Northwest Territories Business Day Calculator
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: August 25, 2026
Calculate business days in Northwest Territories 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 Northwest Territories differs from the federal Canadian holidays
The Northwest Territories has 11 statutory holidays in its Employment Standards Act, as the territory's Employment Standards FAQ states, and the rows show eleven in each of 2026, 2027 and 2028. To the federal set it adds the day the FAQ calls National Aboriginal Day, shown here as National Indigenous Peoples Day on 21 June, and the first Monday in August, shown here as the Civic Holiday. The FAQ says Easter Monday and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays under the Act, so the federal Boxing Day is dropped. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is on the list and is kept. No substitute weekday appears when a statutory holiday falls on a weekend: National Indigenous Peoples Day stays on Sunday 21 June 2026, and Christmas Day 2027, and New Year's Day, Canada Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Remembrance Day in 2028, stay on their Saturday dates and close no weekday.
Worked example
Adding 2 business days to Friday, July 31, 2026 using Northwest Territories's statutory holidays lands on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. With the federal Canadian holidays, the same calculation lands on Tuesday, August 4, 2026: the gap comes from Northwest Territories's own calendar.
Northwest Territories statutory holidays in 2026
| Date | Day | Statutory holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| April 3 | Friday | Good Friday |
| May 18 | Monday | Victoria Day |
| June 21 | Sunday (weekend) | National Indigenous Peoples Day |
| July 1 | Wednesday | Canada Day |
| August 3 | Monday | Civic Holiday |
| September 7 | Monday | Labour Day |
| September 30 | Wednesday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
| October 12 | Monday | Thanksgiving |
| November 11 | Wednesday | Remembrance Day |
| December 25 | Friday | Christmas Day |
How to count Northwest Territories business days
For an interactive calculation, use the Canada calculator, which counts the federal holidays. Under Advanced options you can add any dates Northwest Territories 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 Northwest Territories's calendar leaves open will not match Northwest Territories's calendar. The Northwest Territories statutory holidays 2026 page linked below lists the dates.
Northwest Territories statutory holiday data is verified against the Northwest Territories Employment Standards FAQ (ece.gov.nt.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: ece.gov.nt.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.