Ontario Statutory Holidays 2021Check 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.