Quebec, Canada public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• In 2026, public holidays fall on 8 weekdays in Quebec, the same as in 2025.

In Quebec, a holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a fixed weekday: the employee gets an indemnity or a compensatory day off. 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, and the Fête nationale moves to 25 June when 24 June is a Sunday.

Public holidays in 2026

8 dates are counted as non-working in Quebec in 2026; 8 of them fall on a weekday.

• not counted some employers only

Also observed by some

1 more day is a holiday only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2026. It is not counted as a non-working day 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
• Mar 22 working days in March
• Apr 21 working days in April, 1 holiday
• May 20 working days in May, 1 holiday
• Jun 21 working days in June, 1 holiday
• Jul 22 working days in July, 1 holiday
• Aug 21 working days in August
• Sep 21 working days in September, 1 holiday
• Oct 21 working days in October, 1 holiday
• Nov 21 working days in November
• Dec 22 working days in December, 1 holiday

Compare with the rest of Canada

Long weekends in 2026

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

• 3 days Friday 3 April 2026 to Sunday 5 April 2026
• 3 days Saturday 16 May 2026 to Monday 18 May 2026
• 3 days Saturday 5 September 2026 to Monday 7 September 2026
• 3 days Saturday 10 October 2026 to Monday 12 October 2026
• 3 days Friday 25 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026

Best days to take leave in 2026

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.

Try any budget from 1 to 30 days in the leave planner

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 Quebec

In Quebec, statutory holidays for most employees are governed by two provincial laws: the Act respecting labour standards (Loi sur les normes du travail) and the National Holiday Act (Loi sur la fête nationale). The rules below are those published by the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST). Employees of federally regulated employers follow the Canada Labour Code instead; their list is on the Canada (federal) page of this site.

The National Holiday Act makes 24 June, the Fête nationale, a holiday. It is specific to Quebec: the Canada Revenue Agency lists Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on Wednesday 24 June 2026 as a Quebec-only holiday. In 2027 it falls on a Thursday and in 2028 on a Saturday.

Quebec has its own rules when 24 June or 1 July falls on a Sunday. In a 2018 notice, the CNESST stated that when 24 June is a Sunday, it remains the holiday for employees who usually work on Sundays, and 25 June becomes the paid day off for employees who do not usually work on Sundays. The next such year is 2029, when 24 June is a Sunday and 25 June a Monday.

When Canada Day (1 July) falls on a Sunday, the CNESST states that the holiday is 2 July for Quebec employees. The federal Holidays Act sets the same rule for the whole country. This happens next in 2029, when Canada Day is kept on Monday 2 July.

The same CNESST notice states that an employee required to work on the Fête nationale receives the day's pay plus an indemnity or, at the employer's choice, a compensatory day off, taken on the working day before or after the holiday that applies to the employee. For Canada Day, a compensatory day off is taken within the three weeks before or after the holiday.

Quebec marks the Journée nationale des patriotes (National Patriots' Day) in May. The Quebec government's 2026-2027 list for commercial establishments gives it as Monday 18 May 2026, the same day as Victoria Day elsewhere in Canada. That list also names Easter Sunday, Christmas Eve, 26 December, New Year's Eve and 2 January, because it governs store opening hours under a separate law; it is not a list of employees' days off.

The Canada Revenue Agency lists a Civic Holiday on Monday 3 August 2026 that excludes Quebec. The Quebec page on this site counts New Year's Day, Good Friday, National Patriots' Day, the Fête nationale, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day as non-working days, on the basis of the Act respecting labour standards and the National Holiday Act.

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.quebec.ca/nouvelles/actualites/details/la-fete-nationale-et-la-fete-du-canada-restent-feriees-meme-le-dimanche
• https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/H-5/page-1.html
• https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html
• https://www.quebec.ca/entreprises-et-travailleurs-autonomes/commerce/ouverture-commerces/jours-feries
• https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards/vacations-holidays.html

How the counts are made