Holidays and Observances in Canada in 2027
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Isra and Mi'raj (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Thursday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Thursday | Orthodox New Year | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 23 | Saturday | Tu B'Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 2 | Tuesday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 6 | Saturday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 8 | Monday | Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Feb 9 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 10 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 14 | Sunday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Louis Riel Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Manitoba |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Nova Scotia Heritage Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Feb 15 | Monday | National Flag of Canada Day | Observance | |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Islander Day | Province/Territory Holiday | PE |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Family Day | Province/Territory Holiday | AB, BC, NB, ON, SK |
| Feb 26 | Friday | Yukon Heritage Day | Optional Holiday | Yukon |
| Mar 1 | Monday | St. David's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 5 | Friday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Mar 8 | Monday | Commonwealth Day | Observance | |
| Mar 10 | Wednesday | Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Mar 14 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts in parts of Canada | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 15 | Monday | St. Patrick's Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Mar 17 | Wednesday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 20 | Saturday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 21 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 23 | Tuesday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 25 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 26 | Friday | Good Friday | Optional Holiday | Quebec |
| Mar 26 | Friday | Good Friday | Province/Territory Holiday | All except QC |
| Mar 26 | Friday | Good Friday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Mar 27 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Province/Territory Holiday | NL, Nova Scotia |
| Mar 29 | Monday | Easter Monday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Mar 29 | Monday | Easter Monday | Optional Holiday | AB, NS, NT, NU, QC, YT |
| Apr 6 | Tuesday | Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 9 | Friday | Vimy Ridge Day | Observance | |
| Apr 22 | Thursday | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 26 | Monday | St. George's Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Apr 29 | Thursday | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 1 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 2 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter Sunday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 3 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 4 | Tuesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| May 6 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Observance, Christian | |
| May 9 | Sunday | Mother’s Day | Observance | |
| May 12 | Wednesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| May 16 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| May 17 | Monday | Whit Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| May 17 | Monday | Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| May 23 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| May 24 | Monday | National Patriots' Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Quebec |
| May 24 | Monday | Victoria Day | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| May 24 | Monday | Victoria Day | Province/Territory Holiday | All except NS, PE, QC |
| May 24 | Monday | Victoria Day | Optional Holiday | Nova Scotia |
| May 25 | Tuesday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 27 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 6 | Sunday | Muharram | Muslim | |
| Jun 11 | Friday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| Jun 15 | Tuesday | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | Father’s Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Monday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Monday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NT, Yukon |
| Jun 21 | Monday | June Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Jun 21 | Monday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Thursday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Quebec |
| Jul 1 | Thursday | Memorial Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Jul 1 | Thursday | Canada Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Jul 9 | Friday | Nunavut Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Nunavut |
| Jul 12 | Monday | Orangemen's Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Aug 2 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Province/Territory Observance | Ontario |
| Aug 2 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| Aug 2 | Monday | August Civic Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NT, Nunavut |
| Aug 2 | Monday | Saskatchewan Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Saskatchewan |
| Aug 2 | Monday | Terry Fox Day | Optional Holiday | Manitoba |
| Aug 2 | Monday | New Brunswick Day | Province/Territory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Aug 2 | Monday | British Columbia Day | Province/Territory Holiday | BC |
| Aug 2 | Monday | Natal Day | Optional Holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Aug 2 | Monday | Heritage Day | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Aug 4 | Wednesday | The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Aug 12 | Thursday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Aug 15 | Sunday | Milad un Nabi (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Aug 15 | Sunday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | |
| Aug 16 | Monday | Discovery Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Yukon |
| Aug 20 | Friday | Gold Cup Parade | Province/Territory Observance | PE |
| Sep 6 | Monday | Labour Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Sep 23 | Thursday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 30 | Thursday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Sep 30 | Thursday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Optional Holiday | Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| Sep 30 | Thursday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Province/Territory Holiday | BC, MB, NT, NU, PE, YT |
| Oct 2 | Saturday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 4 | Monday | Feast of St. Francis of Assisi | Observance, Christian | |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Oct 16 | Saturday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 18 | Monday | Healthcare Aide Day | Province/Territory Observance | BC, Manitoba |
| Oct 22 | Friday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 23 | Saturday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 24 | Sunday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 31 | Sunday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Monday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Tuesday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 7 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends in parts of Canada | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 8 | Monday | National Aboriginal Veterans Day | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Thursday | Remembrance Day | Observance | Ontario, Quebec |
| Nov 11 | Thursday | Remembrance Day | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Nov 11 | Thursday | Remembrance Day | Province/Territory Holiday | All except ON, QC |
| Nov 28 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Wednesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 11 | Saturday | Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster | Observance | |
| Dec 21 | Tuesday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Isra and Mi'raj (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NB, NL, NS, ON, PE |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Optional Holiday | AB, MB, NT, NU, YT |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 27 | Monday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Dec 27 | Monday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | MB, NL, YT |
| Dec 27 | Monday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Optional Holiday | NB, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC |
| Dec 28 | Tuesday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Dec 28 | Tuesday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Dec 28 | Tuesday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Optional Holiday | NB, ON, PE |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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