Now that I’m working full-time, I was looking though my Outlook calendar and realized that I have some holidays that I have never taken off before. For example, this month, I have an extra holiday (Martin Luther King Day). Yay! That got me thinking, I wonder if there are more stat holidays in the U.S. than in Canada. There are a few common holidays like New Year’s Day, Easter, Labour/Labor Day, Christmas Day. I decided to create a comparison list of Canadian and American holidays. Here’s the list:
Canadians and US holidays for 2011
Canada | US | |
January 1 | New Year’s Day | New Year’s Day |
January 17 | Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day) | |
February 21 | President’s Day | |
April 22 | Good Friday | |
April 25 | Easter | Easter |
May 23 | Victoria Day | |
May 30 | Memorial Day | |
July 1 | Canada Day | |
July 4 | Independence Day | |
August 1 | B.C. Day (Civic Holiday) | |
September 5 | Labour Day | Labor Day |
October 10 | Thanksgiving Day | Columbus Day |
November 11 | Remembrance Day | |
November 24 | Thanksgiving Day | |
December 24 | Christmas Eve* | |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Christmas Day |
December 26 | Boxing Day | Christmas Holiday* |
December 31 | New Year’s Eve* | New Year’s Eve* |
(*Not a stat holiday, but I have gotten or currently get these extra days off)