Nunavut Business Day Calculator
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 7, 2026
Calculate business days in Nunavut 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 Nunavut differs from the federal Canadian holidays
Nunavut's Labour Standards Act, as amended in 2022 (S.Nu. 2022, c. 14, s. 5), names eleven days as general holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Nunavut Day, the first Monday in August, Labour Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (observed on 30 September), Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day and Christmas Day. It adds the day the Governor General fixes for the sovereign's birthday, for which this calendar lists no date of its own. Against the federal Canadian set that adds Nunavut Day and the first Monday in August (the Civic Holiday) and leaves out Boxing Day, so that federal day is dropped. When a general holiday falls on an employee's non-working day, section 25(2) lets the employer either pay for it or give a holiday with pay at a time convenient to employer and employee, no later than the next annual vacation. Paying closes no weekday and the day off has no fixed date, so this calendar counts none: a general holiday on a Saturday or Sunday stays on its own date and no weekday is added for it.
Worked example
Adding 1 business day 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
| Date | Day | Statutory holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| April 3 | Friday | Good Friday |
| May 18 | Monday | Victoria Day |
| July 1 | Wednesday | Canada Day |
| July 9 | Thursday | Nunavut 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 Nunavut business days
For an interactive calculation, use the Canada calculator, which counts the federal holidays. Under Advanced options you can add any dates Nunavut 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 Nunavut's calendar leaves open will not match Nunavut's calendar. The Nunavut statutory holidays 2026 page linked below lists the dates.
Nunavut statutory holiday data is verified against the Nunavut Labour Standards Act official consolidation (nunavutlegislation.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.
- Nunavut Legislation (Government of Nunavut): Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, S.Nu. 2022, c. 14, section 5 (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- Justice Laws Website (Government of Canada): Canada Labour Code, section 166 (general holiday) (opens in a new tab)
Sources and verification
Official source: nunavutlegislation.ca (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 7, 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.