2025 Canadian Statutory Holidays
Information about holidays in Canada for 2025 and long weekend details.
Canada Day is on a Tuesday in 2025. It is a national statutory holiday. Many people will no doubt try to turn this holiday into a four-day long weekend by taking Monday off.
Easter in 2025 is on April 18 (Good Friday) and Easter Sunday is on April 20. Easter Monday in 2025 is on April 21. Easter is not on a fixed day. Easter in 2025 is later in the year which means there is a two month gap without holidays after Family Day/Islander Day/Heritage Day.
Remembrance Day will be on Tuesday in 2025. It is a federal statutory holiday but not in every province and territory. It is not a holiday in Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario and Quebec. This is the source of an ongoing debate about making Remembrance Day a holiday across Canada.
Christmas in 2025 is on a weekday: Christmas day is on a Thursday and Boxing Day following on Friday. For most workplaces this means there is no need to coordinate taking time off with your coworkers for this week because in 2025 it is by default an extra long Christmas weekend.
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed on September 30, which is a Tuesday in 2025. This relatively new holiday has sparked controversy because it's only for federally regulated workers in some provinces. In British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Yukon and the Northwest Territories it is a general public holiday.
List of Canadian holidays in 2025
| Holiday | Date in 2025 | Observance |
| New Year's Day | January 1, Wednesday | National |
| Islander Day | February 17, Monday | PEI |
| Louis Riel Day | February 17, Monday | MB |
| Heritage Day | February 17, Monday | NS |
| Family Day | February 17, Monday | BC, AB, SK, ON, NB |
| Valentine's Day | February 14, Friday | Not an official holiday |
| Leap Day | Not a leap year | - |
| St. Patrick's Day | March 17, Monday | Not a stat holiday |
| Good Friday | April 18, Friday | National except QC |
| Easter Monday | April 21, Monday | QC |
| Mother's Day | May 11, Sunday | Not an official holiday |
| Victoria Day | May 19, Monday | National except NS, NL |
| Father's Day | June 15, Sunday | Not an official holiday |
| Aboriginal Day | June 21, Saturday | NWT |
| St. Jean Baptiste Day | June 24, Tuesday | QC |
| Canada Day | July 1, Tuesday | National |
| Civic Holiday | August 4, Monday | AB, BC, SK, ON, MB, NB, NU |
| Labour Day | September 1, Monday | National |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | September 30, Tuesday | National, federally regulated workplaces only |
| Thanksgiving | October 13, Monday | National except NS, NL |
| Halloween | October 31, Friday | Not an official holiday |
| Remembrance Day | November 11, Tuesday | National except MB, ON, QC, NS |
| Christmas Day | December 25, Thursday | National |
| Boxing Day | December 26, Friday | ON |
Looking for more details? Check this page about long weekends in Canada.
Is 2025 a leap year?
2025 is not a leap year. 2024 was a leap year. The next leap year will be 2028.
What does the schoolyear start in 2025?
Most school boards across Canada in 2025 will start the schoolyear on Tuesday September 2, a day after Labour Day but there may be exceptions so please confirm this with your local school board.
Daylight saving time in 2025
Daylight saving time starts on March 9 at 3 am local time and it ends on Sunday November 2. In the spring you need to set clocks forward one hour and in the fall set them back one hour. During summer months this means that the sun sets later, resulting in more daytime. Abolishing this practice has long been on the table but it is still in place.
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Are daylight / daytime savings still in effect in 2025 or has that now been cancelled?
So many holidays are in the middle of the week in 2025. I will need to take time off to turn them into long weekends :(