | | unbc | UNBC | UNBC campus status | https://www.unbc.ca/emergency-operations | true | All clear | 2026-10-19T04:50:12.136Z | 2026-10-19T04:50:12.136Z | false | | cnc | College of New Caledonia | CNC campuses | https://cnc.bc.ca/news | true | No closure posted | 2026-10-19T04:50:13.854Z | 2026-10-19T04:50:13.854Z | false | --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/snow-day/. 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