Matt W.

About Matt W.

Matt W. is a New Zealand legal professional who independently publishes and maintains Working Day Calculator Canada. The work focuses on the calculator's date-counting mechanics, checking cited official sources, and correcting reported errors. The articles provide general information and are not Canadian legal, financial, employment, or other professional advice.

The first version was built for New Zealand, after finding that the available tools were “days between two dates” calculators — the easy direction, and the same in every country. The useful direction is the other one: given a trigger date and a set of rules, when does the deadline fall?

That question needs local rules, and New Zealand’s regional anniversary days, Mondayisation, and summer shutdown period don’t survive being generalised. The same gap turned out to exist in other common-law jurisdictions, so each country tool is built around its own rules rather than sharing one international default.

Articles by Matt W.

Guides and reference articles written for the Canada Working Day Calculator.

• 16 March 2026

  Cross-Border Deadlines: Canadian and US Holiday Differences

  Canadian and US holiday calendars overlap in some weeks and split in others. A cross-border count needs a stated calendar for each side.

  Legal Guides · 4 min read
  
• 10 March 2026

  Federal Court Seasonal Recess: December 21 to January 7

  Federal Courts Rule 6 excludes the seasonal recess from some document deadlines. The calculator leaves that exclusion under the user's control.

  Legal Guides · 3 min read
  
• 3 March 2026

  Quebec Construction Holidays: Winter 2026–27 and Summer 2027 Dates

  Quebec's next construction vacations run 20 December 2026 to 2 January 2027 and 25 July to 7 August 2027. The calculator can exclude either verified CCQ period.

  Employment Law · 4 min read
  
• 24 February 2026

  Ontario Statutory Holidays 2026: Civic Holiday and Boxing Day

  Ontario has nine statutory holidays under the ESA in 2026. Civic Holiday remains a working day in the ordinary calculator, while Boxing Day falls on Saturday.

  Employment Law · 4 min read
  
• 18 February 2026

  Canadian Statutory Holiday Edge Cases: When Calendars Differ

  Four Canadian holiday edge cases where the result depends on the selected province, the purpose of the count or an individual substitute day.

  Statutory Holidays · 3 min read
  
• 10 February 2026

  Family Day Canada 2027: Date by Province

  Family Day falls on Monday 15 February 2027 in five provinces. Three more provinces have a differently named holiday on the same date.

  Employment Law · 4 min read
  
• 6 February 2026

  Provincial Holiday Differences in Canada: Comparing the Calendars

  The same period can finish on different dates across Canada. These comparisons show which holiday changes the count and which calendar the calculator applies.

  Employment Law · 5 min read
  
• 2 February 2026

  Working Days vs Calendar Days in Canada

  Calendar days count every date. Working days exclude dates defined by the applicable rule or contract. Clear days affect which endpoints count.

  Legal Guides · 4 min read
  
• 28 January 2026

  2026 Canadian Statutory Holidays (All 13 Provinces & Territories)

  The 2026 statutory holidays for every province and territory, with the federal list and the dates that differ across Canada.

  Statutory Holidays · 6 min read