Nunavut Statutory Holidays 2027
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 7, 2026
The 2027 table for Nunavut lists 11 dates: 10 fall on a weekday and 1 on a weekend. This page's title says statutory holidays, the holidays a statute sets; Nunavut's Labour Standards Act calls them general holidays. That leaves 251 working days in 2027. Like the Canada calculator, this page counts Monday to Friday as working days; what changes is the holiday list.
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.
Dates in Nunavut's table that the federal table does not have (2027)
- Nunavut Day (Friday, July 9)
- Civic Holiday (Monday, August 2)
- Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25)
Dates in the federal table that Nunavut's table does not have (2027)
- Christmas Day (observed) (Monday, December 27)
- Boxing Day (observed) (Tuesday, December 28)
Nunavut general holiday calendar 2027
| Date | Day | General holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Friday | New Year's Day |
| March 26 | Friday | Good Friday |
| May 24 | Monday | Victoria Day |
| July 1 | Thursday | Canada Day |
| July 9 | Friday | Nunavut Day |
| August 2 | Monday | Civic Holiday |
| September 6 | Monday | Labour Day |
| September 30 | Thursday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
| October 11 | Monday | Thanksgiving |
| November 11 | Thursday | Remembrance Day |
| December 25 | Saturday (weekend) | Christmas Day |
2027 summary
Total days
365
Weekend days
104
General holidays on weekdays
10
Working days
251
After subtracting 104 weekend days and 10 weekday-falling general holidays, Nunavut has 251 working days in 2027. The count on this page uses Nunavut's calendar, not the federal set.
Other years
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.