School bus cancellations and school closures in Ottawa and eastern Ontario on Thursday

Snow covered school bus.

School bus service is cancelled for thousands of students in the Ottawa area today, as the cleanup continues from Wednesday's storm.

The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority says all school buses are cancelled for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and Ottawa Catholic School Board.

"Due to safety concerns relating to power outages throughout the city of Ottawa, all transportation services on vans, yellow buses and wheelchair buses will be cancelled today," the OSTA said on its website.

"Some schools have no power. Please refer to your school board website to determine if your school is open."

School buses are also cancelled for schools with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario and the Upper Canada District School Board.

The Consortium de transport scolaire d'Ottawa announced buses are cancelled for French-language schools in Ottawa, Arnprior, Carleton Place, Almonte, Prescott-Russell, Marionville, Merrickville and Kemptville.

Hydro Ottawa reports more than 60,000 customers across Ottawa remain without power Thursday morning.

School bus cancellations

School closures

Ottawa Carleton District School Board

The Ottawa Carleton District School Board says dozens of schools are without power and will be closed today. Here is a list of schools and EDP Programs that are closed on Thursday.

Ottawa Catholic School Board

The Ottawa Catholic School Board says the following schools are closed today due to power outages.

Conseil des ecoles catholiques du Centre-Est

The CECCE says the following schools are closed today due to power outages:

Conseil des ecoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario

The CEPEO says the following schools are closed today due to power outages:

Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario

The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario says the following schools are closed today due to power outages.

Upper Canada District School Board

The Upper Canada District School Board says the following schools are without power and will be closed on Thursday.

The board says all childcare centres in these schools are closed today.

Western Quebec School Board

The Western Quebec School Board says all schools, centres, administrative offices and childcare in the Outaouais are closed today due to power outages and infrastructure failures.