Canada: public holidays in 2027
In 2027, Canada has 10 public holidays. 8 fall on a weekday and 2 on a weekend (Christmas Day and Boxing Day); 2 are moved to a weekday: Christmas Day on Monday, December 27 and Boxing Day on Tuesday, December 28. That makes 10 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Friday |
| Good Friday | March 26 | Friday |
| Victoria Day | May 24 | Monday |
| Canada Day | July 1 | Thursday |
| Labour Day | September 6 | Monday |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | September 30 | Thursday |
| Thanksgiving | October 11 | Monday |
| Remembrance Day | November 11 | Thursday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Saturday |
| Boxing Day | December 26 | Sunday |
| Christmas Day (observed) | December 27 | Monday |
| Boxing Day (observed) | December 28 | Tuesday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2027
2027 has 6 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Friday, January 1 to Sunday, January 3: 3 days · New Year’s Day
- Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28: 3 days · Good Friday
- Saturday, May 22 to Monday, May 24: 3 days · Victoria Day
- Saturday, September 4 to Monday, September 6: 3 days · Labour Day
- Saturday, October 9 to Monday, October 11: 3 days · Thanksgiving
- Saturday, December 25 to Tuesday, December 28: 4 days · Christmas Day (observed) and Boxing Day (observed)
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Friday, July 2 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, July 1 to Sunday, July 4 · Canada Day
- Take Friday, October 1 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, September 30 to Sunday, October 3 · National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Take Friday, November 12 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, November 11 to Sunday, November 14 · Remembrance Day
Holidays on a weekend
Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25) and Boxing Day (Sunday, December 26) fall on a weekend in 2027. 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 2027
These days are holidays only in part of Canada:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Riel Day | February 15 | Manitoba |
| Family Day | February 15 | Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, British Columbia |
| Islander Day | February 15 | Prince Edward Island |
| Heritage Day | February 15 | Nova Scotia |
| National Patriots’ Day | May 24 | 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 2 | British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan |
| Discovery Day | August 16 | 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.
2027 and 2026 compared
In 2026, Canada has 10 public holidays, 10 of them on weekdays (Canada 2026). With its holidays removed, 2027 counts 251 working days from Monday to Friday, against 251 in 2026: month by month in working days in Canada 2027.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2027; and for the whole year on one page, the 2027 calendar.