📅 2026 Calendar Year

Statutory Holiday Tracker

Not all holidays are paid! Select your province to see your exact mandatory paid days off and plan your long weekends.

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Statutory vs. Optional: A "Stat" (Statutory) holiday means your employer MUST give you the day off with pay, or pay you premium wages (usually time-and-a-half plus regular pay) if you work. An "Optional" or Civic holiday means the employer can choose whether to close the office or pay you extra. Always check your employment contract! Federal government employees (banks, post offices) get all federal holidays regardless of the province.

Canada Statutory Holiday & Long Weekend Tracker 2026

📅 Pro Vacation Tip: Want to turn 15 days of vacation into 35 days off? The secret is strategically booking your PTO (Paid Time Off) right next to provincial and federal long weekends. However, be careful—what is a paid “Statutory” holiday in Ontario might just be a regular workday in Quebec or Nova Scotia. Use our tracker to filter exact dates for your specific province.

Navigating Canadian public holidays can be incredibly confusing because the calendar is split between National (Federal) holidays and Provincial/Territorial holidays. To make matters more complicated, there is a massive legal difference between a “Statutory Holiday” (where your employer is legally required to give you the day off with pay or pay you premium time-and-a-half) and a “Civic Holiday” (which is optional for many private employers). Our Statutory Holiday & Long Weekend Tracker maps out the exact 2026 holiday schedule for your specific province so you can plan your vacations, childcare, and budget for statutory pay.

How to Maximize Your Long Weekends

Stop guessing when your next paid day off is. Follow these steps to map out your year:

  1. Select Your Province: This is crucial. Holidays like Family Day, Louis Riel Day (MB), Islander Day (PEI), and St. Jean Baptiste Day (QC) are strictly regional.
  2. Check Your Employer Type: If you work for a federally regulated industry (like a bank, airline, or post office), you follow the Federal holiday schedule, regardless of which province you live in.
  3. Identify Stat vs. Civic: The tool highlights true Statutory holidays in Red (mandatory paid days off) and Civic/Optional holidays in Orange.
  4. Plan Your PTO: Look for the “Bridge Days.” If Canada Day (July 1) falls on a Tuesday, book Monday off to instantly create a 4-day long weekend using only one vacation day!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is Family Day a national statutory holiday?
No. Family Day (usually the third Monday in February) is a provincial statutory holiday observed in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Manitoba calls it Louis Riel Day, Nova Scotia calls it Heritage Day, and PEI calls it Islander Day. Quebec, Newfoundland, and the territories do not observe it at all.
2. Do I get paid for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Sept 30)?
It depends. September 30 is a federally regulated statutory holiday, meaning all federal employees (banks, federal government, post offices) get a paid day off. However, not all provinces have adopted it as a provincial statutory holiday. For example, BC and PEI have made it a provincial stat, while in provinces like Ontario, it is not a mandatory paid day off for private-sector workers.
3. What is the difference between a Statutory Holiday and a Civic Holiday?
A Statutory Holiday is mandated by employment law; eligible employees must receive the day off with regular pay, or be paid a premium (usually time-and-a-half) if they work. A Civic Holiday (like the first Monday in August in Ontario) is a municipal/provincial holiday where employers are not legally required to pay you or give you the day off, though many businesses choose to close anyway.
4. Is Easter Monday a paid holiday in Canada?
For most Canadians, no. Good Friday is the official nationwide statutory holiday. Easter Monday is usually only a paid holiday for government employees, schools, and select unionized workplaces. Most private-sector employees return to work on Easter Monday.
5. How is Statutory Holiday Pay calculated?
Calculation rules vary slightly by province. However, the most common method (like in Ontario) is the “4-week rule.” Your employer calculates all your regular wages earned in the four weeks prior to the workweek of the holiday, and divides that total by 20 to determine your specific holiday pay for that day.

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