Check the 2016 National and Provincial statutory holidays in Canada. Public holidays in Canada are also known as ‘statutory holidays’, ‘stat holidays’ or simply ‘stats’. A statutory holiday in Canada is legislated either through the federal, or a provincial or territorial government.
New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Canada Day, Labor Day and Christmas Day are the Nationwide statutory holidays. In addition to the nationwide stat holidays, the following holidays are mandated by federal legislation for federally regulated employees. All banks commemorate these holidays, and they are statutory in some provinces and territories : Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day and Boxing Day.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Observed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| January – 01 | Friday | New Year’s Day | Nationwide |
| February – 8 | Monday | Family Day | BC |
| February – 15 | Monday | Family Day | ON,SK |
| Islander Day | PE | ||
| Louis Riel Day | MB | ||
| Alberta Family Day | AB | ||
| February – 16 | Tuesday | Nova Scotia Heritage Day | NS |
| March – 14 | Monday | St. Patrick’s Day | NL |
| March – 25 | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| March – 27 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | PE |
| March – 28 | Monday | Easter Monday | NB,QC,NU |
| April – 25 | Monday | St. George’s Day | NL |
| May – 23 | Monday | Victoria Day | ON,BC,NT,PE,MB,NB,SK,NL,AB,YT,NU |
| National Patriots’ Day | QC | ||
| June – 24 | Friday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | NB,QC |
| June – 27 | Monday | Discovery Day | NL |
| July – 01 | Friday | Canada Day | ON,BC,NT,PE,MB,NB,SK,AB,QC,NS,YT,NU |
| Memorial Day | NL | ||
| July – 9 | Saturday | Nunavut Day | NU |
| July – 11 | Monday | Orangeman’s Day | NL |
| July – 29 | Friday | Floating Holiday | SK |
| August – 01 | Monday | Civic Day (Emancipation Day) | ON,NT,NU |
| B.C. Day | BC | ||
| Saskatchewan Day | SK | ||
| New Brunswick Day | NB | ||
| August – 15 | Monday | Discovery Day | YT |
| September – 05 | Monday | Labour Day | Nationwide |
| October – 10 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | ON,BC,NT,PE,MB,NB,SK,NL,AB,QC,YT,NU |
| November – 11 | Friday | Remembrance Day | BC,NT,PE,NB,SK,NL,AB,QC,NS,YT,NU |
| December – 24 | Saturday | Christmas Eve Afternoon (4 hours) | PE |
| December – 25 | Sunday | Christmas | BC,NT,PE,NB,AB,QC,NS,NU |
| December – 26 | Monday | Boxing Day | PE,NB,SK,NL,NU |
| Christmas Day (Observed) | ON,MB,YT | ||
| December – 27 | Tuesday | Boxing Day (Observed) | ON |
| Christmas (Observed) | SK,NL |