Holidays and Observances in Canada in 2017
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Sunday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Jan 2 | Monday | Day off for New Year's Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Jan 2 | Monday | Day After New Year’s Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Saturday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Saturday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Jan 28 | Saturday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 2 | Thursday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 11 | Saturday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 13 | Monday | Family Day | Common local holiday | BC |
| Feb 14 | Tuesday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 15 | Wednesday | National Flag of Canada Day | Observance | |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Louis Riel Day | Common local holiday | Manitoba |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Nova Scotia Heritage Day | Common local holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Islander Day | Common local holiday | PE |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Family Day | Common local holiday | AB, ON, SK |
| Feb 24 | Friday | Yukon Heritage Day | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| Feb 28 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Wednesday | St David's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 12 | Sunday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 12 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 13 | Monday | Commonwealth Day | Observance | |
| Mar 17 | Friday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 20 | Monday | St. Patrick's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Mar 20 | Monday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Apr 6 | Thursday | Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 9 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Apr 9 | Sunday | Vimy Ridge Day | Observance | |
| Apr 11 | Tuesday | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 13 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Good Friday | Statutory Holiday | |
| Apr 15 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Apr 15 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Shops Closing Day | NL |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | Statutory Holiday | NT, NU, QC |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| Apr 18 | Tuesday | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 24 | Monday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 24 | Monday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Apr 24 | Monday | St. George's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| May 2 | Tuesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| May 14 | Sunday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 14 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
| May 22 | Monday | National Patriots' Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| May 22 | Monday | Victoria Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NS, PE, QC |
| May 25 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| May 27 | Saturday | Ramadan Start | Muslim | |
| May 31 | Wednesday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| Jun 4 | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| Jun 5 | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| Jun 11 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| Jun 15 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| Jun 18 | Sunday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | Muslim | |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | National Aboriginal Day | Local holiday | NT, Yukon |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | National Aboriginal Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Saturday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| Jun 26 | Monday | Eid ul Fitr | Muslim | |
| Jun 26 | Monday | Discovery Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Jul 1 | Saturday | Memorial Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Jul 1 | Saturday | Canada Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Jul 9 | Sunday | Nunavut Day | Local holiday | Nunavut |
| Jul 10 | Monday | Nunavut Day observed | Local holiday | Nunavut |
| Jul 10 | Monday | Orangemen's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Aug 1 | Tuesday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Aug 2 | Wednesday | The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) | Local holiday | NL |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Statutory Holiday | NT, Nunavut |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Local observance | Ontario |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Saskatchewan Day | Common local holiday | Saskatchewan |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Terry Fox Day | Local observance | Manitoba |
| Aug 7 | Monday | New Brunswick Day | Prescribed Day of Rest | New Brunswick |
| Aug 7 | Monday | British Columbia Day | Common local holiday | BC |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Natal Day | Common local holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Aug 7 | Monday | Heritage Day | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Aug 15 | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Aug 18 | Friday | Gold Cup Parade | Local holiday | PE |
| Aug 21 | Monday | Discovery Day | Local holiday | Yukon |
| Sep 2 | Saturday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Sep 4 | Monday | Labour Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Sep 21 | Thursday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 22 | Friday | Muharram/Islamic New Year | Muslim | |
| Sep 22 | Friday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 30 | Saturday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 1 | Sunday | Ashura | Muslim | |
| Oct 4 | Wednesday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Oct 5 | Thursday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
| Oct 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| Oct 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | PE |
| Oct 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Oct 11 | Wednesday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 12 | Thursday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 13 | Friday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 18 | Wednesday | Healthcare Aide Day | Local observance | BC, Manitoba |
| Oct 18 | Wednesday | Diwali/Deepavali | Observance | |
| Oct 31 | Tuesday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Wednesday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Thursday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 5 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 8 | Wednesday | National Aboriginal Veterans Day | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | Remembrance Day | Observance | MB, NS, ON, QC |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | Remembrance Day | Statutory Holiday | All except MB, NS, ON, QC |
| Dec 1 | Friday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | Muslim | |
| Dec 3 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance | |
| Dec 8 | Friday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Dec 11 | Monday | Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster | Observance | |
| Dec 13 | Wednesday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 20 | Wednesday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 21 | Thursday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Sunday | Christmas Eve | Observance | |
| Dec 25 | Monday | Christmas Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Statutory Holiday | NL, NT, NU, ON |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Provincial Public Sector Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Dec 31 | Sunday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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