Country or region calendar

Canada (optional) holidays 2026 and 2027

Canada (optional) (CA:optional). Public holidays fall on 6 weekdays in Canada (optional) in 2026.

Id: CA:optional
Kind: Country or region
Time zone: —
Weekend: Sat–Sun
Years of data: 2000–2040
Verified years: none yet
Last verified: —

2026

From the holidays library: not yet checked against an official source.

Date	Name	Effect
Thu 1 Jan 2026	New Year's Day	Closed
Fri 3 Apr 2026	Good Friday	Closed
Wed 1 Jul 2026	Canada Day	Closed
Mon 7 Sep 2026	Labor Day	Closed
Fri 25 Dec 2026	Christmas Day	Closed
Sat 26 Dec 2026	Boxing Day	Closed
Mon 28 Dec 2026	Boxing Day (observed)	Closed

2027

From the holidays library: not yet checked against an official source.

Date	Name	Effect
Fri 1 Jan 2027	New Year's Day	Closed
Fri 26 Mar 2027	Good Friday	Closed
Thu 1 Jul 2027	Canada Day	Closed
Mon 6 Sep 2027	Labor Day	Closed
Sat 25 Dec 2027	Christmas Day	Closed
Sun 26 Dec 2027	Boxing Day	Closed
Mon 27 Dec 2027	Christmas Day (observed)	Closed
Tue 28 Dec 2027	Boxing Day (observed)	Closed

Another year

Provenance

Official sources

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No official source is cited for this calendar yet: its dates come from the open-source holidays library (coverage "library").

Canada (optional) holidays: questions

How many weekdays is Canada (optional) closed in 2026?

6: New Year's Day (Thu 1 Jan 2026); Good Friday (Fri 3 Apr 2026); Canada Day (Wed 1 Jul 2026); Labor Day (Mon 7 Sep 2026); Christmas Day (Fri 25 Dec 2026); Boxing Day (observed) (Mon 28 Dec 2026).

Use it from the API

With your API key, the same dates as above, as JSON:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FC_API_KEY" "https://api.financecalendarapi.com/v1/holidays?calendars=CA%3Aoptional&from=2026-01-01&to=2027-12-31"

Holidays endpoint reference

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An .ics feed for Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, updated with each release.

https://api.financecalendarapi.com/v1/calendars/CA%3Aoptional.ics?key=YOUR_KEY

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