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🇨🇦 Canada public holidays 2026

Canada has 33 public holidays in 2026, plus 81 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is Boxing Day on December 26.

29 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in Canada in 2026

Date	Holiday	Type
January 1Thursday	New Year's Day	Public holiday
January 6Tuesday	Epiphany	Religious holiday
January 7Wednesday	Orthodox Christmas Day	Religious holiday
January 14Wednesday	Orthodox New Year	Religious holiday
January 16Friday	Isra and Mi'raj	Religious holiday
February 2Monday	Tu B'Shevat	Religious holiday
February 2Monday	Groundhog Day	Observance
February 16Monday	Louis Riel Day	Public holiday
February 16Monday	Islander Day	Public holiday
February 16Monday	Heritage Day	Public holiday
February 16Monday	Family Day	Public holiday
February 16Monday	Nova Scotia Heritage Day	Regional holiday
February 17Tuesday	Lunar New Year	Observance
February 17Tuesday	Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Ash Wednesday	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Ramadan Start	Religious holiday
March 1Sunday	St David's Day	Observance
March 3Tuesday	Purim	Religious holiday
March 8Sunday	Daylight Saving Time starts	Other
March 9Monday	Commonwealth Day	Observance
March 15Sunday	Lailat al-Qadr	Religious holiday
March 16Monday	St. Patrick's Day	Regional holiday
March 17Tuesday	St. Patrick's Day	Observance
March 17Tuesday	Saint Patrick's Day	Public holiday
March 20Friday	Eid ul Fitr	Religious holiday
March 20Friday	March Equinox	Observance
March 29Sunday	Palm Sunday	Religious holiday
April 2Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Religious holiday
April 2Thursday	First day of Passover	Religious holiday
April 3Friday	Good Friday	Public holiday
April 4Saturday	Holy Saturday	Religious holiday
April 5Sunday	Easter Sunday	Regional holiday
April 6Monday	Easter Monday	Public holiday
April 6Monday	Tartan Day	Observance
April 9Thursday	Last day of Passover	Religious holiday
April 9Thursday	Vimy Ridge Day	Observance
April 10Friday	Orthodox Good Friday	Religious holiday
April 11Saturday	Orthodox Holy Saturday	Religious holiday
April 12Sunday	Orthodox Easter	Religious holiday
April 13Monday	Orthodox Easter Monday	Religious holiday
April 14Tuesday	Yom HaShoah	Religious holiday
April 20Monday	St. George's Day	Regional holiday
April 23Thursday	Saint George's Day	Public holiday
May 5Tuesday	Lag B'Omer	Religious holiday
May 10Sunday	Mother's Day	Observance
May 14Thursday	Ascension Day	Religious holiday
May 18Monday	National Patriots' Day	Public holiday
May 18Monday	Victoria Day	Public holiday
May 22Friday	Shavuot	Religious holiday
May 24Sunday	Pentecost	Religious holiday
May 25Monday	Pentecost Monday	Religious holiday
May 27Wednesday	Eid al-Adha	Religious holiday
May 31Sunday	Trinity Sunday	Religious holiday
June 4Thursday	Corpus Christi	Religious holiday
June 17Wednesday	Muharram	Religious holiday
June 21Sunday	Father's Day	Observance
June 21Sunday	National Aboriginal Day	Public holiday
June 21Sunday	June Solstice	Observance
June 21Sunday	National Indigenous Peoples Day	Observance
June 22Monday	June Holiday	Regional holiday
June 24Wednesday	National HolidayFête nationale du Québec	Public holiday
June 24Wednesday	Discovery Day	Public holiday
June 24Wednesday	St. Jean Baptiste Day	Regional holiday
June 26Friday	Ashura	Religious holiday
July 1Wednesday	Memorial Day	Regional holiday
July 1Wednesday	Canada Day	Public holiday
July 9Thursday	Nunavut Day	Regional holiday
July 12Sunday	Orangemen's Day	Public holiday
July 13Monday	Orangemen's Day	Regional holiday
July 23Thursday	Tisha B'Av	Religious holiday
August 3Monday	Heritage Day	Public holiday
August 3Monday	Civic Holiday	Public holiday
August 3Monday	British Columbia Day	Public holiday
August 3Monday	New Brunswick Day	Public holiday
August 3Monday	Natal Day	Public holiday
August 3Monday	Saskatchewan Day	Public holiday
August 3Monday	Civic/Provincial Day	Regional holiday
August 3Monday	Terry Fox Day	Regional holiday
August 5Wednesday	The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day)	Regional holiday
August 15Saturday	Assumption of Mary	Religious holiday
August 17Monday	Discovery Day	Public holiday
August 17Monday	Gold Cup Parade Day	Public holiday
August 21Friday	Gold Cup Parade	Regional holiday
August 26Wednesday	Milad un Nabi	Religious holiday
September 7Monday	Labour Day	Public holiday
September 21Monday	Yom Kippur	Religious holiday
September 22Tuesday	September Equinox	Observance
September 26Saturday	First day of Sukkot	Religious holiday
September 30Wednesday	National Day for Truth and Reconciliation	Public holiday
October 2Friday	Hoshana Rabbah	Religious holiday
October 3Saturday	Shemini Atzeret	Religious holiday
October 4Sunday	Feast of St Francis of Assisi	Religious holiday
October 4Sunday	Simchat Torah	Religious holiday
October 12Monday	Thanksgiving	Public holiday
October 12Monday	Thanksgiving Day	Public holiday
October 31Saturday	Halloween	Observance
November 1Sunday	Daylight Saving Time ends	Other
November 1Sunday	All Saints' Day	Religious holiday
November 2Monday	All Souls' Day	Religious holiday
November 8Sunday	National Aboriginal Veterans Day	Observance
November 11Wednesday	Remembrance Day	Public holiday
November 11Wednesday	Armistice Day	Public holiday
November 29Sunday	First Sunday of Advent	Observance
December 5Saturday	First Day of Hanukkah	Religious holiday
December 8Tuesday	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	Religious holiday
December 11Friday	Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster	Observance
December 12Saturday	Last day of Hanukkah	Religious holiday
December 21Monday	December Solstice	Observance
December 24Thursday	Christmas Eve	Observance
December 25Friday	Christmas Day	Public holiday
December 26Saturday	St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day	Public holiday
December 26Saturday	Boxing Day	Public holiday
December 26Saturday	Kwanzaa (first day)	Observance
December 31Thursday	New Year's Eve	Observance