Canada

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Canada for 2025 ready to be integrated into your application.

Canada is a North American Country, where early Indigenous people lived off the land. Later colonized by the British and French, Canada was founded as a country on July 1, 1867. Canada’s landscape is vast and is the second largest country by total area. Known today to be one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse countries. The word Canada has been translated to mean “village” or “settlement” in St. Lawrence Iroquoians’ language.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 17th Friday Raoul Wallenberg Day Long weekend.
February 2nd Sunday Groundhog Day
February 14th Friday Valentine's Day Long weekend.
February 15th Saturday National Flag of Canada Day
February 17th Monday Family Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
February 17th Monday Louis Riel Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
February 17th Monday Heritage Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
February 17th Monday Islander Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
February 24th Monday NHL Trade Deadline Long weekend.
March 10th Monday Commonwealth Day Long weekend.
March 17th Monday Saint Patrick's Day Long weekend.
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
April 1st Tuesday April Fools' Day
April 6th Sunday Tartan Day
April 9th Wednesday Vimy Ridge Day
April 18th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 20th Sunday Easter
April 21st Monday Easter Monday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
April 22nd Tuesday Earth Day
April 23rd Wednesday Saint George's Day Only in certain areas.
May 11th Sunday Mother's Day
May 19th Monday Victoria Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
May 19th Monday National Patriots' Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
June 15th Sunday Father's Day
June 19th Thursday Loyalist Day
June 21st Saturday National Aboriginal Day Only in certain areas.
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
June 24th Tuesday Discovery Day Only in certain areas.
June 24th Tuesday Saint John the Baptist Day Only in certain areas.
June 27th Friday Canadian Multiculturalism Day Long weekend.
July 1st Tuesday Canada Day
July 1st Tuesday Memorial Day Only in certain areas.
July 9th Wednesday Nunavut Day Only in certain areas.
July 10th Thursday Nikola Tesla Day Only in certain areas.
July 12th Saturday Orangemen's Day Only in certain areas.
August 4th Monday British Columbia Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday New Brunswick Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday August Civic Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday Saskatchewan Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday Heritage Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday Terry Fox Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday Colonel By Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday Natal Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 9th Saturday National Peacekeepers' Day
August 15th Friday Gold Cup Parade Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 18th Monday Discovery Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
September 1st Monday Labor Day Long weekend.
September 14th Sunday National Grandparents' Day
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
September 30th Tuesday National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Only in certain areas.
October 13th Monday Thanksgiving Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
October 31st Friday Halloween Long weekend.
November 11th Tuesday Remembrance Day Only in certain areas.
November 11th Tuesday Armistice Day Only in certain areas.
December 6th Saturday National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day
December 26th Friday Boxing Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
December 31st Wednesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="CA" -d year="2025" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "CA",
  "year": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'CA',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'CA',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "CA"
$Body.year = "2025"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'CA',
  'year': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'CA',
  'year': '2025',
})