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Nunavut Business Day Calculator

Last reviewed: May 19, 2026 · Holiday data: June 24, 2026

Calculate business days in Nunavut with its own statutory holidays. Nunavut shares the Monday to Friday working week and the Saturday and Sunday weekend with the rest of Canada, but its statutory holiday calendar is different, so due dates and deadlines can land differently from the federal count.

How Nunavut differs from the federal Canadian holidays

Nunavut runs ten general holidays under the Labour Standards Act. It adds Nunavut Day on 9 July (a statutory holiday since Bill 29 passed in 2019) and the August Civic Holiday on the first Monday of August, and it does not treat Easter Monday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (30 September), or Boxing Day as general holidays, so those three federal days are dropped. Treating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as optional rather than statutory is the main difference from the Northwest Territories. The working week is Monday to Friday with a Saturday and Sunday weekend.

Worked example

Adding 1 business days to Wednesday, July 8, 2026 using Nunavut's statutory holidays lands on Friday, July 10, 2026. With the federal Canadian holidays, the same calculation lands on Thursday, July 9, 2026: the gap comes from Nunavut's own calendar.

Nunavut statutory holidays in 2026

DateDayStatutory holiday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
April 3FridayGood Friday
May 18MondayVictoria Day
July 1WednesdayCanada Day
July 9ThursdayNunavut Day
August 3MondayCivic Holiday
September 7MondayLabour Day
October 12MondayThanksgiving
November 11WednesdayRemembrance Day
December 25FridayChristmas Day

How to count Nunavut business days

For an interactive calculation, use the Canada calculator and add Nunavut's own dates under Advanced options. The per-year statutory holiday pages below list every Nunavut date ready to paste in.

Nunavut statutory holiday data is verified against the Government of Nunavut Labour Standards page (gov.nu.ca).

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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.

Nunavut FAQ

Does the Nunavut calculator use different statutory holidays from the federal Canadian set?
Nunavut runs ten general holidays under the Labour Standards Act. It adds Nunavut Day on 9 July (a statutory holiday since Bill 29 passed in 2019) and the August Civic Holiday on the first Monday of August, and it does not treat Easter Monday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (30 September), or Boxing Day as general holidays, so those three federal days are dropped. Treating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as optional rather than statutory is the main difference from the Northwest Territories. The working week is Monday to Friday with a Saturday and Sunday weekend.
Is the Nunavut working week Monday to Friday?
Yes. Nunavut uses the Monday to Friday working week with a Saturday and Sunday weekend, the same as the rest of Canada. Only the statutory holiday set changes.