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Canada Public Holidays 2023

See also: 2023 public holidays in APEC, North America, OECD, USA and worldwide.

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 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Canada public holidays in 2023 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Sunday New Year's Day
Monday Bank Holiday banks
Tuesday Bank Holiday (QC) regional banks
Monday Family Day (AB BC NB ON SK) regional
Monday Islander Day (PE) regional
Monday Louis Riel Day (MB) regional
Monday Heritage Day (NS) (Honouring Rita Joe) regional
Friday Good Friday (optional in QC)
Friday Bank Holiday banks
Monday Easter Monday (AB QC) (optional) regional
Monday Victoria Day (not statutory in NB NL NS PE)
Monday Bank Holiday banks
Wednesday National Aboriginal Day (NT YT) regional
Saturday Saint Jean Baptiste (QC) regional
Monday June Holiday (NL) (optional) regional government
Monday Bank Holiday (QC) regional banks
Saturday Canada Day
Monday Bank Holiday banks
Sunday Nunavut Day (NU) regional
Monday Civic/Provincial Holiday (widely observed but statutory only in BC NB NU NT SK)
Monday Discovery Day (YT) regional
Monday Labour Day
Saturday Truth and Reconciliation Day (AB ON QC SK) (only federal government) regional government
Saturday Truth and Reconciliation Day (MB NB NL NS) regional government
Saturday Truth and Reconciliation Day (BC NT NU PE YT) regional
Monday Bank Holiday banks
Monday Thanksgiving Day
Saturday Remembrance Day (not statutory in MB NS ON QC)
Monday Bank Holiday banks
Monday Christmas Day
Tuesday Boxing Day (statutory only in NB ON) regional
Tuesday Bank Holiday banks

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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 (2023-2033).

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.