Holidays and Observances in Canada in 2028
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Saturday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Jan 3 | Monday | New Year's Day Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| Jan 3 | Monday | New Year's Day Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | MB, NL, YT |
| Jan 3 | Monday | New Year's Day Holiday | Optional Holiday | NB, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC |
| Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Friday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Friday | Orthodox New Year | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 26 | Wednesday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Jan 28 | Friday | Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Feb 2 | Wednesday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 12 | Saturday | Tu B'Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 14 | Monday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 15 | Tuesday | National Flag of Canada Day | Observance | |
| Feb 21 | Monday | Louis Riel Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Manitoba |
| Feb 21 | Monday | Nova Scotia Heritage Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Feb 21 | Monday | Islander Day | Province/Territory Holiday | PE |
| Feb 21 | Monday | Family Day | Province/Territory Holiday | AB, BC, NB, ON, SK |
| Feb 22 | Tuesday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Feb 25 | Friday | Yukon Heritage Day | Optional Holiday | Yukon |
| Feb 27 | Sunday | Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Feb 29 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Wednesday | St. David's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 12 | Sunday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 12 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts in parts of Canada | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 13 | Monday | Commonwealth Day | Observance | |
| Mar 17 | Friday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 19 | Sunday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 20 | Monday | St. Patrick's Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Apr 6 | Thursday | Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 9 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 9 | Sunday | Vimy Ridge Day | Observance | |
| Apr 11 | Tuesday | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 13 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Good Friday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Good Friday | Optional Holiday | Quebec |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Good Friday | Province/Territory Holiday | All except QC |
| Apr 15 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 15 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter Sunday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Province/Territory Holiday | NL, Nova Scotia |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | Optional Holiday | AB, NS, NT, NU, QC, YT |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Apr 18 | Tuesday | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 24 | Monday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 24 | Monday | St. George's Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| May 2 | Tuesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| May 5 | Friday | Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| May 14 | Sunday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 14 | Sunday | Mother’s Day | Observance | |
| May 22 | Monday | National Patriots' Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Quebec |
| May 22 | Monday | Victoria Day | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| May 22 | Monday | Victoria Day | Optional Holiday | Nova Scotia |
| May 22 | Monday | Victoria Day | Province/Territory Holiday | All except NS, PE, QC |
| May 25 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Observance, Christian | |
| May 25 | Thursday | Muharram | Muslim | |
| May 31 | Wednesday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| Jun 3 | Saturday | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Jun 4 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 5 | Monday | Whit Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 11 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 15 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 18 | Sunday | Father’s Day | Observance | |
| Jun 20 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NT, Yukon |
| Jun 24 | Saturday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Quebec |
| Jun 26 | Monday | June Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Jul 1 | Saturday | Memorial Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Jul 1 | Saturday | Canada Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Jul 3 | Monday | Canada Day Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| Jul 3 | Monday | Canada Day Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | MB, NL, YT |
| Jul 3 | Monday | Canada Day Holiday | Optional Holiday | NB, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC |
| Jul 9 | Sunday | Nunavut Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Nunavut |
| Jul 10 | Monday | Day off for Nunavut Day | Optional Holiday | Nunavut |
| Jul 10 | Monday | Orangemen's Day | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Aug 1 | Tuesday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Aug 2 | Wednesday | The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) | Province/Territory Holiday | NL |
| Aug 3 | Thursday | Milad un Nabi (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Province/Territory Observance | Ontario |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| Aug 7 | Monday | August Civic Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NT, Nunavut |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Saskatchewan Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Saskatchewan |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Terry Fox Day | Optional Holiday | Manitoba |
| Aug 7 | Monday | New Brunswick Day | Province/Territory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Aug 7 | Monday | British Columbia Day | Province/Territory Holiday | BC |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Natal Day | Optional Holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Heritage Day | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Aug 15 | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | |
| Aug 18 | Friday | Gold Cup Parade | Province/Territory Observance | PE |
| Aug 21 | Monday | Discovery Day | Province/Territory Holiday | Yukon |
| Sep 4 | Monday | Labour Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Sep 21 | Thursday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 22 | Friday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Optional Holiday | Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Province/Territory Holiday | BC, MB, NT, NU, PE, YT |
| Oct 2 | Monday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| Oct 2 | Monday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Holiday | Optional Holiday | NT, NU, PE |
| Oct 2 | Monday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | Manitoba, Yukon |
| Oct 4 | Wednesday | Feast of St. Francis of Assisi | Observance, Christian | |
| Oct 5 | Thursday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Oct 11 | Wednesday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 12 | Thursday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 13 | Friday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 18 | Wednesday | Healthcare Aide Day | Province/Territory Observance | BC, Manitoba |
| Oct 31 | Tuesday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Wednesday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Thursday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 5 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends in parts of Canada | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 8 | Wednesday | National Aboriginal Veterans Day | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | Remembrance Day | Observance | Ontario, Quebec |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | Remembrance Day | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | Remembrance Day | Province/Territory Holiday | All except ON, QC |
| Nov 13 | Monday | Remembrance Day Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NL, Yukon |
| Nov 13 | Monday | Remembrance Day Holiday | Optional Holiday | MB, NB, NT, NU, PE |
| Nov 13 | Monday | Remembrance Day Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| Dec 3 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Friday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 11 | Monday | Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster | Observance | |
| Dec 13 | Wednesday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 14 | Thursday | Isra and Mi'raj (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Dec 20 | Wednesday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 21 | Thursday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Sunday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 25 | Monday | Christmas Day | Nationwide Holiday | All |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Federal Employees Holiday | All |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Province/Territory Holiday | NB, NL, NS, ON, PE |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day / Christmas Holiday | Optional Holiday | AB, MB, NT, NU, YT |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 31 | Sunday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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