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Canada public holidays by region: Alberta [AB], British Columbia [BC], Manitoba [MB], New Brunswick [NB], Newfoundland [NL], Northwest Territories [NT], Nova Scotia [NS], Nunavut [NU], Ontario [ON], Prince Edward Island [PE], Quebec [QC], Saskatchewan [SK], Yukon [YT].
This page contains the list of Canada 2023 official public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The public holidays listing on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone/iPad mobile apps. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.
The list of Canada official public holidays in 2023 is:
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | |
| Jan 2 | Monday | Bank Holiday | banks |
| Jan 3 | Tuesday | Bank Holiday [QC] | regional banks |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Family Day [AB BC NB ON SK] | regional |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Islander Day [PE] | regional |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Louis Riel Day [MB] | regional |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Heritage Day [NS] [Honouring Nora Bernard-TBC] | regional |
| Apr 7 | Friday | Good Friday [optional in QC] | |
| Apr 7 | Friday | Bank Holiday | banks |
| Apr 10 | Monday | Easter Monday [AB QC] [optional] | regional |
| May 22 | Monday | Victoria Day [not statutory in NB NL NS PE] | |
| May 22 | Monday | Bank Holiday | banks |
| June 21 | Wednesday | National Aboriginal Day [NT YT] | regional |
| June 24 | Saturday | Saint Jean Baptiste [QC] | regional |
| June 26 | Monday | June Holiday [NL] [optional] | regional government |
| June 26 | Monday | Bank Holiday [QC] | regional banks |
| July 1 | Saturday | Canada Day | |
| July 3 | Monday | Bank Holiday | banks |
| July 9 | Sunday | Nunavut Day [NU] | regional |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Holiday [widely observed but statutory only in BC NB NU NT SK] | |
| Aug 21 | Monday | Discovery Day [YT] | regional |
| Sep 4 | Monday | Labour Day | |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | Truth and Reconciliation Day [only federal government] | government |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | Truth and Reconciliation Day [MB NB NL NS NU] | regional government |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | Truth and Reconciliation Day [NT PE] | regional |
| Oct 2 | Monday | Bank Holiday | banks |
| Oct 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | Remembrance Day [not statutory in MB NS ON QC] | |
| Nov 13 | Monday | Bank Holiday | banks |
| Dec 25 | Monday | Christmas Day | |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day [statutory only in NB ON] | regional |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Bank Holiday | banks |
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Recent Canada Public Holidays News and Updates
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Global Holidays Observed in Canada
Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Canada, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years [2022-2032].
Canada Background Information and Links
Canada Regional Abbreviations
Below is a list of the Canada regional abbreviations, used for regional public holidays, in the table above.