Québec's Cellphone Ban in Elementary and High Schools

Beginning in Fall 2025, the province of Québec will ban through regulation all personal electronic de- vices, primarily cellphones, from school property for the entire day. Both public and private elemen- tary and high schools will be covered by the ban (Gélinas, 2025). This is an extension of a previous regulation which saw, in January 2024, the initial banning of phones in classrooms only. The provin- cial government’s goal is to encourage concentration, prevent bullying, and boost social well-being. Québec’s Minister of Education at the time, Bernard Drainville, emphasized the government’s intended benefits: “[more] socialization, less intimidation, better focus” (The Canadian Press, 2025).