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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Canada, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
Includes subnational coverage · 20 subdivisions covered.
The next public holiday in Canada is
Labour Day
In 16 days
Computed · local time America/Toronto
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Canada public holidays in 2026
10 national closures in 2026, of 49 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day | Verified |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Verified |
| 18 May 2026 | Victoria Day | Verified |
| 1 July 2026 | Canada Day | Verified |
| 7 September 2026 | Labour Day | Verified |
| 30 September 2026 | National Day | Verified |
| 12 October 2026 | Thanksgiving Day | Verified |
| 11 November 2026 | Remembrance Day | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Verified |
| 28 December 2026 | Boxing Day | Verified |
The shape of Canada’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
10 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Canada, 2026
6 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Apr – 5 Apr | 3 days | Good Friday | no leave needed |
| 16 May – 18 May | 3 days | Victoria Day | no leave needed |
| 5 Sep – 7 Sep | 3 days | Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 10 Oct – 12 Oct | 3 days | Thanksgiving Day | no leave needed |
| 25 Dec – 28 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Day, Boxing Day | no leave needed |
Next in each subdivision
16 subdivisions of Canada keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 15 February 2027 | Family Day |
| British Columbia | 15 February 2027 | Family Day |
| Guelph | 2 August 2027 | John Galt Day |
| Manitoba | 15 February 2027 | Louis Riel Day |
| New Brunswick | 15 February 2027 | Family Day |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 July 2028 | Memorial Day |
| Northwest Territories | 21 June 2027 | National Indigenous Peoples Day |
| Nova Scotia | 15 February 2027 | Heritage Day |
| Nunavut | 9 July 2027 | Nunavut Day |
| Ontario | 26 December 2026 | Boxing Day |
| Ottawa | 2 August 2027 | Colonel By Day |
| Prince Edward Island | 15 February 2027 | Islander Day |
| Quebec | 24 June 2027 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day |
| Saskatchewan | 15 February 2027 | Family Day |
| Toronto | 2 August 2027 | Simcoe Day |
| Yukon | 16 August 2027 | Discovery Day |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Canada, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 40 | 34 verified · 6 compiled | 2026-08-22 | |
| Religious observances | 3 | 3 verified | 2026-08-22 | |
| Optional and restricted days | 7 | 4 verified · 1 corroborated · 2 compiled | 2026-08-22 | |
| Half-days and partial closures | 1 | 1 compiled | — | |
| Observed but open | 1 | 1 verified | 2026-08-21 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 31 | 26 verified · 1 corroborated · 4 compiled | 2026-08-22 | |
| School terms and breaks | 9 | — | — | 3 calendars |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 20 | — | — | |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XTSE (43) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 6 | — | — | |
| Elections | 9 | — | — |
Not held for Canada: Statutory weekly rest, Bank-only closures. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
20 named documents, issued by 20 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) Department of Justice Canada Government of Canada (Treasury Board Secretariat) Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dept. of Environment and Climate Change Government of Ontario Government of Yukon Province of CA-AB Province of CA-BC Province of CA-MB Province of CA-NB Province of CA-NL Province of CA-NS Province of CA-NT Province of CA-NU Province of CA-ON Province of CA-PE Province of CA-QC Province of CA-SK internal python-holidays maintainers
From the Bulletin
What the corpus turned up about Canada — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.
How Canada keeps time
| Observances | 49 across the national calendar and 20 subdivisions |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 39 verified · 1 corroborated · 9 compiled, from 30 named sources |
| Languages | English, French |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XTSE |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-22 |
The Canada dossier
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39 of 49 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 30 named sources, and every row says which.
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
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We do not promise a calendar that never changes. Dates move: authorities declare holidays at short notice and publish corrections of their own. Every record here shows what stands behind it, and when a date changes we correct it, publish it, and tell the people it affects.