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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 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Canada official public holidays in 2023 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Jan Sunday New Year's Day
Jan Monday Bank Holiday (QC) regional banks
Feb Monday Family Day (AB BC NB ON SK) regional
Feb Monday Islander Day (PE) regional
Feb Monday Louis Riel Day (MB) regional
Feb Monday Heritage Day (NS) (Honouring Nora Bernard-TBC) regional
Apr Friday Good Friday (optional in QC)
Apr Monday Easter Monday (AB QC) (optional) regional
May Monday Victoria Day (not statutory in NB NL NS PE)
June Wednesday National Aboriginal Day (NT YT) regional
June Saturday Saint Jean Baptiste (QC) regional
June Monday Discovery Day (NL) (optional) regional government
July Saturday Canada Day
July Sunday Nunavut Day (NU) regional government
Aug Monday Civic Holiday (widely observed but statutory only in BC NB NU NT SK)
Aug Monday Discovery Day (YT) regional
Sep Monday Labour Day
Oct Monday Thanksgiving Day
Nov Saturday Remembrance Day (not statutory in MB NS ON QC)
Dec Monday Christmas Day
Dec Tuesday Boxing Day (statutory only in NB ON) regional

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Recent Canada Public Holidays News and Updates


Below is a list of recent news and updates related to Canada public holidays, national holidays, government holidays and bank holidays (note that this newsfeed is delayed by 30 days).

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 (2020-2030).

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.