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Civic Holiday

The civic holiday refers to a particular annual holiday, celebrated on the first Monday of August in most Canadian provinces. However, this definition is far from uniform nationwide. Two provinces and one territory do not recognize it at all, and five other provinces do not oblige employers to offer holiday pay on this day, thus making it a civic holiday in the legal sense. This leaves only three provinces and two territories where the first Monday in August is a full statutory holiday and employers are obliged to pay their employees holiday pay.

Jurisdictions with a statutory holiday on the first Monday of August

• British Columbia (British Columbia Day)
• Northwest Territories (Civic Holiday)
• Nunavut (Civic Holiday)
• Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Day)
• New Brunswick (New Brunswick Day)

Jurisdictions with a civic holiday on the first Monday of August

• Alberta1 (Heritage Day)
• Manitoba (Civic Holiday)
• Nova Scotia (Natal Day)
• Ontario (Civic Holiday)