Ontario Statutory Holidays 2021

Check the 2021 Statutory Holidays in Ontario of Canada. Check 2021 public holidays dates for Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Emancipation Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Boxing Day in Ontario.

Ontario Public Holidays 2021
Date	Week Day	Holiday
January – 01	Friday	New Year’s Day
February – 15	Monday	Family Day
April – 02	Friday	Good Friday
May – 24	Monday	Victoria Day
July – 01	Tuesday	Canada Day
September – 06	Monday	Labor Day
October – 11	Monday	Thanksgiving Day
December – 25	Friday	Christmas
December – 26	Saturday	Boxing Day

While some employers give their employees the following optional holidays in the year 2021.

Ontario Optional Holidays in 2021
Date	Week Day	Holiday
April – 04	Sunday	Easter Sunday
April – 05	Monday	Easter Monday
August – 02	Monday	Emancipation Day (Civic Holiday)
November – 11	Thursday	Remembrance Day

Special Rules for Public Holidays in Ontario –

• If a statutory holiday falls on employee’s day off, the first working day immediately following the holiday becomes employee’s statutory holiday.
• A substitute holiday is another working day off work that is designated to replace a public holiday. Employees are entitled to be paid public holiday pay for a substitute holiday.