Stat Holiday Pay Calculator Canada

Add up your regular wages and any vacation pay payable for the four work weeks before the week of the holiday, then divide by 20. For example, $4,000 in wages plus $160 in vacation pay gives $208 of public holiday pay.

Thanksgiving, on Monday, October 12, 2026, is a paid holiday in Ontario, Quebec, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the three territories and for federally regulated workers. It is not a paid holiday in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI or Newfoundland and Labrador.

BC pays an average day's pay: the wages you earned in the 30 calendar days before the holiday divided by the number of days you worked. You qualify if you have been employed for 30 days and earned pay on at least 15 of the 30 days before the holiday.

In most provinces you get 1.5× your regular rate for the hours worked plus your holiday pay. Some provinces let your employer give you regular pay plus a paid day off instead. Newfoundland and Labrador pays double time, and Quebec pays regular wages plus holiday pay.

Yes. Part-time employees qualify for stat holiday pay as long as they meet their province's eligibility rules. Because the formula is based on what you earned recently, part-timers usually receive less holiday pay than full-time staff.

In Ontario it does: vacation pay payable for the four weeks is added before dividing by 20. In most other provinces, including Quebec and Saskatchewan, vacation pay and overtime are left out. Check your province's rule before adding it in.

It depends on where you work. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have 6 paid holidays, Ontario has 9, and BC, Yukon and the Northwest Territories have 11. Federally regulated employees get 10.

No, not if you qualify under your province's employment standards. You can lose it if you miss your scheduled shift before or after the holiday without a reasonable cause. If you think you've been shorted, contact your provincial employment standards office.