Aspen Family Portal

The Halton District School Board (HDSB) is launching the Aspen Family Portal in Spring 2025. The Aspen Family Portal is a login-protected space where parents/guardians can access:

Student information: View demographics, contact details and real-time attendance records.

Report cards: Access your child’s report cards electronically, replacing paper copies unless specifically requested. Once your account is active, any report cards that appear will remain available in the Aspen Family Portal for future reference. Please note that report cards from before the launch of the Aspen Family Portal will not be accessible.

One-stop access to important links: Easily access important and useful HDSB-approved websites, eliminating the need to search for or save essential links.

Activate your Aspen Family Portal Account

Please use a computer (not a mobile device) and follow these steps to activate an HDSB parent/guardian account in our secure Aspen Student Information System.

This account is meant to be created by a parent/guardian. A valid e-mail address (the email address on file at your child’s school) is required to verify your identity when requesting an account. Once the account is created, you will be able to login to the HDSB Family Portal.

Accessing the HDSB Online Registration Site

Go to the HDSB - Aspen Login page at https://hdsb.myontarioedu.ca/aspen/logon.do

First-Time Users

If you did not create an HDSB Aspen account when registering your child for school, create an account by following the steps under Creating Your HDSB Aspen Account.

Returning Users

If you created an HDSB Aspen Account when you registered your child for school, follow the instructions for Logging into Your Account below.

Accessing the HDSB Online Registration Site

Go to the HDSB - Aspen Login page at https://hdsb.myontarioedu.ca/aspen/logon.do

First-Time Users
If you did not create an HDSB Aspen account when registering your child for school, create an account by following the steps under Creating Your HDSB Aspen Account.

Returning Users
If you created an HDSB Aspen Account when you registered your child for school, follow the instructions for Logging into Your Account below.

Creating Your HDSB Aspen Account

Open the HDSB Aspen Family Portal:https://hdsb.myontarioedu.ca/aspen/logon.do
At the Halton District School Board login screen, in the Login ID field, enter your email address (the one on file at your child’s school) and then select Trouble logging in? to set/reset your password. NOTE: This does not appear if using a mobile device, you must use a computer.
Select Reset Your Password.
Provide your Login ID - the primary email address on file at your child’s school.
a. Password Requirements:
i. Minimum length is 6
ii. At least one number
iii. At least one capital and lowercase letter
iv. Can’t contain ‘password’, login name, first name, middle name, last name, date of birth, personal id, or only sequential letters or numbers.
Congratulations! You have created an HDSB Aspen Account. Proceed to Logging into Your Account and login to continue to the HDSB Aspen Family Portal.

Logging into Your Account

Go to the Halton District School Board login screen https://hdsb.myontarioedu.ca/aspen/logon.do Enter your email address (the one you created your account with).
Enter the password you created when creating an account.
Select the Log On button.

Forgot Your Password

If you have already created an account but forgotten your password, you can do the following:

Use the Registration link on the HDSB website or open the Online Registration webpage: https://hdsb.myontarioedu.ca/aspen/logon.do
At the log on screen, enter the email address that you used when creating your account in the Login ID field.
Select Trouble Logging In?
Select Reset Your Password.
Follow the instructions that appear to set a new password.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the purpose of the Aspen Family Portal?

Families who activate their account will gain secure, real-time access to student information, including demographics, contact details and attendance records.

The portal also serves as a centralized hub, linking families to important and useful HDSB-approved websites, eliminating the need to search for or save essential links. Additionally, families will receive the latest announcements directly through the portal (note: this feature will be available in a future phase).

Report cards will also be easily accessible through the portal:

Elementary – Report cards will be delivered electronically, eliminating paper copies unless specifically requested.
Secondary – Report cards, already delivered electronically, will now be accessible directly in the portal—no more logging into SchoolMessenger or searching for secure email links

Families will be able to view and revisit report cards throughout their child’s HDSB journey, with records available from the time the portal is launched.

What happens if I don’t activate a Family Portal?

Your child’s school will continue to provide you with access to information and report cards as you have now.

Is my information secure within this Portal?

Yes. The HDSB has robust access criteria to ensure that only those contacts with legal, qualifying access to student records are provided with a secure account. Once an account is created the account details are located in the Aspen Student Information System, which is managed by the Aspen Vendor and meets industry standards for security and data protection. The HDSB will remove account access when a contact no longer meets the requirements to access student data.

How do I login to the Family Portal?

To activate your Aspen Family Portal account, you must have a valid email address on file with your child’s school. The primary email address on file at your child’s school (the one that you use for SchoolMessenger), is the email address that you will use to activate and login to your Aspen Family Portal Account.

Some families may have created an Aspen account when registering their child for school. If you have already created an Aspen account, you do not need to activate a new one to access the Aspen Family Portal. You can login to your existing account.

If you did not create an Aspen account when registering your child for school, you can activate your account by using the email address on file at your child’s school.

View instructions above on how to create an account and/or login to an account.

If I already created an account to submit an Online Registration for my child/ren, do I have to create another account?

No. You will already have an account created, as long as the email address you created the account with is current and matches the one you have provided the school. Please refer to the instructions above to login into your existing account and/or recover your password.

If I need to change my email address in order to create an account, how do I do that?

Please contact the school office that your child/ren attend and provide them with your new email address.

I do not see my child/ren or I only see one of my child/ren in the Portal.

Your portal access to your child/ren depends on your email address. Please contact the school to ensure that the email address that you are using matches that of the primary email address on your contact record at the school. This will be the same email address you use for SchoolMessenger.

Please do not re-register your students using the OLR in the portal. If you do not see your students in the Family Tab please contact your school.

The Aspen Family Portal is being launched in a phased approach throughout Spring/Summer 2025. If you do not see one of your children in the Aspen Family Portal, it could be because the school where your child is registered has not yet gone live with the portal. Please look out for an email in the coming months when your child’s school launches the portal.

The following schools currently have access to the Aspen Family Portal:

Abbey Lane Public School
Abbey Park High School
Acton District School
Acton Elementary School
Aldershot Elementary
Aldershot High School
Alexander’s Public School
Alton Village Public School
Anne J. MacArthur Public School
Boyne Public School
Brant Hills Public School
Brookdale Public School
Brookville Public School
Bruce T. Lindley Public School
Bruce Trail Public School
Burlington Central Elementary
Burlington Central High School
C.H. Norton Public School
Captain R. Wilson Public School
Cedar Ridge Public School
Centennial Public School
Central Public School
Chris Hadfield Public School
Clarksdale Public School
Craig Kielburger Secondary School
Dr. Charles Best Public School
Dr. David R. Williams Public School
Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School
E.J. James Public School
Eastview Public School
Elsie MacGill Secondary School
Emily Carr Public School
Escarpment View Public School
Ethel Gardiner Public School
Florence Meares Public School
Forest Trail Public School
Frontenac Public School
George Kennedy Public School
Georgetown District High School
Gladys Speers Public School
Glen Williams Public School
Glenview Public School
Harrison Public School
Hawthorne Village Public School
Heritage Glen Public School
James W. Hill Public School
John T. Tuck Public School
John W. Boich Public School
Joseph Gibbons Public School
Kilbride Public School
Lakeshore Public School
Limehouse Public School
Makwendam Public School
Maplehurst Public School
McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School
Mohawk Gardens Public School
Montclair Public School
Nelson High School
Orchard Park Public School
Palermo Public School
Park Public School
Paul A. Fisher Public School
Pauline Johnson Public School
Pilgrim Wood Public School
Pine Grove Public School
Pineland Public School
Pineview Public School
Post’s Corners Public School
Robert Baldwin Public School
Robert Little Public School
Rolling Meadows Public School
Sam Sherratt Public School
Sheridan Public School
Silver Creek Public School
Sir Ernest Macmillan Public School
Stewarttown Public School
Sunningdale Public School
Tecumseh Public School
Thomas A. Blakelock High School
Viola Desmond Public School
W.H. Morden Public School
West Oak Public School

What if I need to change any information I see on the Portal, such demographic information, emergency contacts, etc.?

Please contact the school your child/ren attend to provide them with the correct information.

Can more than one parent/guardian in a family use the same email address (e.g., family@gmail.com)?

Yes, but only one account can be created per email address. If parents/guardians use the same shared email, only one user account will exist. The portal will show the name of the parent/guardian who comes first alphabetically. If parents/guardians want separate logins, each parent/guardian must provide a separate, unique primary email address to their child’s school. Once received, we can create a second portal account tied to that new email.

Resources

Getting around your Aspen Family Portal

Board Office

Halton District School Board
J.W. Singleton Education Centre
2050 Guelph Line
Burlington, Ontario, L7P 5A8

Numbers

Phone: 905-335-3663
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Links

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