Day |
Date |
Holiday Name |
Type |
Sunday |
01 January |
New Year's Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Monday |
02 January |
Day off for New Year's Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Monday |
02 January |
Day After New Year’s Day |
Local holiday |
Friday |
06 January |
Epiphany |
Observance, Christian |
Saturday |
07 January |
Orthodox Christmas Day |
Orthodox |
Saturday |
14 January |
Orthodox New Year |
Orthodox |
Sunday |
22 January |
Lunar New Year |
Observance |
Thursday |
02 February |
Groundhog Day |
Observance |
Monday |
06 February |
Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) |
Jewish holiday |
Tuesday |
14 February |
Valentine's Day |
Observance |
Wednesday |
15 February |
National Flag of Canada Day |
Observance |
Saturday |
18 February |
Isra and Mi'raj |
Muslim |
Monday |
20 February |
Louis Riel Day |
Common local holiday |
Monday |
20 February |
Nova Scotia Heritage Day |
Common local holiday |
Monday |
20 February |
Islander Day |
Common local holiday |
Monday |
20 February |
Family Day |
Common local holiday |
Tuesday |
21 February |
Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day |
Christian |
Wednesday |
22 February |
Ash Wednesday |
Christian |
Friday |
24 February |
Yukon Heritage Day |
Local de facto holiday |
Wednesday |
01 March |
St David's Day |
Observance |
Tuesday |
07 March |
Purim |
Jewish holiday |
Sunday |
12 March |
Daylight Saving Time starts |
Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
Monday |
13 March |
Commonwealth Day |
Observance |
Friday |
17 March |
St. Patrick's Day |
Observance |
Monday |
20 March |
St. Patrick's Day |
Local holiday |
Monday |
20 March |
March Equinox |
Season |
Thursday |
23 March |
Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) |
Muslim |
Sunday |
02 April |
Palm Sunday |
Christian |
Thursday |
06 April |
Maundy Thursday |
Christian |
Thursday |
06 April |
First day of Passover |
Jewish holiday |
Thursday |
06 April |
Tartan Day |
Observance |
Friday |
07 April |
Good Friday |
Statutory Holiday |
Saturday |
08 April |
Holy Saturday |
Christian |
Sunday |
09 April |
Easter Sunday |
Designated Retail Closing Day |
Sunday |
09 April |
Easter Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
09 April |
Easter Sunday |
Shops Closing Day |
Sunday |
09 April |
Vimy Ridge Day |
Observance |
Monday |
10 April |
Easter Monday |
Statutory Holiday |
Monday |
10 April |
Easter Monday |
Optional holiday |
Monday |
10 April |
Easter Monday |
Local de facto holiday |
Monday |
10 April |
Easter Monday |
Statutory Holiday |
Thursday |
13 April |
Last day of Passover |
Jewish holiday |
Friday |
14 April |
Orthodox Good Friday |
Orthodox |
Saturday |
15 April |
Orthodox Holy Saturday |
Orthodox |
Sunday |
16 April |
Orthodox Easter |
Orthodox |
Monday |
17 April |
Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) |
Muslim |
Monday |
17 April |
Orthodox Easter Monday |
Orthodox |
Tuesday |
18 April |
Yom HaShoah |
Jewish commemoration |
Saturday |
22 April |
Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date) |
Muslim |
Monday |
24 April |
St. George's Day |
Local holiday |
Wednesday |
26 April |
Yom HaAtzmaut |
Jewish holiday |
Tuesday |
09 May |
Lag B'Omer |
Jewish holiday |
Sunday |
14 May |
Mother's Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
18 May |
Ascension Day |
Christian |
Monday |
22 May |
National Patriots' Day |
Local holiday |
Monday |
22 May |
Victoria Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Monday |
22 May |
Victoria Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Friday |
26 May |
Shavuot |
Jewish holiday |
Sunday |
28 May |
Pentecost |
Christian |
Monday |
29 May |
Whit Monday |
Christian |
Sunday |
04 June |
Trinity Sunday |
Christian |
Thursday |
08 June |
Corpus Christi |
Christian |
Sunday |
18 June |
Father's Day |
Observance |
Wednesday |
21 June |
National Indigenous Peoples Day |
Observance |
Wednesday |
21 June |
National Indigenous Peoples Day |
Local holiday |
Wednesday |
21 June |
June Solstice |
Season |
Saturday |
24 June |
St. Jean Baptiste Day |
Local holiday |
Monday |
26 June |
June Holiday |
Local holiday |
Thursday |
29 June |
Eid al-Adha |
Muslim |
Saturday |
01 July |
Memorial Day |
Local holiday |
Saturday |
01 July |
Canada Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Sunday |
09 July |
Nunavut Day |
Local holiday |
Monday |
10 July |
Nunavut Day observed |
Local holiday |
Monday |
10 July |
Orangemen's Day |
Local holiday |
Wednesday |
19 July |
Muharram/Islamic New Year (Tentative Date) |
Muslim |
Thursday |
27 July |
Tisha B'Av |
Jewish holiday |
Friday |
28 July |
Ashura (Tentative Date) |
Muslim |
Wednesday |
02 August |
The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) |
Local holiday |
Monday |
07 August |
Civic/Provincial Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Monday |
07 August |
Civic/Provincial Day |
Local observance |
Monday |
07 August |
Saskatchewan Day |
Common local holiday |
Monday |
07 August |
Terry Fox Day |
Local observance |
Monday |
07 August |
New Brunswick Day |
Prescribed Day of Rest |
Monday |
07 August |
British Columbia Day |
Common local holiday |
Monday |
07 August |
Natal Day |
Common local holiday |
Monday |
07 August |
Heritage Day |
Optional holiday |
Tuesday |
15 August |
Assumption of Mary |
Christian |
Friday |
18 August |
Gold Cup Parade |
Local holiday |
Monday |
21 August |
Discovery Day |
Local holiday |
Monday |
04 September |
Labour Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Saturday |
16 September |
Rosh Hashana |
Jewish holiday |
Saturday |
23 September |
September Equinox |
Season |
Monday |
25 September |
Yom Kippur |
Jewish holiday |
Wednesday |
27 September |
Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) (Tentative Date) |
Muslim |
Saturday |
30 September |
First day of Sukkot |
Jewish holiday |
Saturday |
30 September |
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
Statutory Holiday |
Saturday |
30 September |
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
Federal Employees Holiday |
Wednesday |
04 October |
Feast of St Francis of Assisi |
Christian |
Friday |
06 October |
Hoshana Rabbah |
Jewish holiday |
Saturday |
07 October |
Shemini Atzeret |
Jewish holiday |
Sunday |
08 October |
Simchat Torah |
Jewish holiday |
Monday |
09 October |
Thanksgiving Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Monday |
09 October |
Thanksgiving Day |
Designated Retail Closing Day |
Monday |
09 October |
Thanksgiving Day |
Observance |
Monday |
09 October |
Thanksgiving Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Wednesday |
18 October |
Healthcare Aide Day |
Local observance |
Tuesday |
31 October |
Halloween |
Observance |
Wednesday |
01 November |
All Saints' Day |
Observance, Christian |
Thursday |
02 November |
All Souls' Day |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
05 November |
Daylight Saving Time ends |
Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
Wednesday |
08 November |
National Aboriginal Veterans Day |
Observance |
Saturday |
11 November |
Remembrance Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Saturday |
11 November |
Remembrance Day |
Observance |
Sunday |
12 November |
Diwali/Deepavali |
Observance |
Sunday |
03 December |
First Sunday of Advent |
Observance |
Friday |
08 December |
Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
Christian |
Friday |
08 December |
First Day of Hanukkah |
Jewish holiday |
Monday |
11 December |
Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster |
Observance |
Friday |
15 December |
Last day of Hanukkah |
Jewish holiday |
Thursday |
21 December |
December Solstice |
Season |
Sunday |
24 December |
Christmas Eve |
Observance |
Monday |
25 December |
Christmas Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Kwanzaa (first day) |
Observance |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Boxing Day |
Statutory Holiday |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Boxing Day |
Designated Retail Closing Day |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Boxing Day |
Optional holiday |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Boxing Day |
Local de facto holiday |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Boxing Day |
Provincial Public Sector Holiday |
Sunday |
31 December |
New Year's Eve |
Observance |