2016 Canadian Statutory Holidays

The next holiday is Thanksgiving Day (except NB, NS, PE, NL) in 21 days.

Details and a complete list of all Canadian statutory holidays in 2016.

Canada Day is on Friday, giving all of us an automatic long weekend without having to take an extra day or two off to fill the gap between Canada day and the weekend.

Halloween is on Monday. Too bad it's not a holiday - a halloween long weekend would be awesome!

The 2016 summer olympic games in Rio are from Aug 5 - 21, 2016. There are no Canadian holidays during this time so you will need to take a few vacation days if you plan to go.

Christmas in 2016 is on Sunday and Boxing Day is on Monday, which means that similar questions will arise about "official" vacation days as the year before when Boxing Day was on a weekend. See what people had to say about Boxing Day last year.

List of Canadian holidays in 2016

Leap year 2016

2016 is a leap year, February 29th is a Monday. A leap year is when the year is divisible by 4 or 400 but not by 100. It's a general misconception that every year is a leap year that is divisible by 4. There are two exceptions to this rule: If a year is also divisible by 100 then it's not a leap year unless it's also divisible by 400. In other words every 400 years there are three years that, while divisible by 4 aren't leap years.

You can download the 2016 holiday calendar in a PDF format or view it as a printer-friendly page.

Daylight saving time is from March 13 to November 6. Which way to turn the clock? Easy: spring forward, fall back!

Finally, a poll: How would you change Canada's holiday system? Tell us what changes you would like to see to our convoluted stat holiday rules.

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