Ensure your staff is paid on time with the payroll processing & delivery dates for December 2024 & January 2025
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We get it: December is a busy time of the year for payroll professionals and business owners! You’re staying on top of year-end payroll tasks, new legislation, and payroll preparation in addition to managing the holiday season and your own personal commitments.
We’re here to help in all the ways we can – like with this at-a-glance chart, so you can reference the payment processing dates for December 2024 and January 2025 with ease! It accounts for all statutory holidays that can impact your business’s payroll this time of year.
Payworks pro tip: We recommend processing payroll three business days in advance of employees’ payment dates. This can make payroll schedules in December and January a bit tricky, taking into consideration weekends and the number of banking holidays during this time. At times, that could mean you’re processing payroll anywhere from three to six days in advance of your employees’ payment date. Be sure to mark your calendar with the below dates so you’re not caught off guard as holidays approach!
Employee Payment Date |
Processing Date |
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Monday, December 23, 2024 |
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024 |
Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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Friday, December 27, 2024 |
Friday, December 20, 2024 |
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Monday, December 30, 2024 |
Monday, December 23, 2024 |
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024 |
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 |
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Thursday, January 2, 2025* |
Friday, December 27, 2024 |
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Friday, January 3, 2025 |
Monday, December 30, 2024 |
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Monday, January 6, 2025 |
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 |
*One last thing… Thursday, January 2, 2025, is a holiday in Québec. Please adjust your payment date as required if your banking institution is affected by this holiday.
Paying your employees accurately and on time is an important task, and it’s one that Payworks can help run smoothly. For a complete list of statutory holidays and other pertinent payroll legislation information in Canada, download a FREE copy of our Payroll Guide (by signing up, you’ll automatically receive an updated version in early 2025 with any legislative updates!): https://www.payworks.ca/landing-pages/campaigns/payroll-guide.
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