Yukon Statutory Holidays 2026

Yukon has 11 statutory holidays in 2026: New Year's Day (Thursday, January 1), Good Friday (Friday, April 3), Victoria Day (Monday, May 18), National Indigenous Peoples Day (Sunday, June 21), Canada Day (Wednesday, July 1), Discovery Day (Monday, August 17), Labour Day (Monday, September 7), National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Wednesday, September 30), Thanksgiving (Monday, October 12), Remembrance Day (Wednesday, November 11) and Christmas Day (Friday, December 25). Easter Monday, Boxing Day and Yukon Heritage Day are not statutory in Yukon.

No. Easter Monday isn't a statutory holiday in Yukon, so provincially regulated employers don't have to give it. Some employers give it anyway. In 2026 it falls on Monday, April 6.

No. Boxing Day isn't a statutory holiday in Yukon, so provincially regulated employers don't have to give it. In 2026 it falls on Saturday, December 26. Federally regulated employers, such as banks, airlines and telecoms, must still give it under the Canada Labour Code.

Yes. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a statutory holiday in Yukon. In 2026 it falls on Wednesday, September 30.

No. Yukon Heritage Day isn't a statutory holiday in Yukon, so provincially regulated employers don't have to give it. It isn't one of Yukon's general holidays under the Employment Standards Act.

Salaried staff get their normal weekly or monthly pay with no deduction for the holiday, and hourly or daily staff get at least what they would earn on a normal day. Employees who work less than standard hours (8 a day, 40 a week) or irregular hours get at least 10% of their wages for the hours worked in the two weeks before the week of the holiday. Commission-only staff get an average day's pay for the holiday week, not counting overtime or bonuses.

To get paid for a general holiday they don't work, an employee must have been employed for 30 calendar days before the holiday and must work their last scheduled shift before it and their first scheduled shift after it, unless the employer agreed to the absence or the Employment Standards Act allows it. They must also come in on the holiday if they were called in to work. An employee who was already on unpaid leave they asked for, for 14 days in a row right before the holiday, doesn't get holiday pay.

An employee who works a general holiday gets their regular holiday pay plus either the overtime rate for every hour worked that day, or their regular rate for those hours plus a paid day off. The day off can be added to their annual vacation or taken on a date you both agree on. In a week with a general holiday, overtime starts after 32 hours instead of 40.

In 2026, National Indigenous Peoples Day falls on a Sunday. If a general holiday falls on a day the employee doesn't normally work, such as a Saturday or Sunday for a Monday to Friday worker, they get a paid holiday on their next working day after it. If you ask an employee who has the holiday off to work another normally free day in that same week, you must pay at least the overtime rate for that day.