Student Transportation Portal Now Open
If your child is eligible for transportation and has not already registered in the HWSTS portal, please follow the instructions below. The following message was also emailed to eligible families on August 21.
Important note: Families with children starting Kindergarten this year will receive their bus stop information by mail.
As of August 21, please follow the steps below to access your child(ren)’s information via the 
online portal. Please keep in mind that last minute changes sometimes do occur and that it is important to re-check the information prior to sending your child(ren) to their assigned pickup location on Wednesday, September 6, 2023.
Go to www.hamiltonschoolbus.ca and click on the “Parent’s Portal” on the home page, OR “Bus Stop Finder” on the landing page.
All NEW Users must start by “Creating a New Account”
Select ‘Create Account’. Fill in email address, password twice and click the ‘Submit’ button. You are now automatically subscribed to receive general email notifications.
Accessing Student Transportation Schedules and Subscribing for Bus Delay Notifications
- Log into your Parent Portal account. Click on ‘Add Student’.
- Enter the student’s Ontario Education Number (OEN); (OEN – this 9-digit number can be found on a past report card, do not enter any dashes (eg. 123456789)
- For Street Number – Enter the House Number (only the number is required from the address whether you have a city street number or a fire number if you have a rural address. Do not include unit or apartment number)
- Select the school from the drop down.
- Select the Grade that your student is entering.
- Click on the ‘Add Student’. You will be directed to the ‘My Student‘ page, which will provide you with your child’s Student Transportation Schedule. The system will automatically subscribe you to receive bus delay email notifications for your child’s bus run(s), which you can view on the ‘My Subscriptions‘ page and can add additional family members there if you prefer to do so.
- Repeat above steps 2 – 4 for additional children.
On a final, note, we would like to express a reminder. During the start-up period, as drivers, students and school staff become familiar with the new school year, there may be inconsistencies in pick up/drop off times. Most of these issues will self-correct. We thank you in advance for your patience. To assist in minimizing delays, we ask that students be at their designated bus stop ten (10) minutes before the scheduled pick-up time.
Updated on Monday, August 21, 2023.