List of Canadian holidays in 2020

Halloween is not a public holiday. It falls on Sunday, October 31, 2021 and most businesses follow regular Sunday opening hours in Canada.

The next holiday is Canada Day in 22 days. Canada Day will be on Thursday so this year you can simply take one day off to make it a four day long weekend! Easter in 2021 is on April 2 (Good Friday) and Easter Sunday is on April 4 – approximately halfway between Family Day and Victoria Day.

Holiday	Date in 2020	Observance
Canada Day	July 1, Wednesday	National
Civic Holiday	August 3, Monday	AB, BC, SK, ON, NB, NU
Labour Day	September 7, Monday	National
Thanksgiving	October 12, Monday	National except NB, NS, NL

Canada Day: Thursday, July 1, 2021. Labour Day: Monday, September 6, 2021. Thanksgiving Day: Monday, October 11, 2021. Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25, 2021.

Monday, July 5 – Independence Day (observed) Monday, September 6 – Labor Day. Monday, October 11 – Columbus Day. Thursday, November 11 – Veterans Day.

2021 Holidays

Date	Holiday	Day
January 1, 2021	New Year’s Day	Friday
January 18, 2021	Martin Luther King Day	Monday
January 24, 2021	Belly Laugh Day	Sunday
February 2, 2021	Groundhog Day	Tuesday

There are five nationwide statutory holidays, and six additional holidays for federal employees. Each of the 13 provinces and territories observes a number of holidays in addition to the nationwide days, but each varies in regard to which are legislated as either statutory, optional, or not at all.

Most popular holidays in Canada

Holiday	Votes	%
Christmas	1735	40.67%
Canada Day	661	15.49%
Halloween	322	7.55%
Thanksgiving	292	6.84%

Christmas

Under the Canada Labour Code there are 9 paid general holidays each year:

• New Year’s Day.
• Good Friday.
• Victoria Day.
• Canada Day.
• Labour Day.
• Thanksgiving Day.
• Remembrance Day.
• Christmas Day.

• Family Day.
• Easter.
• Mother’s Day.
• Victoria Day.
• Father’s Day.
• Civic Holiday.
• Thanksgiving.
• National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

First let me list the celebrations across Canada, which are not national Canadian holidays:

• Groundhog Day – February 2.
• Valentine’s Day – February 14.
• FLag Day – February 15.
• Mardi Gras – February or March *
• St.
• April Fool’s Day – April 1.
• Mother’s Day – Second Sunday of May.
• Father’s Day – Third sunday of June.

Eh? – This is the classic Canadian term used in everyday conversation. The word can be used to end a question, say “hello” to someone at a distance, to show surprise as in you are joking, or to get a person to respond. It’s similar to the words “huh”, “right?” and “what?” commonly found in U.S. vocabulary.

According to a Harris Poll, Christmas came out on top for U.S. adults, followed by the uniquely American holiday of Thanksgiving. Third on the list is Halloween.

Top 5 Holidays Of The Year

1. Christmas. Okay, if you do not like Christmas, stop reading this and go on Netflix and watch every Christmas movie right now.
2. Halloween.
3. Valentine’s Day.
4. Thanksgiving.
5. New Year’s Eve.

18 Fun Holidays From Around the World to Put On Your Calendar This Year

• Devil’s Spit Day.
• Galactic Tick Day.
• Christmas in August.
• White Day.
• World Emoji Day.
• Bean Throwing Day.
• Monkey Buffet.
• Vatertag. The German version of Father’s Day, Vatertag or Männertag (Man’s Day), isn’t odd in theory—after all, dads deserve their due.

Thanksgiving

When asked to think about all the holidays that occur during the calendar year and say which one is their favorite, Christmas came out on top for U.S. adults, followed by the uniquely American holiday of Thanksgiving.

As you can see from the graph above, the winter holidays — which covers the holidays during November and December and most importantly, Black Friday and Cyber Monday — is the most expensive holiday of the year.

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. From the Roman’s Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.

The holiday is believed to have originated with the celebration of Samhain, a Celtic harvest festival, observed between sunsets on October 31 and November 1. Christian leaders stepped in to transform pagan holidays, and in the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV decreed November 1 All Saints’ Day, or All Hallows’ Day.

France, Germany, Holland, Tiawan, Austria, Australia and most Asian and African countries do not celebrate Halloween. Not all children around the world walk from door to door with pillowcases full of candy on Halloween.

Many Australians celebrate Halloween, which occurs annually on October 31. It is also known as All Hallows’ Eve and is the day before All Saints’ Day. Costume parties are held and many children go trick-or-treating around this time of the year.

Halloween is not a national holiday, because it is not in our church tradition. If it were, it would be the day before All Saint’s Night, and not October 31st (unless November 1st happened to be a Saturday).

Many Christians, and some Jews and Muslims, in English-speaking countries take no part in Halloween celebrations because they regard the holiday’s origins as the Celtic festival of Samhain with suspicion.