Canada Post Office Holidays – 2017



List of Canada Post Office holidays for the year 2017. Canada Post Offices will be closed on national, provincial, territorial holidays. There will be no regular collection or delivery of mail on those days.

Canada Post Office Holidays – 2017

No Date Week Day Holiday
1 January – 02 Monday New Year’s Day (Observed)
2 April – 14 Friday Good Friday 
3 April – 17 Monday Easter Monday 
4 May – 22 Monday Victoria Day 
5 May – 22 Monday Patriots’ National Day (Quebec only)
6 June – 26 Monday Quebec’s National Holiday (Quebec only) (Observed)
7 July – 03 Monday Canada Day (Observed)
8 August – 07 Monday Civic Holiday (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Newfoundland & Labrador)
9 August – 07 Monday Natal Day (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia)
10 August – 07 Monday New Brunswick Day (New Brunswick)
11 August – 07 Monday British Columbia Day (British Columbia)
12 August – 07 Monday Heritage Day (Alberta)
13 August – 14 Monday Discovery Day (Yukon)
14 September – 04 Monday Labor Day
15 October – 09 Monday Thanksgiving Day 
16 November – 13 Monday Remembrance Day 
17 December – 25 Monday Christmas Day
18 December – 26 Tuesday Boxing Day
When a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it may be applied to the next business day. As such, Post Offices will be closed, and there will be no collection or delivery of mail.
Post Offices operated by the private sector will be open according to the hours of service of the host business.
Regular collection and delivery of mail occurs on provincial Family Day holidays, Louis Riel Day (Man.) and Islander Day (P.E.I.).