2027 Stat Holidays Canada: 10 Federal Holidays, Thanksgiving Oct. 11

Canada’s 2027 stat holidays are the 10 general holidays listed in section 166 of the Canada Labour Code, the federal law for banks, airlines and other federally regulated employers. Thanksgiving 2027 is Monday, Oct. 11, the second Monday of October. The year opens with New Year’s Day on Friday, Jan. 1 and ends with Christmas Day on a Saturday and Boxing Day on a Sunday, which pushes the paid days onto nearby working days.

Canada’s federal general holidays 2027

Holiday	Date	Day
New Year’s Day	Jan. 1	Friday
Good Friday	March 26	Friday
Victoria Day	May 24	Monday
Canada Day	July 1	Thursday
Labour Day	Sept. 6	Monday
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation	Sept. 30	Thursday
Thanksgiving Day	Oct. 11	Monday
Remembrance Day	Nov. 11	Thursday
Christmas Day	Dec. 25	Saturday
Boxing Day	Dec. 26	Sunday

These apply to federally regulated employers such as banks, airlines, railways, telecommunications companies and the federal public service. Most workers fall under a provincial or territorial employment standards law instead.

When is Thanksgiving in Canada in 2027?

Thanksgiving Day 2027 falls on Monday, Oct. 11. October 1, 2027 is a Friday, so the second Monday is the 11th. Canada.ca has not posted its 2027 public holiday list yet; its current list gives Monday, Oct. 12 for 2026.

Thanksgiving is a general holiday under the federal code, but provinces set their own lists. New Brunswick lists eight paid public holidays and says Thanksgiving Day is not among them. Nova Scotia lists six paid holidays (New Year’s Day, Nova Scotia Heritage Day, Good Friday, Canada Day, Labour Day and Christmas Day) and treats Thanksgiving as a retail closing day. Check your own province’s employment standards office.

When a holiday falls on a weekend

The Canada Labour Code has two rules, and 2027 tests both.

For New Year’s Day, Canada Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, an employee whose holiday falls on a non-working day is entitled to a holiday with pay on the working day immediately before or after it. In 2027 that covers Christmas Day and Boxing Day, which land on a Saturday and a Sunday.

For the other holidays, a holiday that falls on a non-working day may be added to the employee’s annual vacation or granted on another day by agreement. Under section 195, a substitute day needs a written agreement, such as a collective agreement, or the approval of the affected employees, with notice posted. None of those fall on a weekend in 2027, since Good Friday, Victoria Day, Labour Day and Thanksgiving are always on a Friday or a Monday.

Long weekends in 2027

Five federal holidays create three-day weekends: Good Friday (March 26-28), Victoria Day (May 22-24), Labour Day (Sept. 4-6), Thanksgiving (Oct. 9-11) and New Year’s Day (Jan. 1-3). Canada Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Remembrance Day all fall on a Thursday, so a single vacation day on the Friday turns each into a four-day weekend.

Provinces set their own lists

Statutory holidays for most employees are set by each province and territory, and the lists differ. Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick observe Family Day on the third Monday of February, which is Feb. 15, 2027. Quebec observes National Holiday (Fête nationale) on June 24 and National Patriots’ Day on the Monday before May 25. Remembrance Day is not a statutory holiday in Ontario or Quebec, and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is not one in every province. Check your provincial employment standards office before you plan around a date.

The federal list does not include Easter Monday, the civic holiday or Family Day.

How the U.S. and UK compare

Canada’s Thanksgiving on Oct. 11 comes six weeks before the U.S. holiday on Nov. 25, and Victoria Day lands a week before U.S. Memorial Day. See our lists of U.S. federal holidays 2027 and UK bank holidays 2027. Our Canada holidays calendar shows provincial days, and the pages for Canada Day, Victoria Day and Thanksgiving list future years. Print the one-page list below to keep the federal dates at hand.