Alberta Business Day Calculator
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: August 25, 2026
Calculate business days in Alberta with its own statutory holidays. Like the Canada calculator, this page counts Monday to Friday as working days; what changes is the holiday list, so due dates and deadlines can land differently from the federal count.
How Alberta differs from the federal Canadian holidays
Alberta has 9 general holidays, also referred to as statutory holidays, as alberta.ca states, and its table gives the same nine dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028 that this calendar uses. Alberta adds Family Day on the third Monday in February and keeps Remembrance Day on 11 November. Alberta.ca lists Easter Monday, Heritage Day (first Monday in August), the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Boxing Day as optional holidays that employers can choose to recognize, so the federal National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Boxing Day are dropped from an Alberta count and Heritage Day is left out. The table gives no substitute date for a holiday on a Saturday, so Christmas Day 2027, and New Year's Day, Canada Day and Remembrance Day in 2028, stay on their Saturday dates and close no weekday.
Worked example
Adding 2 business days to Friday, February 13, 2026 using Alberta's statutory holidays lands on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. With the federal Canadian holidays, the same calculation lands on Tuesday, February 17, 2026: the gap comes from Alberta's own calendar.
Alberta statutory holidays in 2026
| Date | Day | Statutory holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| February 16 | Monday | Family Day |
| April 3 | Friday | Good Friday |
| May 18 | Monday | Victoria Day |
| July 1 | Wednesday | Canada Day |
| September 7 | Monday | Labour Day |
| October 12 | Monday | Thanksgiving |
| November 11 | Wednesday | Remembrance Day |
| December 25 | Friday | Christmas Day |
How to count Alberta business days
For an interactive calculation, use the Canada calculator, which counts the federal holidays. Under Advanced options you can add any dates Alberta adds to the federal set, one per line, in the year-month-day form shown there. Advanced options cannot remove a date, so a count that crosses a weekday the federal set closes and Alberta's calendar leaves open will not match Alberta's calendar. The Alberta statutory holidays 2026 page linked below lists the dates.
Alberta statutory holiday data is verified against the Government of Alberta (alberta.ca).
Related links
Documents cited for this province or territory
The holiday list and the explanation above rest on these documents, alongside the holiday data source below.
- Justice Laws Website (Government of Canada): Canada Labour Code, section 166 (general holiday) (opens in a new tab)
Sources and verification
Official source: alberta.ca (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on August 25, 2026.
For informational purposes only
This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.