Canada Public Holidays & Year Planner for 2026
Track every Canadian statutory holiday, provincial observance, shutdown period, and cultural event for 2026. This wallplanner covers all 13 provinces and territories and aligns with the Federal option used for federally regulated schedules so you can plan court filings, payroll cycles, project deadlines, and team closures with confidence across Canada's diverse holiday landscape.
Key Information & Features:
- Coast-to-coast coverage Shows federal statutory holidays plus province/territory-specific observances such as Family Day (AB, BC, SK, ON, NB), Louis Riel Day (MB), St. Jean Baptiste Day (QC), Discovery Day (YT), and Nunavut Day (NU).
- Shutdown period overlays Highlight Federal Court Seasonal Recess (Dec 21 - Jan 7), Quebec construction industry shutdowns (CCQ-mandated summer and winter periods), and optional corporate year-end closures directly on the calendar.
- Interactive calendar & list views Switch between month-grid view or a chronological event list to quickly scan long weekends, multi-province conflicts, and critical business dates.
- Exports for every platform Download polished PDFs for printing or sharing, or export ICS files for importing into Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or any iCalendar-compatible application.
- Cultural events overlay Layer in Canada Day celebrations, National Indigenous Peoples Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and other significant dates for fuller context.
- Authoritative data sources Holiday data is sourced from Service Canada, the Canada Labour Code, Federal Courts Rules, and every provincial/territorial employment standards office—verified for accuracy across federal and provincial jurisdictions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
All federal statutory holidays plus each province and territory's local observances (Family Day, St. Jean Baptiste Day, Discovery Day, Nunavut Day, Louis Riel Day, etc.). The calendar displays holidays from all 13 provinces and territories, with jurisdiction badges showing which provinces observe each regional holiday.
The wallplanner focuses on statutory holidays and cultural events. Shutdown periods (Federal Court Seasonal Recess, Quebec construction holidays, corporate closures) are not displayed here, but they are available in the main Working Day Calculator where you can select them to exclude those periods from deadline calculations.
We use the python-holidays library with manual verification against Service Canada, the Canada Labour Code, and each provincial/territorial employment standards office. All 13 provinces and territories are supported with their unique statutory holidays.
Absolutely. The Export to PDF button generates a printer-friendly annual view, while Export to ICS lets you import filtered holidays into Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or any iCalendar-compatible application.
Yes. The wallplanner shows how holidays and shutdowns vary across Canada so you can coordinate national teams, plan payroll cycles, schedule shipping cut-offs, and avoid conflicts when team members observe different provincial holidays.
Education in Canada is provincial jurisdiction with 13 separate systems, and many provinces have regional school boards with different calendars. There's no central authority or single authoritative source for nationwide school holiday data. We focus on statutory holidays and shutdown periods where official data is available.