Holidays and Celebrations

Saturday and Sunday | January 1 - New Year's Day | Valentine's Day - February 14 | Late March or early April - Good Friday | Late March or early April - Easter Sunday | Late March or early April - Easter Monday | Victoria Day - Monday before May 25 | Canada Day - July 1 | Labour Day - First Monday in September | Thanksgiving - Second Monday of October | Halloween - October 31 | Remembrance Day - November 11 | Christmas Day - December 25 | Boxing Day - December 26 | New Year's Eve - December 31

Boxing Day - December 26

This statuary holiday is used by most Canadians to travel back home from visiting their families on Christmas Day, or just as a day to relax. Some retail stores are open with special Boxing Day sales, but on the whole most businesses, barring entertainment venues like restaurants, hotels and theatres, are closed.