2022 Canadian Statutory Holidays
On this page you will find general information and details about holidays in Canada for 2022.
Canada Day will be on Friday so this year you don't need to take time off to make it a long weekend. Or take one day off and have a four day weekend - nice!
Easter in 2022 is on April 15 (Good Friday) and Easter Sunday is on April 17 - approximately halfway between Family Day and Victoria Day.
Remembrance Day will be on a Friday and we expect, as in previous years, a heated debate in the comments section over the official holiday status of this day - only to be upped by an even more heated debate over the new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a.k.a. the "September 30 holiday" a.k.a. the "NDTR". This new holiday, as of last year, is only for federally regulated employees.
Christmas in 2022 is on a weekend: Christmas day on a Sunday and Boxing Day following on Monday. Be sure to check with your employer what days you'll have off. See our when Christmas is on a weekend page for more details and discussion.
Although not an official holiday, Halloween is a popular celebration. This year it's on Monday and we'll have to wait many years until it's on the weekend again.
List of Canadian holidays in 2022
| Holiday | Date in 2022 | Observance |
| New Year's Day | January 1, Saturday | National |
| Islander Day | February 21, Monday | PEI |
| Louis Riel Day | February 21, Monday | MB |
| Heritage Day | February 21, Monday | NS |
| Family Day | February 21, Monday | BC, AB, SK, ON, NB |
| Valentine's Day | February 14, Monday | Not a stat holiday |
| Leap Day | - | - |
| St. Patrick's Day | March 17, Thursday | Not a stat holiday |
| Good Friday | April 15, Friday | National except QC |
| Easter Monday | April 18, Monday | QC |
| Mother's Day | May 8, Sunday | Not a stat holiday |
| Victoria Day | May 23, Monday | National except NB, NS, NL |
| Father's Day | June 19, Sunday | Not a stat holiday |
| Aboriginal Day | June 21, Tuesday | NWT |
| St. Jean Baptiste Day | June 24, Friday | QC |
| Canada Day | July 1, Friday | National |
| Civic Holiday | August 1, Monday | AB, BC, SK, ON, NB, NU |
| Labour Day | September 5, Monday | National |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | September 30, Friday | National, federally regulated workplaces only |
| Thanksgiving | October 10, Monday | National except NB, NS, NL |
| Halloween | October 31, Monday | Not an official holiday |
| Remembrance Day | November 11, Friday | National except MB, ON, QC, NS |
| Christmas Day | December 25, Sunday | National |
| Boxing Day | December 26, Monday | ON |
2022 is not a leap year.
Most school boards in 2022 will start the schoolyear on September 6, a day after Labour Day.
Daylight saving time in 2022 starts on Sunday, March 13 and ends on Sunday, November 6.
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Why is Boxing Day still a STAT day? In this day and age working NY Eve should be the STAT day, without doubt the worst day to work.
Very nice to see many days for workers to have off on stat holidays. Of course being retired myself then every day is a holiday.
As part of Truth and Reconciliation, Aboriginal Day needs to be made a Stat Holiday! Ridiculous!
Nice to have days to look forward to, breaking the monotony, some relief from the day to day labours - never can have too many - nice for family and friends too. Thank you for having this information page, much appreciated :)
I think there’s way too many holiday’s already. You want days off, then book them off, it’s that simple.
Not everyone has a family to go celebrate family day, unless you call your friends, family, but someone is gonna just want to create a "Friends Day" holiday, and that's when I bend over and puke"
I thought this website was only for stat holiday not for every holiday.