Canada 2026 calendar overview
Legend
- Public holidays
- Regional holiday
- Closing days
- Substitute days off
- Working day
- Weekend
Public holidays
- : New Year's Day
- : Family Day (AB, BC, NB, ON, SK)
- : Louis Riel Day (MB)
- : Islander Day (PE)
- : Heritage Day (NS)
- : Good Friday
- : Victoria Day (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, SK, YT)
- : National Patriots' Day (QC)
- : National Indigenous Peoples Day (NT, YT)
- : Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (QC)
- : Canada Day
- : Memorial Day (NL)
- : Nunavut Day (NU)
- : Civic Holiday (NT, NU)
- : British Columbia Day (BC)
- : New Brunswick Day (NB)
- : Saskatchewan Day (SK)
- : Discovery Day (YT)
- : Labour Day
- : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (BC, NT, NU, PE, YT)
- : Orange Shirt Day (MB)
- : Thanksgiving (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)
- : Remembrance Day (AB, BC, NB, NL, NT, NU, PE, SK, YT)
- : Christmas Day
- : Boxing Day (ON)
Closing days
- : Easter Sunday (NL, NS, ON, QC)
- : Victoria Day (NB, NL)
- : Regatta Day (NL: St. John's) — date is decided on the day
- : Thanksgiving (NB, NL, NS, PE)
- : Remembrance Day (NS)
- : Boxing Day (NB, NL, NS, PE)
Substitute days off
- : National Indigenous Peoples Day (YT — in lieu of June 21, 2026)
Official sources
- Canada Labour Code, RSC 1985 c L-2, s. 166 (general holiday) and s. 195
- Government of Alberta: Alberta general holidays
- Government of British Columbia: Statutory holidays
- Manitoba Employment Standards: General holidays
- Labour Standards Act, RSNL1990 c L-2, s. 14 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Shops' Closing Act, RSNL1990 c S-15, s. 4 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Nova Scotia Labour Standards: Holiday and Retail Closing Day Charts
- Employment Standards Act, SNWT 2007 c 13, s. 22 (Northwest Territories)
- Government of Nunavut: Labour and Employment Standards — General Holidays
- Ontario: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act — Public holidays
- Government of Saskatchewan: List of Saskatchewan public holidays
- Government of New Brunswick: Paid public holidays, vacation time and pay
- Days of Rest Act, RSNB 2011 c 118 (New Brunswick)
- Government of Prince Edward Island: 2025 Employment Standards Guide
- Retail Business Holidays Act, RSPEI 1988 c R-13.2 (Prince Edward Island)
- CNESST: Statutory holidays (Act respecting labour standards, s. 60)
- Gouvernement du Québec: Heures d'ouverture des commerces lors des jours fériés
- Government of Yukon: Find a Yukon statutory holiday
- Employment Standards Act, RSY 2002 c 72, s. 29 (2) (Yukon)
- Government of Yukon: Employment Standards Act — General Holiday Pay fact sheet (December 2025)