Canada: public holidays in 2026
In 2026, Canada has 10 public holidays. 9 fall on a weekday and 1 on a weekend (Boxing Day); one is moved to a weekday: Boxing Day on Monday, December 28. That makes 10 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Thursday |
| Good Friday | April 3 | Friday |
| Victoria Day | May 18 | Monday |
| Canada Day | July 1 | Wednesday |
| Labour Day | September 7 | Monday |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | September 30 | Wednesday |
| Thanksgiving | October 12 | Monday |
| Remembrance Day | November 11 | Wednesday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Friday |
| Boxing Day | December 26 | Saturday |
| Boxing Day (observed) | December 28 | Monday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2026
2026 has 5 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5: 3 days · Good Friday
- Saturday, May 16 to Monday, May 18: 3 days · Victoria Day
- Saturday, September 5 to Monday, September 7: 3 days · Labour Day
- Saturday, October 10 to Monday, October 12: 3 days · Thanksgiving
- Friday, December 25 to Monday, December 28: 4 days · Christmas Day and Boxing Day (observed)
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Friday, January 2 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, January 1 to Sunday, January 4 · New Year’s Day
- Take Monday, June 29 and Tuesday, June 30 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, June 27 to Wednesday, July 1 · Canada Day
- Take Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 3 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5 · Canada Day
- Take Monday, September 28 and Tuesday, September 29 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, September 26 to Wednesday, September 30 · National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Take Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, September 30 to Sunday, October 4 · National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Take Monday, November 9 and Tuesday, November 10 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, November 7 to Wednesday, November 11 · Remembrance Day
Holidays on a weekend
Boxing Day (Saturday, December 26) falls on a weekend in 2026. When a holiday falls on a weekend, the federal public service takes the next working day off; the observed days are listed above. Provinces have their own rules.
Regional holidays in 2026
These days are holidays only in part of Canada:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Riel Day | February 16 | Manitoba |
| Family Day | February 16 | Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, British Columbia |
| Islander Day | February 16 | Prince Edward Island |
| Heritage Day | February 16 | Nova Scotia |
| National Patriots’ Day | May 18 | Québec |
| National Indigenous Peoples Day | June 21 | Northwest Territories, Yukon |
| Quebec National Holiday (St-Jean-Baptiste) | June 24 | Québec |
| Nunavut Day | July 9 | Nunavut |
| Civic Holiday | August 3 | British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan |
| Discovery Day | August 17 | Yukon |
Good to know
Canada has 10 general holidays under the Canada Labour Code, which covers federally regulated workplaces such as banks, airlines, telecoms and the federal public service. Each province sets its own list for everyone else: Family Day in February in five provinces, the Fête nationale on June 24 in Quebec, a Civic Holiday in August in several provinces. Remembrance Day, for instance, is not a statutory holiday in Ontario or Quebec.
2026 and 2027 compared
In 2027, Canada has 10 public holidays, 10 of them on weekdays (Canada 2027). With its holidays removed, 2026 counts 251 working days from Monday to Friday, against 251 in 2027: month by month in working days in Canada 2026.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2026; and for the whole year on one page, the 2026 calendar.