Ontario Statutory Holidays 2026 (ESA Calendar)
Complete 2026 Ontario statutory holidays calendar under the Employment Standards Act (ESA): Family Day (Feb 16), Good Friday, Victoria Day, Civic Holiday rules, ICS export & business days calculator.
Employment Standards Act (ESA) Scope
Ontario's Employment Standards Act (ESA) establishes 9 paid statutory public holidays across the province: New Year's Day, Family Day (February 16, 2026), Good Friday (April 3), Victoria Day (May 18), Canada Day (July 1), Labour Day (September 7), Thanksgiving Day (October 12), Christmas Day (December 25), and Boxing Day (December 26). Ontario is the only province where Boxing Day is a statutory ESA holiday.
Note that the August Civic Holiday (August 3, 2026), Easter Monday, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30), and Remembrance Day (November 11) are not statutory ESA holidays for most provincially regulated Ontario workplaces, though banks, federal offices, and municipal employers may close. Because Boxing Day falls on Saturday, December 26, 2026, eligible employees receive a substitute weekday off with public holiday pay.
Ontario Ministry of Labour · ESA Public Holidays Guide · Source verified:
9 Official Ontario ESA Public Holidays in 2026
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Calendar data: date-holidays + ClockZone
Reference reviewed . Dates are calculated from rules unless individually marked as checked; a reference link does not verify the whole table.
The scope was reviewed for 2026. Other years use the rules but their dates have not been individually checked.
Ontario: the table and download use this region.
9 entries covering 9 calendar dates, not a count of days off.
How to Use This Ontario Holiday Calendar
- Review the 9 statutory Ontario ESA public holidays for 2026, noting weekend substitute rules for Saturday, December 26.
- Use the year switcher inside the table to compare adjacent years while keeping Ontario's ESA filter active.
- Export the exact 9 Ontario statutory holidays as an ICS file for Outlook, Google Calendar, or Apple Calendar.
- Open the Business Days Calculator to count working days in Ontario excluding statutory public holidays.
Ontario Payroll & Business Days Example
Calculate Ontario working days from Thursday, January 1 to Friday, January 2, 2026 on a Monday–Friday schedule excluding Ontario ESA holidays.
Thursday, January 1 (New Year's Day) is excluded as an ESA public holiday, leaving 1 business day (Friday, January 2, 2026).
- Is the August Civic Holiday a statutory holiday in Ontario in 2026?
- No. Simcoe Day / Civic Holiday (Monday, August 3, 2026) is optional under the Ontario ESA unless provided by an employment contract or collective agreement.
- What happens when Boxing Day falls on Saturday, December 26, 2026?
- Under Ontario ESA rules, when a public holiday falls on a non-working Saturday, employers must provide either a substitute holiday off with public holiday pay (commonly Monday, December 28, 2026) or public holiday pay if the employee agrees in writing.