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US Thanksgiving is six weeks after Canadian Thanksgiving. Boxing Day exists in Canada but not in the US. Victoria Day and Memorial Day are not the same holiday. These mismatches break cross-border deadlines constantly.
The Federal Court does not count days during the seasonal recess. If you file something in mid-December, your opponent's response clock does not start until January 8.
Quebec's CCQ shutdowns remove weeks of practical working time from construction schedules. Here are the 2026 dates, the projects they affect, and the deadline risks they create.
Ontario has nine statutory holidays, not ten. Remembrance Day is not one of them. Boxing Day falls on a Saturday in 2026, triggering substitution rules. Here is what employers and employees need to know.
A day can be statutory in one province and a normal working day in another. These edge cases are the ones that actually break deadlines.
Canada's February holiday is a patchwork of Family Day variants, different legal regimes, and jurisdictions that do not observe it at all. Here's the province-by-province breakdown.
Canada does not have a single holiday calendar. These three provincial traps are the ones that actually trigger disputes.
One word in a clause can add a week to a deadline. Here is how Canadian rules diverge.