Alberta, Canada public holidays 2028

2028 at a glance

• New Year's Day falls on Saturday 1 January and no substitute weekday is counted; Canada Day falls on Saturday 1 July and no substitute weekday is counted; Remembrance Day falls on Saturday 11 November and no substitute weekday is counted.
• In 2028, public holidays fall on 6 weekdays in Alberta, two fewer than in 2027.

In Alberta, a holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a fixed weekday: an employee who does not normally work that day, and does not work it, gets neither holiday pay nor a day off in lieu. These counts therefore subtract no substitute weekday; if your employer gives you one, count one working day fewer. The moves fixed by law are counted: Canada Day moves to 2 July when 1 July is a Sunday.

Public holidays in 2028

9 dates are counted as non-working in Alberta in 2028; 6 of them fall on a weekday.

• not counted some employers only

Also observed by some

4 more days are holidays only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2028. They are not counted as non-working days here.

Working days and hours by month

Working days are Monday to Friday minus the counted holidays. Hours are shown for a 7.5-hour and an 8-hour working day.

• Jan 21 working days in January, 1 holiday
• Feb 20 working days in February, 1 holiday
• Mar 23 working days in March
• Apr 19 working days in April, 1 holiday
• May 22 working days in May, 1 holiday
• Jun 22 working days in June
• Jul 21 working days in July, 1 holiday
• Aug 23 working days in August
• Sep 20 working days in September, 1 holiday
• Oct 21 working days in October, 1 holiday
• Nov 22 working days in November, 1 holiday
• Dec 20 working days in December, 1 holiday

Compare with the rest of Canada

Long weekends in 2028

Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.

• 3 days Saturday 19 February 2028 to Monday 21 February 2028
• 3 days Friday 14 April 2028 to Sunday 16 April 2028
• 3 days Saturday 20 May 2028 to Monday 22 May 2028
• 3 days Saturday 2 September 2028 to Monday 4 September 2028
• 3 days Saturday 7 October 2028 to Monday 9 October 2028
• 3 days Saturday 23 December 2028 to Monday 25 December 2028
• 3 days Saturday 30 December 2028 to Monday 1 January 2029

Best days to take leave in 2028

The longest single break for each number of leave days, built around a public holiday.

Leave plans for the whole year

Non-overlapping breaks that give the most days off for a given number of leave days.

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Countdown

The days to the next holiday appear here when JavaScript is on.

The working days left this month and this year appear here when JavaScript is on.

Count working days between two dates

Calendar and data downloads

The subscription works in Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. The CSV file also lists the days observed by some.

About public holidays in Alberta

In Alberta, general holidays are set by the Employment Standards Code, Part 2, Division 5, which covers general holidays and holiday pay. The Government of Alberta publishes the list and the rules. Employees of federally regulated employers follow the Canada Labour Code instead; their list is on the Canada (federal) page of this site.

Alberta has nine general holidays: New Year's Day, Alberta Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day and Christmas Day. In 2027 they fall on Friday 1 January, Monday 15 February, Friday 26 March, Monday 24 May, Thursday 1 July, Monday 6 September, Monday 11 October, Thursday 11 November and Saturday 25 December.

Alberta also has optional general holidays, which employers may choose to recognize: Easter Monday (the first Monday after Easter), Heritage Day (the first Monday in August), the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (30 September) and Boxing Day (26 December). The province states that if an employer recognizes an optional general holiday, the holiday pay rules apply to it. In 2027 these days fall on Monday 29 March, Monday 2 August, Thursday 30 September and Sunday 26 December.

The Code does not move a general holiday that falls on a weekend. The province states that if a general holiday falls on a day the employee does not normally work, and the employee does not work that day, the employee is not eligible for holiday pay nor entitled to a day off in lieu with pay. In 2027 Christmas Day is a Saturday, so this rule applies to employees who do not normally work on Saturdays.

Some days differ from the federal list. Alberta Family Day in February is a general holiday in Alberta but not under the Canada Labour Code. Boxing Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation are general holidays under the Code but only optional general holidays in Alberta. Easter Monday is neither a federal general holiday nor a general holiday in Alberta, only an optional one.

On this site, the Alberta page counts the nine general holidays as non-working days. The optional general holidays are shown in a separate list, because they depend on each employer, and are not counted in the working-day totals.

Source and last check

Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: 15 November 2026.

Sources

• https://www.alberta.ca/general-holidays-pay
• https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/section-166.html
• https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards/vacations-holidays.html

How the counts are made