While many of these holidays are honoured and acknowledged nationwide, provincial and territorial legislation varies in regard to which are officially recognized.

[2] Each of the 13 provinces and territories observes a number of holidays in addition to the nationwide days, but each varies in regard to which are legislated as either statutory, optional, or not at all.

Statistics Canada shows an average of 11 paid statutory holidays per year in regard to all firms and corporations operating within the province.

As such, there is no legal requirement for private sector employers in federally regulated industries to provide Easter Monday as a paid holiday to employees.

Statutory holiday in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec (coincides with National Patriots' Day), Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

Not a statutory holiday in the eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or Newfoundland and Labrador.

[12] As of 2023[update], the day is observed as a statutory holiday for all workers in British Columbia,[15] Prince Edward Island,[16] the Northwest Territories,[17] Nunavut,[16] and Yukon.

[18] Schools and some public services close for the day in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

[15][19] Statutory holiday in most jurisdictions of Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

[20] An optional holiday in the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Statutory holiday in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

[27] Governments in Canada have declared one-off holidays on certain occasions, such as the death of a Canadian monarch.

[29] The provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island also enacted provincial equivalents for the federal holiday.

Provincial statutory Optional The following is a list of designated paid holidays for government employees.

Harbour Grace and Labrador City have a similar holiday for their regatta in late July.

Most statutory holidays can be substituted for a mutually agreeable alternative paid day off in lieu or employers can require employees to work at a premium rate of pay.

Several types of employment, including workplaces covered by a collective agreement, are exempt from provincial rules governing statutory holidays.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially recognized in Toronto in 2018 and has also been in Ottawa, though not as a paid holiday.

In Saskatchewan, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, it is a statutory holiday.

Instead of each city and town having a separate birthday celebration and day off, the Civic Holiday is observed.

The other leading candidate for a new holiday is a weekend in February to celebrate the anniversary of the Canadian flag, or more likely a general "Heritage Day".