New Year: time to mark your calendar with the 2024 statutory holiday schedule
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Staying on top of the upcoming statutory holiday schedule is important to ensure your organization is adhering to legislated time off for staff, applying holiday pay rates, and planning around any impacts to payroll-processing dates so your team is still paid on time.
With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of the statutory holidays in 2024, accompanied by the date of the coinciding banking holiday:
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Holiday |
Date |
Banking Holiday |
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New Year’s Day |
Monday, January 1, 2024 |
Monday, January 1, 2024 |
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Day After New Year’s (QC) |
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 |
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 |
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Third Monday in February1 |
Monday, February 19, 2024 |
Monday, February 19, 2024 |
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Easter Monday (QC) |
Monday, April 1, 2024 |
Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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Victoria Day (Patriots’ Day in QC)2 |
Monday, May 20, 2024 |
Monday, May 20, 2024 |
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National Holiday/Fête Nationale (QC) |
Monday, June 24, 2024 |
Monday, June 24, 2024 |
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Canada Day (Memorial Day in NL) |
Monday, July 1, 2024 |
Monday, July 1, 2024 |
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Nunavut Day (NU) |
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 |
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First Monday in August3 |
Monday, August 5, 2024 |
Monday, August 5, 2024 |
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Discovery Day (YT) |
Monday, August 19, 2024 |
Monday, August 19, 2024 |
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Labour Day |
Monday, September 2, 2024 |
Monday, September 2, 2024 |
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Monday, September 30, 2024 |
Monday, September 30, 2024 |
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Thanksgiving Day2 |
Monday, October 14, 2024 |
Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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Monday, November 11, 2024 |
Monday, November 11, 2024 |
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Christmas Day |
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 |
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 |
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Boxing Day6 |
Thursday, December 26, 2024 |
Thursday, December 26, 2024 |
1. Holiday in BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, PE, NS, and NB.
2. Not a public holiday in PE, NS, NL, and NB.
3. Holiday in BC, SK, NT, NU and NB. This is an optional day at the employer’s discretion in AB, MB, ON, PE, and NS.
4. Statutory holiday in BC, MB, PE, NT, YT, NB, NU, and for federally-regulated workplaces (for NU, this applies to public services employees and employees of territorially-regulated businesses).
5. Offices closed in BC, AB, SK, MB, NB, PE, NL, YT, and NU. This is an optional day at the employer’s discretion in NS.
6. Statutory holiday in ON and for workplaces regulated by the Canada Labour Code. Banking holiday in all jurisdictions.
We recommend the best practice of processing payroll three business days in advance of employees’ payment dates. When taking weekends and banking holidays into consideration, that could mean processing payroll anywhere from three to six days in advance of your employees’ payment date.
For more information on statutory holidays in Canada and other complex payroll legislation, download our free Payroll Guide: https://www.payworks.ca/landing-pages/campaigns/payroll-guide.
