House of Commons Sitting Calendar 2027: MPs Return Jan. 25

The House of Commons sitting calendar for 2027 lists 128 sitting days, starting on Monday, Jan. 25 and ending on Friday, Dec. 17, according to the House of Commons. Its calendar page labels the days “Sitting days (128 in total)”. The last sitting before summer is Tuesday, June 22, and members of Parliament (MPs) return on Monday, Sept. 20. The tables below count the days by month, date every break week and check the return dates against the Standing Orders.

House of Commons sitting days by month in 2027

The House of Commons calendar marks the days; the count per month is added up from those days and totals the 128 on the legend.

Month	Sitting days	Count
January	25-29	5
February	1-5, 8-12, 22-26	15
March	8-12, 31	6
April	1-2, 5-9, 12-16, 19-23, 26-30	22
May	10-14, 17-21, 31	11
June	1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-22	16
July and August	none	0
September	20-24, 27-29	8
October	4-8, 18-22, 25-29	15
November	1-5, 15-19, 22-26, 29-30	17
December	1-3, 6-10, 13-17	13
2027 total		128

April has the most sitting days, 22, because every weekday from April 5 to April 30 is a sitting day.

The first sitting stretch of each month falls on Jan. 25-29, Feb. 1-5, March 8-12, April 1-2, May 10-14, June 1-4, Sept. 20-24, Oct. 4-8, Nov. 1-5 and Dec. 1-3.

Which weeks does the House not sit in 2027?

Each gap below is a run of weekdays with no sitting days on the calendar. Statutory days that fall inside are noted by date.

No sittings	First and last weekday	Date in the gap
After Fri., Dec. 11, 2026 to Jan. 22, 2027	Holiday adjournment under the Standing Orders	Return Mon., Jan. 25
Feb. 15-19	Mon. to Fri.	Week of Monday, Feb. 15
March 1-5	Mon. to Fri.
March 15-30	Mon., March 15 to Tue., March 30	Good Friday, March 26; Easter Monday, March 29
May 3-7	Mon. to Fri.
May 24-28	Mon. to Fri.	Victoria Day, Monday, May 24
June 23 to Sept. 17	Wed., June 23 to Fri., Sept. 17	Summer; no sittings in July or August
Sept. 30 to Oct. 1	Thu. to Fri.
Oct. 11-15	Mon. to Fri.	Thanksgiving, Monday, Oct. 11
Nov. 8-12	Mon. to Fri.	Remembrance Day, Thursday, Nov. 11
From Dec. 20	Mon., Dec. 20	After the last sitting, Fri., Dec. 17

Standing Order (SO) 28(1) says the House “shall not meet on New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,” which accounts for the March 26 and 29 days inside the March gap.

How do the Standing Orders set the return dates?

SO 28(2)(a) in Chapter 3 of the Standing Orders, consolidated April 27, 2026, pairs each adjournment with a return date. The 2027 calendar matches every pairing.

Rule in SO 28(2)(a)	Date in 2027	Return
“The Friday preceding Thanksgiving Day” returns “The second Monday following that Friday”	Friday, Oct. 8 (Thanksgiving is Monday, Oct. 11)	Monday, Oct. 18
“The Friday preceding Remembrance Day” returns “The second Monday following that Friday”	Friday, Nov. 5 (Remembrance Day is Thursday, Nov. 11)	Monday, Nov. 15
Summer adjournment returns “The second Monday following Labour Day”	Labour Day is Monday, Sept. 6	Monday, Sept. 20
“The second Friday preceding Christmas Day” returns “The last Monday in January”	Christmas Day is a Saturday, so the second Friday before is Dec. 17, 2027	Last Monday in January 2028

The same rule sets this year’s break. Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday, so the second Friday before it is Dec. 11, 2026, and the last Monday in January 2027 is Jan. 25. The 2026 calendar lists sittings on Nov. 16-20, Nov. 23-27 and Nov. 30, then Dec. 1-4 and Dec. 7-11.

SO 28(2)(b) tells the Speaker to table a calendar by Sept. 30 each year for the following year, after consulting the House leaders. It sets out the “sitting and non-sitting weeks between the last Monday in January” and “the Monday following Easter Monday.” The calendar page says its dates are subject to change.

How does 2027 compare with 2026?

The House of Commons 2026 calendar has 112 sitting days, and the 2027 calendar has 128, which is 16 more. The 2027 total is a count of the days on the calendar page, not a forecast of how many days the House will sit.

Does the Senate sit on the same days?

The Senate of Canada publishes its own 2027 annual calendar as a PDF on its calendar page. Its legend reads “Dark coloured: fixed sitting day. Light coloured: possible sitting day,” and it is marked subject to change. Check it for Senate dates.

Print the 2027 House of Commons sitting calendar

The free one-page printable lists the 128 sitting days by month with the break weeks beside them. Pair it with a January 2027 calendar or a printable yearly calendar. The federal paid days that fall around the same time are in the Canada statutory holidays 2027 story, and provincial long weekends are in the 2027 vacation planner.