Canada public holidays 2026

Canada 2026

The calendar above is already set to Canada holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Canada

All 31 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
February 16MondayLouis Riel DayManitoba
February 16MondayIslander DayPrince Edward Island
February 16MondayHeritage DayNova Scotia
February 16MondayFamily Day5 provinces
March 17TuesdaySaint Patrick's DayNewfoundland and Labrador
April 3FridayGood Friday
April 6MondayEaster MondayAlberta and Prince Edward Island
April 23ThursdaySaint George's DayNewfoundland and Labrador
May 18MondayNational Patriots' DayQuebec
May 18MondayVictoria Day
June 21SundayNational Aboriginal DayNorthwest Territories
June 24WednesdayDiscovery DayNewfoundland and Labrador
June 24WednesdayNational HolidayQuebec
July 1WednesdayCanada Day
July 12SundayOrangemen's DayNewfoundland and Labrador
August 3MondayCivic Holiday5 provinces
August 3MondayBritish Columbia DayBritish Columbia
August 3MondayHeritage DayAlberta and Yukon
August 3MondayNew Brunswick DayNew Brunswick
August 3MondayNatal DayNova Scotia
August 3MondaySaskatchewan DaySaskatchewan
August 17MondayGold Cup Parade DayPrince Edward Island
August 17MondayDiscovery DayYukon
September 7MondayLabour Day
September 30WednesdayNational Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October 12MondayThanksgiving
November 11WednesdayArmistice DayNewfoundland and Labrador
November 11WednesdayRemembrance Day9 provinces
December 25FridayChristmas Day
December 26SaturdaySt. Stephen's Day5 provinces

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one. 23 of these apply to some regions rather than the whole country; the generator can narrow the calendar to one region so only the days off that actually apply are printed.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 3 – April 53Good Friday
May 16 – May 183Victoria Day
September 5 – September 73Labour Day
October 10 – October 123Thanksgiving
December 25 – December 273Christmas Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

3 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Canada does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Canada holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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