Prince Edward Island Statutory Holidays 2026
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 7, 2026
The 2026 table for Prince Edward Island lists 8 dates: 8 fall on a weekday and none on a weekend. This page's title says statutory holidays, the holidays a statute sets; Prince Edward Island's Employment Standards Act calls them paid holidays. That leaves 253 working days in 2026. Like the Canada calculator, this page counts Monday to Friday as working days; what changes is the holiday list.
How Prince Edward Island differs from the federal Canadian holidays
Prince Edward Island's Employment Standards Act names eight paid holidays: New Year's Day, Islander Day, Good Friday, 1 July, Labour Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (observed on 30 September), Remembrance Day and Christmas Day. Against the federal Canadian set that adds Islander Day and leaves out Victoria Day, Thanksgiving and Boxing Day, so those three federal days are dropped. When a paid holiday falls on a day that is not a work day for the employee, section 27(2) lets the employer give the holiday with pay on the employee's next work day after it, on the next work day after the employee's annual vacation, or on a day both agree before that vacation. The Act names no single day, so this calendar counts none: a paid holiday on a Saturday or Sunday stays on its own date and no weekday is added for it.
Dates in Prince Edward Island's table that the federal table does not have (2026)
- Islander Day (Monday, February 16)
Dates in the federal table that Prince Edward Island's table does not have (2026)
- Victoria Day (Monday, May 18)
- Thanksgiving (Monday, October 12)
- Boxing Day (observed) (Monday, December 28)
Prince Edward Island paid holiday calendar 2026
| Date | Day | Paid holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| February 16 | Monday | Islander Day |
| April 3 | Friday | Good Friday |
| July 1 | Wednesday | Canada Day |
| September 7 | Monday | Labour Day |
| September 30 | Wednesday | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
| November 11 | Wednesday | Remembrance Day |
| December 25 | Friday | Christmas Day |
2026 summary
Total days
365
Weekend days
104
Paid holidays on weekdays
8
Working days
253
After subtracting 104 weekend days and 8 weekday-falling paid holidays, Prince Edward Island has 253 working days in 2026. The count on this page uses Prince Edward Island's calendar, not the federal set.
Other years
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: docs.assembly.pe.ca (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 7, 2026.