Stat holiday pay in Quebec

Quebec has 8 paid statutory holidays. For each one you get an indemnity of 1/20 of the wages you earned in the 4 complete weeks of pay before the holiday week, not counting overtime.

Next stat holiday in Quebec: Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026.

Quebec stat holidays in 2026 and 2027

Statutory holidays in Quebec, 2026 and 2027
Holiday	2026	2027
New Year's Day	Thu, Jan 1	Fri, Jan 1
Good Friday or Easter Monday Your employer chooses one. The date shown is Good Friday.	Fri, Apr 3	Fri, Mar 26
National Patriots' Day	Mon, May 18	Mon, May 24
Fête nationale	Wed, Jun 24	Thu, Jun 24
Canada Day July 2 when July 1 is a Sunday.	Wed, Jul 1	Thu, Jul 1
Labour Day	Mon, Sep 7	Mon, Sep 6
Thanksgiving Day	Mon, Oct 12	Mon, Oct 11
Christmas Day	Fri, Dec 25	Sat, Dec 25

Boxing Day, Family Day, Remembrance Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation are not statutory holidays in Quebec.

If a holiday falls on your day off, your employer pays the indemnity or gives you a paid day off on another date.
The Fête nationale (June 24) is covered by the National Holiday Act. You only need to be employed that day to get it.

How holiday pay is calculated

Quebec's holiday indemnity is 1/20 of the wages you earned in the 4 complete weeks of pay before the holiday week, not counting overtime.

Who qualifies: Full-time, part-time, casual and on-call workers qualify, even after a few days. You lose it if you miss the work day before or after the holiday without permission or a good reason.

If you work on a stat holiday

If you work a statutory holiday in Quebec, you get your regular pay for the hours worked plus the holiday indemnity, or a paid day off within 3 weeks before or after the holiday. Your employer chooses. There is no time and a half for the holiday itself.

The paid day off is paid the same as the indemnity. Hours worked on the holiday still count toward the 40-hour week.

Calculate a holiday week

Enter your shifts for a week with a stat holiday and see your holiday pay, premium pay and any overtime.

Calculate pay for the week of Christmas Day

Official examples

Holiday week: holiday hours count toward 40

Andrew earns $17.75 an hour and usually earns $710 a week. Monday is a statutory holiday on a usual work day and he works 38 hours the rest of the week. The 8 holiday hours count, so 46 hours, 6 of them overtime. He gets a $142 indemnity, 32 hours at $17.75 ($568) and 6 overtime hours at $26.63 ($159.78), so $869.78. Source

Holiday indemnity, irregular schedule

Rosalita earns $19 an hour for 8-hour days and worked 5, 4, 5 and 2 days in the 4 weeks before. She earned $2,392, so her indemnity is $2,392 divided by 20, or $119.60. Source

When these rules may not apply

This app uses each province's or territory's employment standards law, which sets the minimum your employer must pay. Your pay can differ if:

Your job is federally regulated, such as banks, airlines, trucking across provinces, railways, telecom and federal Crown corporations. Choose Federal instead.
You have a union collective agreement or a contract that pays more.
You have an averaging agreement, a compressed work week or a flexible schedule approved under the law.
Your job is exempt or has special rules, such as many managers, farm workers, some professionals, truck drivers, and oil and gas workers.

Common questions

Do statutory holidays count toward overtime in Quebec?

Yes. A statutory holiday or vacation day that falls on a usual work day counts as hours worked when checking if you went over 40 hours.

How is statutory holiday pay calculated in Quebec?

The indemnity is 1/20 of the wages you earned in the 4 complete weeks of pay before the holiday week, not counting overtime.

Do I get time and a half for working a statutory holiday in Quebec?

No. You get your regular pay for the hours worked, plus the holiday indemnity or a paid day off, at your employer's choice.

Is Boxing Day a statutory holiday in Quebec?

No. Quebec has 8 paid statutory holidays and Boxing Day is not one of them.

Sources

Official government pages and laws, checked November 14, 2026. Rules change, so confirm details on the source before you act.