Canadian working day use cases
Follow worked examples for court filings, property closings, employee leave and project schedules. Each shows the calculator settings and the result. For help using the calculator, see the Canada guide. For more on specific deadlines, browse Articles.
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Appeal lawyer: find the deadline for a respondent's memorandum
You are counsel for the respondent in a Federal Court of Appeal case. The appellant's memorandum of fact and law was served on the respondent on 11 December 2026. Rule 346(2) gives you 30 days after service to serve and file the respondent's memorandum. The seasonal recess interrupts the count: Rule 6(3) excludes Dec 21 to Jan 7 unless the Court directs otherwise, and no different direction applies in this example. You need the deadline to plan drafting, client review, service and filing over the holiday period.
Settings, in form order
- Calculation type
- Deadline
- Use court rules
- On
- Court jurisdiction
- Federal Courts
- Court rule
- Federal Courts: Filing deadline
- Optional court rules
- Exclude Dec 21 to Jan 7
- Service date
- 11 December 2026
- Number
- 30
- Unit
- Days
Result
Thursday 28 January 2027
The count excludes the service day and the seasonal recess. Both service and filing are required. Check for any court direction that changes the period, and confirm the service method and filing requirements before using this date. Before calculating, review How this will be counted.
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Real estate lawyer: find a closing date from the agreed working-day period
You are a real estate lawyer in Ontario helping a buyer arrange their house purchase. The Agreement of Purchase and Sale becomes firm on 9 January 2026. The parties have agreed to close 15 working days later, excluding the firm date and counting the closing day. Their agreement defines working days as Monday to Friday, excluding Ontario statutory holidays. You need the closing date so the buyer can book movers and the lender can arrange the funds.
Settings, in form order
- Calculation type
- Deadline
- Use court rules
- Off
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario
- Additional excluded periods
- None
- Include the start date
- Off
- Include the deadline date
- On
- Start date
- 9 January 2026
- Number
- 15
- Unit
- Days
- Direction
- Forward
Result
Friday 30 January 2026
Working-day counting produces a clear closing date for coordination with lender funding, title transfer, and completion logistics.
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HR payroll specialist: count working days in an employee's leave period
You manage payroll at an Alberta technology company. An employee who normally works Monday to Friday has requested unpaid leave starting on 14 December 2026 and will return on 4 January 2027. The office stays open on its usual working days over Christmas and New Year. You need to count the working days they will be away, then check their holiday-pay eligibility and the company's leave policy before updating payroll.
Settings, in form order
- Calculation type
- Days between
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- Alberta
- Additional excluded periods
- None
- Include the start date
- On
- Include the end date
- Off
- Start date
- 14 December 2026
- End date
- 4 January 2027
Result
13 working days
The count includes the first day away and excludes the return-to-work date. Check the employee's work pattern, holiday-pay eligibility and leave policy before deciding how to record the absence or adjust pay. After calculating, review the day count and Non-working dates.
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Procurement manager: find the notice date for ending a vendor contract
You are the procurement manager at a British Columbia software company. You plan to end a software licensing agreement effective 16 March 2026. You have checked that the contract requires ten full working days between the notice date and the termination date, excluding weekends and BC provincial holidays. You need to work back from the termination date so you can arrange written notice using the contract's delivery requirements and avoid an unwanted renewal.
Settings, in form order
- Calculation type
- Deadline
- Use court rules
- Off
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- British Columbia
- Additional excluded periods
- None
- Include the start date
- Off
- Include the deadline date
- Off
- Start date
- 16 March 2026
- Number
- 10
- Unit
- Days
- Direction
- Backward
Result
Friday 27 February 2026
The count leaves both the notice date and termination date out. Check when notice takes effect under the contract and allow time for the agreed delivery method.
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Construction project manager: plan a restart around the CCQ summer holiday
You manage a commercial construction project in Montreal that will pause for the CCQ summer holiday. The official CCQ construction holiday runs from 19 July (00:01) through 1 August 2026 (24:00). You issue a planning notice on 18 July 2026. Your project schedule allows 14 working days after that notice to prepare for restarting, leaving out weekends and the shutdown and counting the target restart day. You need a target date to coordinate deliveries and the trades returning to the site.
Settings, in form order
- Calculation type
- Deadline
- Use court rules
- Off
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- Quebec
- Statutory holiday treatment
- Standard public-holiday calendar
- Additional excluded periods
- Quebec construction — summer shutdown (CCQ calendar)
- Include the start date
- Off
- Include the deadline date
- On
- Start date
- 18 July 2026
- Number
- 14
- Unit
- Days
- Direction
- Forward
Result
Thursday 20 August 2026
The target is the fourteenth working day after the notice, with the shutdown left out. This preparation period comes from the project schedule; the CCQ holiday calendar does not impose a fourteen-day restart buffer.
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Real estate lawyer: plan inspection, financing and closing in sequence
You are a real estate lawyer in Ontario helping a buyer plan a purchase. The offer was accepted on 1 December 2026. Your team has allowed five working days for inspection and appraisal, five more for financing approval, and twenty more for closing preparations. For planning, each stage starts on the previous stage's target date. Your firm closes over year-end (Dec 24 – Jan 2), so your internal schedule leaves those days out. You need the three target dates to coordinate with the buyer, inspector and lender, while checking the signed agreement's deadlines separately.
Settings, in form order
- Calculation type
- Sequential
- Start date
- 1 December 2026
Home Inspection & Appraisal
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario
- Additional excluded periods
- Law firm year-end closure (24 December – 2 January)
- Include the start date
- Off
- Include the deadline date
- On
- Number
- 5
- Unit
- Days
- Direction
- Forward
Financing Approval
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario
- Additional excluded periods
- Law firm year-end closure (24 December – 2 January)
- Include the start date
- Off
- Include the deadline date
- On
- Number
- 5
- Unit
- Days
- Direction
- Forward
Final Closing
- Counting method
- Business days
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario
- Additional excluded periods
- Law firm year-end closure (24 December – 2 January)
- Include the start date
- Off
- Include the deadline date
- On
- Number
- 20
- Unit
- Days
- Direction
- Forward
Result
Period 1 (inspection/appraisal)
Tuesday 8 December 2026
Period 2 (financing)
Tuesday 15 December 2026
Period 3 (final closing)
Thursday 21 January 2027
Sequential uses each target date as the next period's start date. These are internal planning targets that include the firm's closure. An office closure does not itself extend a contractual deadline; confirm the dates in the signed agreement. If a stage finishes on a different date, update the plan. After calculating, review each period’s settings and target date.
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