Canada holidays 2026–2027
Canada has a set of federal statutory holidays plus provincial and territorial holidays that differ across the 13 provinces and territories. Dates below follow the Canada Labour Code and each province's employment-standards legislation.
Upcoming statutory holidays
Observed Mon, Dec 28 63 days away New Year's Day Friday, January 1, 2027 147 days away Good Friday Friday, March 26, 2027 150 days away Easter Monday Monday, March 29, 2027
Statutory holidays in 2026
| Holiday | Date | Day | Observed | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Jan 1 | Thursday | — | Nationwide |
| Good Friday | Apr 3 | Friday | — | Nationwide |
| Easter Monday | Apr 6 | Monday | — | 0 of 13 provinces and territories |
| Victoria Day | May 18 | Monday | — | 9 of 13 provinces and territories |
| Canada Day | Jul 1 | Wednesday | — | Nationwide |
| Labour Day | Sep 7 | Monday | — | Nationwide |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Sep 30 | Wednesday | — | 5 of 13 provinces and territories |
| Thanksgiving | Oct 12 | Monday | — | 9 of 13 provinces and territories |
| Remembrance Day | Nov 11 | Wednesday | — | 10 of 13 provinces and territories |
| Christmas Day | Dec 25 | Friday | — | Nationwide |
| Boxing Day | Dec 26 | Saturday | Mon, Dec 28 | 1 of 13 provinces and territories |
Holidays by province
Each province page lists the statutory holidays it observes, its own province holidays, optional days, and long weekends for any year from 2026 to 2027.
All Canadian holidays & observances
Statutory holidays (11)
- Boxing Day
- Canada Day
- Christmas Day
- Easter Monday
- Good Friday
- Labour Day
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- New Year's Day
- Remembrance Day
- Thanksgiving
- Victoria Day
Provincial & territorial holidays (22)
- British Columbia Day
- Civic Holiday
- Discovery Day (Yukon)
- Family Day
- Fête nationale du Québec
- Heritage Day (Alberta)
- Heritage Day (Yukon)
- Islander Day
- June Holiday (Discovery Day)
- Louis Riel Day
- Memorial Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Natal Day
- National Indigenous Peoples Day
- National Patriots' Day
- New Brunswick Day
- Nova Scotia Heritage Day
- Nunavut Day
- Orangemen's Day
- Saskatchewan Day
- St. George's Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- St. Patrick's Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Terry Fox Day
Observances (5)
Where the dates come from
Each holiday is stored as the rule that creates it: a fixed date, a numbered weekday of a month, or an offset from Easter, together with the rule for a holiday that lands on a weekend. The dates are worked out from those rules and then checked against the government's own published calendar. Where a date depends on a yearly proclamation or a government announcement rather than a formula, we use the announcement, and the note on that row says when a date is still expected rather than confirmed.
How Canadian holiday dates are set
Federally regulated workplaces follow the Canada Labour Code's nine general holidays plus the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation! Everyone else follows their province's employment-standards act, which is why Family Day exists in some provinces and not others, and why Remembrance Day is a general holiday in most of the country but not in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba or Nova Scotia.
For American readers, the main difference is that the United States has no legal right to paid time off on a public holiday, while Canada does. Here a public holiday carries an entitlement, such as a day off, a substitute day, extra leave or premium pay, rather than being a day employers may or may not choose to observe.