Canada statutory holidays 2026 and 2027

Canada holiday dates for 2026

The 2026 table contains 10 holidays for the scope stated in the quick answer. Each row shows the actual holiday date, weekday and calendar rule. These dates were calculated locally with Python from the holiday rules in the supplied source record.

Dates fixed to a day of the month use that calendar date. Holidays fixed to a particular Monday use the stated weekday rule. Good Friday is calculated from Easter Sunday, rather than copied to the same numeric date every year.

The table does not automatically move a weekend holiday to Monday. The holiday’s actual date remains visible, while a substitute day or workplace observance needs its own applicable rules. Do not treat an assumed Monday closure as the statutory calendar date.

Use the scope note with the table when saving or sharing it. A list for one province does not establish the entitlement of every worker physically in that province. Federally regulated employment needs its own holiday list and rules.

Which employment rules and holiday list apply?

This page concerns the Canada Labour Code holiday list for federally regulated employees. It is not a promise of ten identical days off for every worker across Canada. Provincial employment standards use their own holiday lists and qualification rules.

The Canada Labour Code general holiday list includes New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Family Day and the first Monday in August are not in that ten-day list. A provincial holiday should not be added to the Canada Labour Code list simply because the employee lives in that province. Confirm the employment framework before using a date table.

Canada.ca’s vacations and holidays guidance sets out the ten general holidays for federally regulated employees. Canada Labour Code section 193 explains holiday entitlement and substitution when a holiday falls on a non-working day.

2027 dates — calculated from the holiday rules

The following table is calculated from the holiday rules. It is a planning table of actual holiday dates, not a guarantee that every employer or public counter will close on the same day. The method is the same as the 2026 calculation.

New Year’s Day falls on Friday, 1 January 2027. Good Friday falls on 26 March and Christmas Day falls on Saturday, 25 December. The weekday column helps make weekend dates visible without silently substituting another date.

For moving Monday holidays, the calculation finds the specified Monday rather than reusing the previous year’s day of the month. Victoria Day uses the Monday strictly before 25 May; Thanksgiving uses the second Monday in October.

A calculated holiday table is different from a benefit schedule. Canada.ca has not published the exact federal 2027 benefit issue dates in the supplied record. Knowing a future holiday date does not supply those unpublished payment dates.

If an employer provides a substitute day, keep both dates in your own calendar: the actual holiday and the confirmed day off. The table below intentionally describes the actual holiday, so it can be compared consistently with the holiday rule.

Commonly confused and optional holidays

The federal public service uses a different designated paid holiday list. PSPC’s guidance includes Easter Monday and a provincial or civic holiday in addition to the Canada Labour Code general holidays. Check the public-service framework when planning leave in that employment.

Easter Monday would fall on 6 April 2026 and 29 March 2027, calculated as the day after Easter Sunday. Those dates are provided only to identify the commonly confused day. Good Friday remains in the federal statutory table.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on 30 September, Remembrance Day on 11 November and Boxing Day on 26 December are all in the federal list. Their treatment differs in the provincial lists, which should be consulted separately.

A calendar labelled public holidays can serve an administrative purpose different from employment standards. Read the source’s scope instead of treating every Canada.ca holiday entry as a Canada Labour Code entitlement. This page does not use a tax-office list to add Easter Monday.

Weekend substitution and federal holiday pay

Under section 193(2), if New Year’s Day, Canada Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a non-working Saturday or Sunday, the employee receives a holiday with pay on the working day immediately before or after.

Other general holidays falling on a non-working day may be added to annual vacation or granted at a mutually convenient time. Confirm the applicable arrangement with your employer; the tables continue to show actual holiday dates.

Federal holiday pay is at least 1/20 of wages, excluding overtime, earned in the four-week period before the week of the holiday. Use the federal guidance for a federally regulated job rather than importing a provincial calculation.

The Canada Labour Code does not prohibit work on a general holiday. A listed holiday date alone therefore does not establish that every covered employee will be away from work.

For a personal pay or leave question, identify the holiday, employment framework and work schedule before seeking official help. The public date table can organise that question, but cannot determine a legal entitlement or inspect a payslip.

Plan leave and services around the right calendar

Start with the holiday date and weekday, then check your work schedule. A Monday holiday may create a familiar long weekend for someone who normally works Monday to Friday, but the same pattern does not describe every employee’s working week.

Before booking time away, confirm which day your employer recognises and whether a substitute arrangement applies. This guide does not identify your employer’s schedule. A public holiday table is useful background for that conversation, rather than an approval of leave.

Public services can have their own operating arrangements. A statutory holiday list does not prove the opening hours of a particular office, clinic, test centre or service counter. Check the responsible service before planning an in-person visit.

Keep school calendars separate as well. This source record does not verify school-board breaks or local professional-development days. A province’s statutory holiday list is not a complete school-year calendar.

For a shared household calendar, write the jurisdiction beside the holiday. This is particularly helpful when household members have different employers or work under different employment rules. Matching a holiday name is not enough to establish matching time off.

Do not add an unverified fee, opening time or cancellation deadline to the holiday date. Use the official service’s current instructions for those details. This guide focuses on the verified list and the calendar arithmetic that turns its rules into dates.

Bank closures and benefit payment dates are different

The supplied provincial fact record notes that bank closures can matter for payments, including Remembrance Day on 11 November even where it is not a provincial statutory holiday. That does not turn the bank closure into a provincial employment entitlement.

A bank calendar and an employment holiday list answer different questions. One concerns payment processing or banking operations; the other identifies holidays within an employment framework. Keep the distinction when checking a payment around a holiday.

For benefits, use the program’s explicit issue schedule. Do not move a published CPP, CCB or social assistance date simply because another date appears to be a holiday. The issuing agency’s listed date is the relevant evidence for that program.

Federal guidance says listed issue dates can precede arrival, with mailed cheques taking longer than direct deposit. A holiday table cannot determine when an individual cheque is delivered or when a particular bank displays a deposit.

Different programs also have different missing-payment instructions. The CRA record gives five working days for CCB and ACFB, and ten for CGEB, OTB and ACWB. Those are benefit-specific instructions, not a general holiday-pay rule.

Use the related payment guide if the practical question is about government money rather than a day off work. That keeps benefit months, issue dates and contact instructions attached to the right program instead of deriving them from a holiday calendar.

How the dates were calculated and checked

Python’s date arithmetic calculates weekdays directly from each numeric date. Fixed dates are created for the named year. For a first, second or third Monday, the calculation finds the first Monday of the month and adds whole weeks as required.

Victoria Day requires the Monday before 25 May. If 25 May itself were a Monday, the calculation would use the previous Monday. In the years shown here it produces 18 May 2026 and 24 May 2027.

The Easter calculation uses Gregorian calendar arithmetic. Good Friday is two days before Easter Sunday. It produces 3 April 2026 and 26 March 2027, which agree with the supplied provincial holiday tables where those dates are listed.

The method calculates dates only after the applicable holiday list has been selected. It cannot decide whether a holiday belongs in a province’s legislation. That selection comes from the supplied official provincial text and the captured federal general holiday guidance.

The source-check label is 11 November 2026; editorial publication and update dates are 12 November. The 2027 table is explicitly calculated from holiday rules. These labels distinguish the evidence record from the calendar year being planned.

For a personal employment dispute, use the applicable employment standards information and your actual work arrangements. This guide does not calculate individual holiday pay or replace a decision under the relevant legislation.