Holidays and Observances in Canada in 2022
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Saturday | New Year's Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| 2 Jan | Sunday | Day After New Year’s Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| 3 Jan | Monday | Day off for New Year's Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| 6 Jan | Thursday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| 7 Jan | Friday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| 14 Jan | Friday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| 17 Jan | Monday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish holiday | |
| 1 Feb | Tuesday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| 2 Feb | Wednesday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| 14 Feb | Monday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| 15 Feb | Tuesday | National Flag of Canada Day | Observance | |
| 21 Feb | Monday | Louis Riel Day | Common local holiday | Manitoba |
| 21 Feb | Monday | Nova Scotia Heritage Day | Common local holiday | Nova Scotia |
| 21 Feb | Monday | Islander Day | Common local holiday | PE |
| 21 Feb | Monday | Family Day | Common local holiday | AB, BC, NB, ON, SK |
| 25 Feb | Friday | Yukon Heritage Day | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| 1 Mar | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | Christian | |
| 1 Mar | Tuesday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| 1 Mar | Tuesday | St David's Day | Observance | |
| 2 Mar | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| 13 Mar | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 14 Mar | Monday | Commonwealth Day | Observance | |
| 14 Mar | Monday | St. Patrick's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| 17 Mar | Thursday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| 17 Mar | Thursday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| 20 Mar | Sunday | March Equinox | Season | |
| 3 Apr | Sunday | Ramadan Start | Muslim | |
| 6 Apr | Wednesday | Tartan Day | Observance | |
| 9 Apr | Saturday | Vimy Ridge Day | Observance | |
| 10 Apr | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| 14 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| 15 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Statutory Holiday | |
| 16 Apr | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| 16 Apr | Saturday | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| 17 Apr | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| 17 Apr | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Shops Closing Day | NL |
| 17 Apr | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 18 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| 18 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| 18 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Optional holiday | Alberta |
| 18 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Statutory Holiday | NT, NU, QC |
| 22 Apr | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| 23 Apr | Saturday | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| 23 Apr | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| 24 Apr | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| 25 Apr | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| 25 Apr | Monday | St. George's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| 27 Apr | Wednesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| 28 Apr | Thursday | Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | Muslim | |
| 3 May | Tuesday | Eid ul Fitr | Muslim | |
| 5 May | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| 8 May | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| 19 May | Thursday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| 23 May | Monday | National Patriots' Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| 23 May | Monday | Victoria Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| 23 May | Monday | Victoria Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE, QC |
| 26 May | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| 5 Jun | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| 5 Jun | Sunday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| 6 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| 12 Jun | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| 16 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| 19 Jun | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| 21 Jun | Tuesday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Observance | |
| 21 Jun | Tuesday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Local holiday | NT, Yukon |
| 21 Jun | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| 24 Jun | Friday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | Local holiday | Quebec |
| 27 Jun | Monday | June Holiday | Local holiday | NL |
| 1 Jul | Friday | Memorial Day | Local holiday | NL |
| 1 Jul | Friday | Canada Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| 9 Jul | Saturday | Nunavut Day | Local holiday | Nunavut |
| 10 Jul | Sunday | Eid ul Adha | Muslim | |
| 11 Jul | Monday | Orangemen's Day | Local holiday | NL |
| 30 Jul | Saturday | Muharram/Islamic New Year (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 1 Aug | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Statutory Holiday | NT, Nunavut |
| 1 Aug | Monday | Civic/Provincial Day | Local observance | Ontario |
| 1 Aug | Monday | Saskatchewan Day | Common local holiday | Saskatchewan |
| 1 Aug | Monday | Terry Fox Day | Local observance | Manitoba |
| 1 Aug | Monday | New Brunswick Day | Prescribed Day of Rest | New Brunswick |
| 1 Aug | Monday | British Columbia Day | Common local holiday | BC |
| 1 Aug | Monday | Natal Day | Common local holiday | Nova Scotia |
| 1 Aug | Monday | Heritage Day | Optional holiday | Alberta |
| 3 Aug | Wednesday | The Royal St John's Regatta (Regatta Day) | Local holiday | NL |
| 7 Aug | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| 8 Aug | Monday | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 15 Aug | Monday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| 15 Aug | Monday | Discovery Day | Local holiday | Yukon |
| 19 Aug | Friday | Gold Cup Parade | Local holiday | PE |
| 5 Sep | Monday | Labour Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| 22 Sep | Thursday | September Equinox | Season | |
| 26 Sep | Monday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| 30 Sep | Friday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Federal Employees Holiday | |
| 4 Oct | Tuesday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| 5 Oct | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| 8 Oct | Saturday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 10 Oct | Monday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| 10 Oct | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
| 10 Oct | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| 10 Oct | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | PE |
| 10 Oct | Monday | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| 16 Oct | Sunday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish holiday | |
| 17 Oct | Monday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| 18 Oct | Tuesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| 18 Oct | Tuesday | Healthcare Aide Day | Local observance | BC, Manitoba |
| 24 Oct | Monday | Diwali/Deepavali | Observance | |
| 31 Oct | Monday | Halloween | Observance | |
| 1 Nov | Tuesday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 2 Nov | Wednesday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 6 Nov | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 8 Nov | Tuesday | National Aboriginal Veterans Day | Observance | |
| 11 Nov | Friday | Remembrance Day | Statutory Holiday | All except MB, NS, ON, QC |
| 11 Nov | Friday | Remembrance Day | Observance | MB, NS, ON, QC |
| 27 Nov | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance | |
| 8 Dec | Thursday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| 11 Dec | Sunday | Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster | Observance | |
| 19 Dec | Monday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| 21 Dec | Wednesday | December Solstice | Season | |
| 24 Dec | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| 24 Dec | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Observance | |
| 25 Dec | Sunday | Christmas Day | Statutory Holiday | |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day | Statutory Holiday | NL, NT, NU, ON |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day | Local de facto holiday | Yukon |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day | Optional holiday | Alberta |
| 26 Dec | Monday | Day off for Boxing Day | Local holiday | Saskatchewan |
| 31 Dec | Saturday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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