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

January 1 - New Year's Day

This is a statutory holiday that most Canadians do not work. The day itself is used primarily for recovering from the parties that most people attend the night before to celebrate the coming of the new year.