National holidays of Canada in 2020

This page contains a calendar of all 2020 public holidays for Canada. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national list or choose your state’s calendar.

Day	Date	Holiday	Notes
Wednesday	Jan. 1, 2020	New Year's Day
Wednesday	Jan. 1, 2020	New Year's Day
Thursday	Jan. 2, 2020	Day After New Year’s Day
Monday	Jan. 6, 2020	Epiphany
Tuesday	Jan. 7, 2020	Orthodox Christmas Day
Tuesday	Jan. 14, 2020	Orthodox New Year
Saturday	Jan. 25, 2020	Chinese New Year
Sunday	Feb. 2, 2020	Groundhog Day
Monday	Feb. 10, 2020	Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)
Monday	Feb. 10, 2020	Family Day	Statutory holiday in British Columbia
Friday	Feb. 14, 2020	Valentine's Day
Saturday	Feb. 15, 2020	National Flag of Canada Day
Monday	Feb. 17, 2020	Islander Day
Monday	Feb. 17, 2020	Family Day	3rd Monday in February. Statutory holiday in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan
Monday	Feb. 17, 2020	Louis Riel Day	3rd Monday in February. Statutory holiday in Manitoba
Monday	Feb. 17, 2020	Nova Scotia Heritage Day	3rd Monday in February
Monday	Feb. 17, 2020	Louis Riel Day
Friday	Feb. 21, 2020	Yukon Heritage Day
Tuesday	Feb. 25, 2020	Carnival / Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday	Feb. 26, 2020	Ash Wednesday
Sunday	March 1, 2020	St David's Day
Sunday	March 8, 2020	Daylight Saving Time starts
Monday	March 9, 2020	Commonwealth Day
Tuesday	March 10, 2020	Purim
Monday	March 16, 2020	St. Patrick's Day	Newfoundland and Labrador, Govt only
Monday	March 16, 2020	St. Patrick's Day
Thursday	March 19, 2020	March Equinox
Sunday	March 22, 2020	Isra and Mi'raj
Sunday	April 5, 2020	Palm Sunday
Monday	April 6, 2020	National Tartan Day
Thursday	April 9, 2020	First day of Passover
Thursday	April 9, 2020	Vimy Ridge Day
Thursday	April 9, 2020	Maundy Thursday
Friday	April 10, 2020	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday. Statutory, except in Quebec where Easter Monday can be taken as alternative
Friday	April 10, 2020	Good Friday
Saturday	April 11, 2020	Holy Saturday
Sunday	April 12, 2020	Easter Sunday
Monday	April 13, 2020	Easter Monday	Nunavut. Optional in Alberta and Quebec
Monday	April 13, 2020	Easter Monday
Thursday	April 16, 2020	Last day of Passover
Friday	April 17, 2020	Orthodox Good Friday
Saturday	April 18, 2020	Orthodox Holy Saturday
Sunday	April 19, 2020	Orthodox Easter
Monday	April 20, 2020	Orthodox Easter Monday
Monday	April 20, 2020	St. George's Day
Tuesday	April 21, 2020	Yom HaShoah
Thursday	April 23, 2020	St. George's Day	Newfoundland and Labrador. Govt. holiday
Friday	April 24, 2020	Ramadan Start
Wednesday	April 29, 2020	Yom HaAtzmaut
Sunday	May 10, 2020	Mother's Day	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Sunday	May 10, 2020	Mother's Day
Tuesday	May 12, 2020	Lag B'Omer
Monday	May 18, 2020	Victoria Day	Monday on or before May 24. Statutory, except in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Monday	May 18, 2020	National Patriots' Day	Quebec only
Tuesday	May 19, 2020	Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)
Thursday	May 21, 2020	Ascension Day
Sunday	May 24, 2020	Eid ul Fitr
Friday	May 29, 2020	Shavuot
Sunday	May 31, 2020	Pentecost
Monday	June 1, 2020	Whit Monday
Sunday	June 7, 2020	Trinity Sunday
Thursday	June 11, 2020	Corpus Christi
Saturday	June 20, 2020	June Solstice
Sunday	June 21, 2020	National Indigenous Peoples Day
Sunday	June 21, 2020	National Aboriginal Day	Northwest Territories, Yukon. Provincial Statutory Holiday
Sunday	June 21, 2020	Father's Day	3rd Sunday in June. Not a public holiday
Sunday	June 21, 2020	Father's Day
Monday	June 22, 2020	Discovery Day
Monday	June 22, 2020	Discovery Day	Monday nearest June 24th. Newfoundland and Labrador only
Wednesday	June 24, 2020	The National Holiday of Quebec	Quebec only
Wednesday	June 24, 2020	St. Jean Baptiste Day
Wednesday	July 1, 2020	Canada Day	Nova Scotia
Wednesday	July 1, 2020	Memorial Day
Thursday	July 9, 2020	Nunavut Day	Nunavut only. Not a holiday for Federal employees
Monday	July 13, 2020	Orangeman's Day	Newfoundland and Labrador. Monday cloest to July 12
Monday	July 13, 2020	Orangemen's Day
Thursday	July 30, 2020	Tisha B'Av
Friday	July 31, 2020	Eid ul Adha
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Natal Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Terry Fox Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Saskatchewan Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Civic/Provincial Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Civic Holiday	First Monday in August
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Heritage Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	New Brunswick Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	British Columbia Day
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Heritage Day	Alberta. Optional Holiday. First Monday in August
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Civic Day	First Monday in August
Monday	Aug. 3, 2020	Civic Holiday	Ontario. Non Statutory but widely observed
Wednesday	Aug. 5, 2020	The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day)
Saturday	Aug. 15, 2020	Assumption of Mary
Monday	Aug. 17, 2020	Discovery Day	Third Monday in August. Yukon only
Thursday	Aug. 20, 2020	Muharram/Islamic New Year
Friday	Aug. 21, 2020	Gold Cup Parade
Monday	Sept. 7, 2020	Labour Day	First Monday in September
Monday	Sept. 7, 2020	Labour Day
Saturday	Sept. 19, 2020	Rosh Hashana
Tuesday	Sept. 22, 2020	September Equinox
Monday	Sept. 28, 2020	Yom Kippur
Saturday	Oct. 3, 2020	First day of Sukkot
Sunday	Oct. 4, 2020	Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Friday	Oct. 9, 2020	Hoshana Rabbah
Saturday	Oct. 10, 2020	Shemini Atzeret
Sunday	Oct. 11, 2020	Simchat Torah
Monday	Oct. 12, 2020	Thanksgiving	2nd Monday in October. Statutory, except in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Monday	Oct. 12, 2020	Thanksgiving	2nd Monday in October. Designated retail closing day in Nova Scotia
Monday	Oct. 12, 2020	Thanksgiving Day
Sunday	Oct. 18, 2020	Healthcare Aide Day
Thursday	Oct. 29, 2020	Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)
Saturday	Oct. 31, 2020	Halloween
Sunday	Nov. 1, 2020	Daylight Saving Time ends
Sunday	Nov. 1, 2020	All Saints' Day
Monday	Nov. 2, 2020	All Souls' Day
Wednesday	Nov. 11, 2020	Remembrance Day	Federal statutory holiday and some provinces
Wednesday	Nov. 11, 2020	Remembrance Day
Wednesday	Nov. 11, 2020	Remembrance Day	Statutory holiday in many regions
Saturday	Nov. 14, 2020	Diwali/Deepavali
Sunday	Nov. 29, 2020	First Sunday of Advent
Tuesday	Dec. 8, 2020	Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Friday	Dec. 11, 2020	First Day of Hanukkah
Friday	Dec. 11, 2020	Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster
Friday	Dec. 18, 2020	Last day of Hanukkah
Monday	Dec. 21, 2020	December Solstice
Thursday	Dec. 24, 2020	Christmas Eve
Friday	Dec. 25, 2020	Christmas Day
Friday	Dec. 25, 2020	Christmas Day
Saturday	Dec. 26, 2020	Boxing Day	Non-Statutory and Designated retail closing day in Nova Scotia
Saturday	Dec. 26, 2020	Boxing Day	Statutory in Ontario and federal jurisdictions. Optional in Alberta
Monday	Dec. 28, 2020	Boxing Day	Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut. Govt. Only
Thursday	Dec. 31, 2020	New Year's Eve

Public Holidays

Canada public holidays by years
Public holidays in other countries