Long weekends and statutory holidays in New Brunswick 2026 and 2027
More holiday, fewer leave days.
Every statutory holiday in New Brunswick, the long weekends they make, and the vacation hacks that stretch them into a proper break.
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Statutory holidays in New Brunswick 2026 and 2027
Greyed rows are part-day, regional or restricted days: shown for completeness, left out of the maths.
2026 Gazetted
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jan | New Year's Day | |
| Mon 16 Feb | Family Day | |
| Fri 3 Apr | Good Friday | |
| Mon 18 May | Victoria Day Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. In New Brunswick it is a prescribed day of rest under the Days of Rest Act (businesses must close) but not a paid public holiday. |
| Wed 1 Jul | Canada Day | |
| Mon 3 Aug | New Brunswick Day | |
| Mon 7 Sep | Labour Day | |
| Wed 30 Sep | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. |
| Mon 12 Oct | Thanksgiving Day Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. In New Brunswick it is a prescribed day of rest under the Days of Rest Act (businesses must close) but not a paid public holiday. |
| Wed 11 Nov | Remembrance Day | |
| Fri 25 Dec | Christmas Day | |
| Sat 26 Dec | Boxing Day Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. In New Brunswick it is a prescribed day of rest under the Days of Rest Act (businesses must close) but not a paid public holiday. Falls on a Saturday in 2026. |
2027 Provisional
no Government of Canada dated 2027 list was found; federal-only 2027 dates are fixed dates (September 30, November 11, December 26) or match the provincial 2027 tables (Victoria Day 24 May, Thanksgiving 11 October).
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Jan | New Year's Day | |
| Mon 15 Feb | Family Day | |
| Fri 26 Mar | Good Friday | |
| Mon 24 May | Victoria Day Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. In New Brunswick it is a prescribed day of rest under the Days of Rest Act (businesses must close) but not a paid public holiday. |
| Thu 1 Jul | Canada Day | |
| Mon 2 Aug | New Brunswick Day | |
| Mon 6 Sep | Labour Day | |
| Thu 30 Sep | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. |
| Mon 11 Oct | Thanksgiving Day Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. In New Brunswick it is a prescribed day of rest under the Days of Rest Act (businesses must close) but not a paid public holiday. |
| Thu 11 Nov | Remembrance Day | |
| Sat 25 Dec | Christmas Day | Falls on a Saturday in 2027. If the holiday falls on a non-working day, a qualifying employee must receive another working day off with pay or, if the employee agrees, a regular day's pay. |
| Sun 26 Dec | Boxing Day Federally regulated employees | Not a statutory holiday under this province's or territory's employment standards law. It is a general holiday under the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated workplaces. In New Brunswick it is a prescribed day of rest under the Days of Rest Act (businesses must close) but not a paid public holiday. Falls on a Sunday in 2027. |
Sources
- 2026: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/governance/content/days_of_rest_act.html — checked 2026-11-14. Direct fetch was blocked (HTTP 403 bot check), so the official page was read from the Internet Archive snapshot of 13 May 2026: https://web.archive.org/web/20260513175505/https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/governance/content/days_of_rest_act.html . Dates read from the 'Prescribed Days of Rest in New Brunswick 2024-2028' table, 2026 column. Which of those days are paid public holidays (eight) was read from the Employment Standards page https://www.gnb.ca/en/topic/jobs-workplaces/labour-market-workforce/employment-standards/holiday-vacation.html (archive snapshot of 2 November 2026). Victoria Day, Thanksgiving and Boxing Day are days of rest, not paid public holidays, and are flagged restricted. Entries flagged 'restricted' are days this jurisdiction's page does not grant; they come from the Canada Labour Code definition of 'general holiday' (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/section-166.html, fetched today).
- 2027: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/governance/content/days_of_rest_act.html — checked 2026-11-14. Same table, 2027 column (same archive snapshot of 13 May 2026). Christmas Day is shown as Saturday December 25 and Boxing Day as Sunday December 26. Entries flagged 'restricted' are days this jurisdiction's page does not grant; they come from the Canada Labour Code definition of 'general holiday' (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/section-166.html, fetched today).
- 2028: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/governance/content/days_of_rest_act.html — checked 2026-11-14. Same table, 2028 column: New Year's Day Saturday January 1. Only the 1 January entry is recorded for 2028.
- 2026: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html — checked 2026-11-14. Government of Canada 'Public holidays for 2026' list, fetched today with a browser (page dated 2026-01-06). Used to date movable holidays for provinces that list holidays by name only. It shows 2026 only.
- 2027: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/section-166.html — checked 2026-11-14. Canada Labour Code s. 166 definition of 'general holiday', fetched directly. Used to decide which days are added with the 'Federally regulated employees' restriction. GAP: no Government of Canada dated 2027 list was found; federal-only 2027 dates are fixed dates (September 30, November 11, December 26) or match the provincial 2027 tables (Victoria Day 24 May, Thanksgiving 11 October).
What's different in New Brunswick
New Brunswick has eight paid public holidays, including Family Day, New Brunswick Day on the first Monday in August and Remembrance Day. Victoria Day, Thanksgiving and Boxing Day are different: they are prescribed days of rest, when businesses must close, but they are not paid public holidays under the Employment Standards Act. In 2027, Canada Day and Remembrance Day fall on Thursdays, so booking Friday, July 2 and Friday, November 12 gives two four-day weekends. Take December 28 to 31, 2026 and you are off for ten days, from Friday, December 25 to Sunday, January 3.
How the hacks are worked out
We take every statutory holiday for your province, add the weekends, and look for stretches where a few days of vacation bridge the gaps. A hack is any run of seven or more days off that you can unlock when you book one to nine days, measured from the first day you would be off to the last. They are ranked by days off per vacation day, so a ten-day break for three days (3.3×) beats a nine-day break for four (2.3×). The budget planner picks the best non-overlapping hacks that fit the vacation you have, then spends any days left over on short bridges such as a single day that turns a Thursday holiday into a four-day weekend.
Only statutory holidays from each province's and territory's own employment standards pages are counted; local, company and optional days are not. Part-day, regional and restricted days are shown in the tables but left out of the maths. Hacks assume you work Monday to Friday.