Holidays and Observances in Canada in 2018
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Monday | New Year's Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Jan 2 | Tuesday | Day After New Year’s Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| Jan 6 | Saturday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Sunday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Sunday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Jan 31 | Wednesday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 2 | Friday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 12 | Monday | Family Day | Common local holiday | BC |
| Feb 13 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Christian | |
| Feb 14 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Feb 14 | Wednesday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 15 | Thursday | National Flag of Canada Day | Observance | |
| Feb 16 | Friday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 19 | Monday | Louis Riel Day | Common local holiday | Manitoba |
| Feb 19 | Monday | Nova Scotia Heritage Day | Common local holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Feb 19 | Monday | Islander Day | Common local holiday | PE |
| Feb 19 | Monday | Family Day | Common local holiday | AB, NB, ON, SK |
| Feb 23 | Friday | Yukon Heritage Day | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| Mar 1 | Thursday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 1 | Thursday | St David's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 11 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 12 | Monday | Commonwealth Day | Observance | |
| Mar 17 | Saturday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 19 | Monday | St. Patrick's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Mar 20 | Tuesday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Mar 29 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Mar 30 | Friday | Good Friday | Statutory Holiday | |
| Mar 31 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Mar 31 | Saturday | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Shops Closing Day | NL |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 2 | Monday | Easter Monday | Statutory Holiday | NT, NU, QC |
| Apr 2 | Monday | Easter Monday | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| Apr 2 | Monday | Easter Monday | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Apr 2 | Monday | Easter Monday | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Apr 6 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 6 | Friday | Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| Apr 9 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 9 | Monday | Vimy Ridge Day | Observance | |
| Apr 11 | Wednesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 13 | Friday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Apr 19 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 23 | Monday | St. George's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| May 3 | Thursday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 10 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| May 13 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
| May 16 | Wednesday | Ramadan Start | Muslim | |
| May 20 | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| May 20 | Sunday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| May 21 | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| May 21 | Monday | National Patriots' Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| May 21 | Monday | Victoria Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NS, PE, QC |
| May 27 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| May 31 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| Jun 10 | Sunday | Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | Muslim | |
| Jun 15 | Friday | Eid ul Fitr | Muslim | |
| Jun 17 | Sunday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Local holiday | NT, Yukon |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Sunday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| Jun 25 | Monday | Discovery Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Jun 25 | Monday | St. Jean Baptiste Day observed | Local holiday | Quebec |
| Jul 1 | Sunday | Memorial Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Jul 1 | Sunday | Canada Day | Statutory Holiday | NL, Nova Scotia |
| Jul 2 | Monday | Canada Day observed | Statutory Holiday | |
| Jul 9 | Monday | Nunavut Day | Local holiday | Nunavut |
| Jul 9 | Monday | Orangemen's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| Jul 22 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Aug 1 | Wednesday | The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) | Local holiday | NL |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Local observance | Ontario |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Statutory Holiday | NT, Nunavut |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Saskatchewan Day | Common local holiday | Saskatchewan |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Terry Fox Day | Local observance | Manitoba |
| Aug 6 | Monday | New Brunswick Day | Prescribed Day of Rest | New Brunswick |
| Aug 6 | Monday | British Columbia Day | Common local holiday | BC |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Natal Day | Common local holiday | Nova Scotia |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Heritage Day | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Aug 17 | Friday | Gold Cup Parade | Local holiday | PE |
| Aug 20 | Monday | Discovery Day | Local holiday | Yukon |
| Aug 22 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Sep 3 | Monday | Labour Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Sep 10 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 12 | Wednesday | Muharram/Islamic New Year | Muslim | |
| Sep 19 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 21 | Friday | Ashura | Muslim | |
| Sep 22 | Saturday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 24 | Monday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 30 | Sunday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 1 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 2 | Tuesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 4 | Thursday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | PE |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Oct 18 | Thursday | Healthcare Aide Day | Local observance | BC, Manitoba |
| Oct 31 | Wednesday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Friday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 4 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 7 | Wednesday | Diwali/Deepavali | Observance | |
| Nov 8 | Thursday | National Aboriginal Veterans Day | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Sunday | Remembrance Day | Observance | MB, NS, ON, QC |
| Nov 11 | Sunday | Remembrance Day | Statutory Holiday | All except MB, NS, ON, QC |
| Nov 12 | Monday | Remembrance Day observed | Statutory Holiday | All except MB, NS, ON, QC |
| Nov 12 | Monday | Remembrance Day observed | Observance | MB, NS, ON, QC |
| Nov 21 | Wednesday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | Muslim | |
| Dec 2 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance | |
| Dec 3 | Monday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 8 | Saturday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Dec 10 | Monday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 11 | Tuesday | Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster | Observance | |
| Dec 21 | Friday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve | Observance | |
| Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve | Provincial Public Sector Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | Statutory Holiday | NL, NT, NU, ON |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | Optional Holiday | Alberta |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | Provincial Public Sector Holiday | New Brunswick |
| Dec 31 | Monday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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