Fiscal Dates

Canada fiscal year

8 national public holidays in 2026 · Fiscal year starts April 1 · Ends March 31

Fiscal year: April 1 to March 31

This section names more than one convention; the fiscal-year pages below follow the government year it states.

From Wikipedia

In Canada, the government's financial year is 1 April to 31 March. <br />(Q1 1 April&nbsp;– 30 June, Q2 1 July&nbsp;– 30 Sept, Q3 1 Oct&nbsp;– 31 Dec and Q4 1 Jan&nbsp;– 31 Mar) For individual taxpayers, the fiscal year is the calendar year, 1 January to 31 December.

Other conventions named in the section

For individual taxpayers, the fiscal year is the calendar year, 1 January to 31 December.

Fiscal years

National public holidays 2026

DateEnglish nameLocal name
January 1, 2026New Year's DayNew Year's Day
April 3, 2026Good FridayGood Friday
May 18, 2026Victoria DayVictoria Day
July 1, 2026Canada DayCanada Day
September 7, 2026Labour DayLabour Day
September 30, 2026National Day for Truth and ReconciliationNational Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October 12, 2026ThanksgivingThanksgiving
December 25, 2026Christmas DayChristmas Day

Regional holidays

These rows apply only in the regions listed; they are not national public holidays.

DateNameRegions (ISO 3166-2)
February 16, 2026Louis Riel DayCA-MB
February 16, 2026Islander DayCA-PE
February 16, 2026Heritage DayCA-NS
February 16, 2026Family DayCA-AB, CA-BC, CA-NB, CA-ON, CA-SK
March 17, 2026Saint Patrick's DayCA-NL
April 6, 2026Easter MondayCA-AB, CA-PE
April 23, 2026Saint George's DayCA-NL
May 18, 2026National Patriots' DayCA-QC
June 21, 2026National Aboriginal DayCA-NT
June 24, 2026Discovery DayCA-NL
June 24, 2026National HolidayCA-QC
July 12, 2026Orangemen's DayCA-NL
August 3, 2026Civic HolidayCA-MB, CA-NL, CA-NT, CA-NU, CA-ON
August 3, 2026British Columbia DayCA-BC
August 3, 2026Heritage DayCA-AB, CA-YT
August 3, 2026New Brunswick DayCA-NB
August 3, 2026Natal DayCA-NS
August 3, 2026Saskatchewan DayCA-SK
August 17, 2026Gold Cup Parade DayCA-PE
August 17, 2026Discovery DayCA-YT
November 11, 2026Armistice DayCA-NL
November 11, 2026Remembrance DayCA-AB, CA-BC, CA-NB, CA-NT, CA-NS, CA-NU, CA-PE, CA-SK, CA-YT
December 26, 2026St. Stephen's DayCA-AB, CA-NB, CA-NS, CA-ON, CA-PE

Source: Wikipedia, “Fiscal year”, section “Canada”, revision 1374177130 — Wikipedia, 'Fiscal year', fetched October 2026. Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Nager.Date public holidays API — record: nager_holidays.json — canada, 2023–2027, fetched October 2026. Licence: Nager.Date data, MIT-licensed open source project (github.com/nager/Nager.Date); credit the source on every page that uses it.