Five national holidays, four public holidays and three “optional holidays”. [26] These have not been celebrated as public holidays since 1992. However, they are respected by the provincial government. Unlike most other provinces, there is no provincial holiday on the first Monday in August. It may be considered superfluous due to the Royal St. John`s Regatta, which is celebrated as a civil holiday in St. John`s on the first Wednesday in August (or, in case of bad weather, the appropriate next day). Harbour Grace and Labrador City have a similar vacation for their regatta at the end of July. All other municipalities have the right to designate one day a year as a civil holiday, but many do not use it. Five national holidays and four territorial public holidays. Boxing Day is not a public holiday. A new holiday for 2021 is the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, which will be celebrated on September 30. September is celebrated by all state-regulated employees.
By law, a public holiday is defined as any holiday recognized by law and required by the employer to offer vacation pay. Quebec has five state-wide statutory holidays and three provincial statutory holidays. Remembrance Day and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays and there is no statutory holiday in August. Many details of labour law are different in Quebec. Statutory holidays are as follows:[47][48] Five national holidays plus two provincial holidays. Victoria Day, Thanksgiving and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays, but most shops and retail outlets are closed on Boxing Day. Most public holidays can be replaced by another mutually acceptable day of paid leave, or employers can require workers to work at an increased rate. Various types of jobs, including jobs covered by a collective agreement, are exempt from provincial regulations on statutory holidays. [35] [36] [37] [10] In no province or territory is there a statutory holiday; however, in Quebec, employers must specify Good Friday or Easter Monday as a statutory holiday, although most specify both days. Banks remain open (legally, they are not allowed to close for more than three consecutive days, except in an emergency), but employees often get a “floating” paid day off that can be taken during or near the holiday. It is not one of the nine “statutory holidays” within the meaning of Part III of the Canada Labour Code.
Therefore, there is no legal obligation for private sector employers in government-regulated industries to offer Easter Monday as paid leave for employees. However, many federal government offices will be closed that day. Some municipalities also have local holidays. For example, the morning of the Stampede Parade is often given as a half-day holiday in the city of Calgary. In Ontario, the August civic holiday is not defined at the provincial level, but by each municipality. Five national holidays and four provincial holidays as well as one common municipal holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is only officially recognized in Toronto and Ottawa, but not as a paid holiday. [41] [42] Banks remain open (legally, they are not allowed to close for more than three consecutive days, except in an emergency), but employees often have a “floating” paid day off, which can be taken during or near the holiday. Statutory holidays in Canada are either statutory, federal or optional. There are five national holidays, namely: New Year`s Day, Good Friday, Canada Day, Labour Day, Christmas Day.
Federal holidays are required nationally by federal laws for state-regulated workers. There are other legal and optional holidays that are observed in Canadian provinces under the same names and dates or under different names and dates. Some municipalities also have local holidays. For example, the morning of the Stampede Parade is often given as a half-day holiday in the city of Calgary. In Ontario, the August civic holiday is not defined at the provincial level, but by each municipality. If a public holiday is on a day that is not normally worked, another day off is provided with payment. However, there are a few exceptions. In Alberta, an employee is not entitled to compensation if a statutory holiday falls on a non-working day. There are also specific laws relating to Quebec`s national holiday. If New Year`s Day, Canada Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday when you would not normally be working, you are eligible for paid leave on the working day immediately before or after the holiday. If one of the other holidays falls on a weekend, your employer will need to add paid leave to your annual leave or grant you a day off with pay at another mutually beneficial time.
Statutory holidays in Canada, known as statutory holidays, statistical statutory holidays or simply statistics, include a variety of cultural, nationalist and religious holidays that are regulated by law in Canada at the federal or provincial and territorial level. While many of these holidays are honoured and recognized nationally, provincial and territorial laws vary in terms of official recognition. Five national holidays and five provincial holidays. [27] This is not one of the nine “statutory holidays” within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code – Part III. Therefore, there is no legal obligation for private sector employers in government-regulated industries to offer Easter Monday as paid leave for employees. However, many federal government offices will be closed that day. Five national holidays and four territorial public holidays. In addition, Easter Monday, Boxing Day and Heritage Day are required by law for public sector workers. Many employers give their employees days off that may not be statutory holidays in the province concerned, especially Boxing Day. [49] Five national holidays and five provincial holidays. [30] Although prescribed as statutory holidays, Victoria Day, Thanksgiving and Boxing Day are not paid holidays.
[31] In addition to the holidays listed above, the following holidays are required by federal laws for state-regulated workers. All banks and post offices commemorate these holidays, and they are required by law in some provinces and territories. A statutory holiday (also called a “statutory holiday” or “general” or “public”) in Canada is regulated by law by the federal government or a provincial or territorial government. [6] Most workers in the public and private sector have the right to take a day off with regular pay. However, some employers may require employees to work on such a holiday, but the employee must either get a day off instead of a leave or be paid an increased rate – usually 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 (known as “time and a half”) or twice (known as “double time”) the regular salary for their time worked on that day, in addition to vacation pay. [7] In most provinces, if a statutory holiday falls on a normal day off (usually a weekend), the next business day is considered a statutory holiday. Statistics Canada reports an average of 11 paid statutory holidays per year for all businesses and businesses operating in the province. [8] If New Year`s Day, Canada Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday that a publicly regulated worker would not normally work, he or she has the right to leave with pay on the working day immediately before or after the holiday. If one of the other holidays falls on a weekend, the employer must add paid leave to the annual leave of its employees or grant them a day of paid leave at another mutually advantageous time. Many public and private employers, as well as school systems, offer additional days off towards the end of December, often at least a full day or half a day on December 24 (Christmas Eve) or December 31 (New Year`s Eve), or in some cases the entire week between Christmas and New Year.
[3] [4] Although by no means officially regulated by law, internationally renowned cultural holidays such as Valentine`s Day, St. Patrick`s Day, Halloween, Mother`s Day and Father`s Day are traditionally celebrated by Canadians as part of Canadian culture. [5] Five federal holidays and three provincial statutory holidays, as well as two optional statutory holidays. [28] Remembrance Day and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays. Provinces and territories generally adopt the same statutory holidays as the federal government, with some variations. Only provincial holidays are shaded: No holidays indicated? This is because you have not selected any type of vacation. Please tick at least one of the boxes. In April 2014, a member of Parliament`s bill to make Remembrance Day a statutory holiday and give it the same status as Canada Day was introduced in the House of Commons. Bill C-597 passed second reading in the House of Commons by a majority of 258 to 2; However, it did not become law. [53] In some parts of Canada, the term “civic holiday” is a generic name that refers to the annual holiday of the first Monday in August.
However, this definition is far from uniform nationally, as Quebec, Newfoundland and Yukon do not recognize it at all (in Yukon, instead, a statutory holiday is celebrated as Discovery Day on the third Monday in August). Five other provinces (Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) do not require employers to offer vacation pay on that day, making it a statutory holiday in the legal sense. No universal name is known for this holiday – the official name varies from province to province and even from municipality to municipality in Ontario.
