Canada Post holidays: the official 2026 schedule and what it says about 2027
Reviewed 4 November 2026
Canada Post's official holiday schedule lists 2025 and 2026 dates, and Canada Post says it is closed on national, provincial and territorial holidays. When we checked on November 4, 2026, the schedule lists 2025 and 2026 and no 2027 dates, so this page shows no 2027 dates.
What Canada Post says
“Canada Post is closed on national, provincial and territorial holidays, with no collection or delivery of mail on those days.* However, post offices operated by the private sector will be open according to the hours of service of the host business.”
“*Regular mail collection and delivery occurs on provincial Family Day holidays, Louis Riel Day (Man.) and Islander Day (P.E.I.).”
“When a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it may be applied to the next business day. As such, post offices will be closed, and there will be no collection or delivery of mail.”
“No deliveries are made on statutory holidays such as Christmas Day or New Year's Day”
Official holiday schedule, 2025 and 2026
The table repeats the rows of Canada Post's “Official holiday schedule” in its order and its own spelling of dates.
| Holiday | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day (National) | Jan 1 | Jan 1 |
| Good Friday (National) | April 18 | April 3 |
| Easter Monday (National) | April 21 | April 6 |
| Victoria Day (National) | May 19 | May 18 |
| Patriots' National Day (Québec only) | May 19 | May 18 |
| Québec's National Holiday (Québec only) | June 24 | June 24 |
| Canada Day (National) | July 1 | July 1 |
| Civic Holiday (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Newfoundland & Labrador) | Aug. 4 | Aug. 3 |
| Natal Day (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia) | Aug. 4 | Aug. 3 |
| New Brunswick Day (New Brunswick) | Aug. 4 | Aug. 3 |
| British Columbia Day (British Columbia) | Aug. 4 | Aug. 3 |
| Heritage Day (Alberta) | Aug. 4 | Aug. 3 |
| Discovery Day (Yukon) | Aug. 18 | Aug. 17 |
| Labour Day (National) | Sept. 1 | Sept. 7 |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (National) | Sept. 30 | Sept. 30 |
| Thanksgiving Day (National) | Oct. 13 | Oct. 12 |
| Remembrance Day (National) | Nov. 11 | Nov. 11 |
| Christmas Day (National) | Dec. 25 | Dec. 25 |
| Boxing Day (National) | Dec. 26 | Dec. 28 |
The rest of 2026 and 2027
After Remembrance Day on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the schedule lists two more 2026 closures: Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026 and Boxing Day on Monday, December 28, 2026, because December 26 is a Saturday and the schedule moves it to the next business day.
For 2027 the schedule gave no dates when we checked on November 4, 2026. The 2027 statutory holiday dates of the provinces and the Canada Labour Code are on the overview page; they are employment-standards lists, not Canada Post closures.
Frequently asked questions
Is Canada Post closed on Remembrance Day in 2026?
Canada Post’s holiday schedule lists Remembrance Day (National) on Nov. 11 in 2026, a Wednesday. The schedule says Canada Post is closed on national, provincial and territorial holidays, with no collection or delivery of mail on those days. It adds: “However, post offices operated by the private sector will be open according to the hours of service of the host business”.
When is Boxing Day for Canada Post in 2026?
Canada Post’s holiday schedule lists Boxing Day (National) on Dec. 28 in 2026, not Dec. 26, which is a Saturday. The schedule says that when a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, “it may be applied to the next business day”.
Does Canada Post publish a 2027 holiday schedule?
When we checked on November 4, 2026, Canada Post’s holiday schedule listed 2025 and 2026 and no 2027 dates, so this site shows no 2027 Canada Post dates.
Does Canada Post deliver mail on Family Day?
Canada Post’s holiday schedule says “Regular mail collection and delivery occurs on provincial Family Day holidays, Louis Riel Day (Man.) and Islander Day (P.E.I.).”
Is mail delivered on statutory holidays?
Canada Post’s delivery hours page says “No deliveries are made on statutory holidays such as Christmas Day or New Year's Day”. Its holiday schedule adds that post offices operated by the private sector are open according to the hours of service of the host business.
Is the Civic Holiday a Canada Post holiday?
Canada Post’s holiday schedule lists the Civic Holiday for Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Newfoundland & Labrador on Aug. 3 in 2026, alongside British Columbia Day, Heritage Day (Alberta), New Brunswick Day and Natal Day on the same date.
More Canada pages
- Statutory holidays 2027: federal and provincial
- Ontario public holidays 2027
- Alberta general holidays 2027
- B.C. statutory holidays 2027
- Manitoba general holidays 2027
- Is today a stat holiday? Checker
- Are banks open today? What the law says
- Is Remembrance Day a stat holiday?
- Family Day 2027
- U.S. bank holidays 2027 (a different country’s list)
Sources
- Canada Labour Code (Justice Laws), general holidays
- Canada.ca: Annual vacations and general holidays for employees of federally regulated employers
- Interpretation Act (Justice Laws), definition of “holiday”
- Ontario: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act, Public holidays
- Ontario: Employment Standards Act, 2000
- Alberta: Alberta general holidays
- B.C.: Statutory holidays, Internet Archive exact capture of 3 October 2026
- B.C.: Statutory holidays (original page; gave no usable response to plain curl)
- B.C.: Employment Standards Act (BC Laws)
- Manitoba: General Holidays fact sheet
- Saskatchewan: List of Saskatchewan Public Holidays
- Saskatchewan: The Saskatchewan Employment Act (section 2-30)
- Nova Scotia: Holiday Pay (Labour Standards Code)
- Bills of Exchange Act (Justice Laws)
- Canada Post: Canada Post holiday schedule
- Canada Post: Mail and parcel delivery hours and days
Reviewed 4 November 2026 against the sources in the list. FedRateCalc is not affiliated with the Government of Canada, any province or territory, or Canada Post; the sources in the list are the official sources, and any later change they publish overrides this site. Pages fetched with plain curl were retrieved on 3 November 2026 (UTC); the B.C. page is an Internet Archive exact capture of 3 October 2026.