2026 Canadian Statutory Holidays (All 13 Provinces & Territories)

Canada's holiday calendars differ by jurisdiction. Five dates are shared everywhere; other dates, and the federal list, are separate.

The Canada Working Day Calculator has federal, provincial and territorial calendars. Select the one required by the contract, court rule, workplace policy or other governing source.

These dates were checked against the official sources below on 3 August 2026. They are planning calendars, not advice about holiday pay or substitute days. Employment legislation, court rules and an employer's closure schedule can use different lists.

Five dates shared by every province and territory

The calculator excludes these five dates in all 13 provincial and territorial calendars:

Newfoundland and Labrador calls 1 July Canada Day; Memorial Day. The date is still 1 July. The remaining excluded dates depend on the calendar selected.

Provincial and territorial dates

The table lists additional dates excluded by each calendar. Add them to the five shared dates above.

For general planning, the Nova Scotia calendar treats Remembrance Day as a non-working date. Its Remembrance Day legislation is separate from the Labour Standards Code rules on holiday pay.

The federal calendar is a separate choice

In Default Mode, the federal list starts with the ten general holidays listed by the Canada Labour Program:

Boxing Day falls on a Saturday in 2026. The federal planning calendar therefore also excludes Monday 28 December as Boxing Day observed. An employee's paid substitute day still depends on the federal rules and that employee's scheduled working days.

Three dates that often change the result

These three dates explain many of the differences between calendars.

Monday 16 February

Eight provinces have a holiday on the third Monday in February. Five call it Family Day; Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island use different names. Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the territories have no holiday that day. Yukon Heritage Day falls later in February, but it is not a statutory holiday under Yukon's Employment Standards Act, so the Yukon calendar counts it as a working day.

Wednesday 30 September

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is included federally and in British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the territories. It is a working day in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Saturday 26 December

Boxing Day is in the Ontario and federal calendars. In Ontario ordinary mode, the calculator records the statutory date but does not add a substitute day for a particular employee. The federal planning calendar excludes 28 December.

See Canadian Statutory Holiday Edge Cases for substitute days and related differences. The Ontario statutory holiday guide covers the Ontario calendar.

Select the calendar before counting

The calculator's Province or Territory setting applies the holiday calendar above. Choose the jurisdiction named by the rule before entering the start date and number of working days. Federal employment, Ontario employment and court deadlines can use different holiday rules.

The calculator shows how the selected calendar changes a working-day date. It cannot decide which legal, employment or court rule governs the period. Read that source first, including its treatment of the start and end dates, weekends, substitute days and closures.

Sources

• Canada Labour Program, federal general holidays
• Canada Revenue Agency, 2026 public-holiday dates
• Government of Canada, provincial and territorial employment-standards contacts
• Ontario employment-standards guide, public holidays
• British Columbia employment standards, 2026 statutory holidays
• Manitoba Employment Standards, 2026 general holidays
• Quebec CNESST, statutory holidays