Fiscal Dates

Good Friday 2027

Canada · Friday, March 26, 2027 · FM12, Q4 of FY2026

Fri
Weekday 2027
FM12
Fiscal Month
Q4
Fiscal Quarter
5d
To FY2026 Year-End
Country
Canada
Calendar date 2027
2027-03-26 (Friday)
Fiscal year
FY2026 (open year)
Fiscal month / quarter
FM12 of 12 · Quarter Q4 · printable monthly template
Source
Government of Canada

About Good Friday

Statutory holiday in most provinces and a federal holiday.

This page is the 2027-specific edition: it shows the actual weekday, the observed date if a weekend rule applies, and the placement of the holiday inside the Canada fiscal year that contains it. For the canonical, year-agnostic overview see the main Good Friday page.

2027 weekday and observance

In 2027, Good Friday falls on Friday, March 26. Friday holidays produce three-day weekends without affecting the early-week rhythm. Banking value dates for any cleared transaction slip to the following Monday.

No weekend-shift rule applies in 2027 because the holiday falls on a regular weekday. Both the calendar date and the observed date are Friday, March 26, 2027. Treat it as a non-working day in payroll, vendor payment scheduling, and any business-day calculation that drives accruals or settlement.

Where it lands in FY2026

For organisations on the Canada fiscal calendar, Good Friday 2027 sits in fiscal month 12 (FM12), inside quarter Q4 of FY2026. From this date, you have approximately 5 days remaining until fiscal year-end on March 31, 2027. That distance matters because year-end close planning typically begins 60 to 90 days out — meaning if FYE is within that window, this holiday already sits inside the close-planning runway and any client-facing or vendor-facing deadlines that touch it should be pre-cleared rather than rescheduled later.

For the same holiday in adjacent fiscal years see: Good Friday 2025 · Good Friday 2026 ·

Operational impact for finance teams

For finance and operations teams, Good Friday 2027 reduces the working-day count for FM12 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a fiscal month-end, expect downstream impact on accrual timing (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments typically settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when both origin and destination observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of folding observance dates into the close calendar.

If your business operates payroll on a biweekly cadence aligned to the OPM federal schedule, check the 2027 pay period schedule for the pay period containing this date — the payday for that period may shift to the preceding business day.

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