{"id":13947,"date":"2021-04-01T13:33:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/?p=13947"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:47:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:47:02","slug":"2021-statutory-holidays-in-ontario-the-complete-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/en\/2021-statutory-holidays-in-ontario-the-complete-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Statutory Holidays in Ontario: The Complete List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everybody loves a good holiday. It means more time for family, friends and relaxation, a little break from the workplace that will leave us <a href=\"\/blog\/en\/yes-you-should-still-take-a-vacation-while-working-from-home\/\">feeling refreshed and recharged<\/a>. And what\u2019s even better than a holiday is a <em>paid<\/em> holiday. It\u2019s time to look ahead to the long weekends and plan our getaways and fun adventures. Grab your calendar and get ready to mark down the 2021 Statutory Holidays in Ontario.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-complete-list-of-2021-statutory-holidays-in-ontario\"><strong>The Complete List of 2021 Statutory Holidays in Ontario:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>January 1 &#8211; Friday: New Years Day<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>February 15 &#8211; Monday: Family Day (Ontario)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>April 2 &#8211; Friday: Good Friday<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>May 24 &#8211; Monday: Victoria Day<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>July 1 &#8211; Thursday: Canada Day<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>September 6 &#8211; Monday: Labour Day<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>October 11 &#8211; Monday: Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>December 27 &#8211; Monday: Christmas Day<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>December 28 &#8211; Tuesday: Boxing Da<\/strong>y<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-a-statutory-holiday\"><strong>What Is A Statutory Holiday?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca\/remuneration-compensation\/services-paye-pay-services\/paye-information-pay\/vie-life\/vie-conge-life-leave\/conge-paye-holiday-pay-eng.html#_Current_statutory_holidays\">Statutory holidays<\/a> &#8211; also known as stats holidays if you\u2019re pressed for time &#8211; are public holidays that are mandated through federal, territorial or provincial legislation. On these days, many employees are legally entitled to a day off or increased compensation for working. There are currently six statutory holidays mandated by the Federal Government, meaning they apply across Canada. Each province and territory is responsible for creating their own additional statutory holidays as they see fit. The province of Ontario, home to <a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/daily-quotidien\/210312\/t006a-eng.htm\">over 7.2 million workers<\/a> and <a href=\"\/blog\/en\/ontario-is-hiring-8000-personal-support-workers\/\">looking to hire more<\/a>, currently has nine statutory holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-did-they-change-christmas-this-year\"><strong>Did They Change Christmas This Year??<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You didn\u2019t read that wrong, the official statutory holiday for Christmas in Ontario is December 27th. This is because the 25th falls on a Saturday, while Boxing Day follows on the Sunday. In order to ensure that people still get the days off from work, they are pushed into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca\/remuneration-compensation\/services-paye-pay-services\/paye-information-pay\/vie-life\/vie-conge-life-leave\/conge-paye-holiday-pay-eng.html\">the first two working days of the following week<\/a>. This allows many people to enjoy a long holiday weekend to <s>digest<\/s> rest after the holidays. The Christmas statutory holiday may be on Monday the 27th, but Christmas Day itself will still be on December 25th, so don\u2019t worry about Santa getting confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rethink-the-extra-long-weekend\"><strong>Rethink The Extra Long Weekend<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca\/remuneration-compensation\/services-paye-pay-services\/paye-information-pay\/vie-life\/vie-conge-life-leave\/conge-paye-holiday-pay-eng.html#_Leave_without_pay_and_holiday_pay\">per official legislation<\/a>, if you are absent from work on the day before or the day after a statutory holiday you will not receive holiday pay on the day itself. This means that if you happen to fall ill and use a sick day on the Thursday before a 2021 statutory holiday in Ontario that falls on a Friday, you will not be eligible to receive holiday pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-if-you-re-still-working-on-a-statutory-holiday\"><strong>What If You\u2019re Still Working On A Statutory Holiday?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not every single employee has the day off from work on the 2021 statutory holidays in Ontario. Private companies can still require employees to work on these days, but they must agree to compensate their employees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/document\/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0\/overtime-pay#:~:text=Overtime%20pay%20is%201%C2%BD%20times,17%20%C3%97%201.5%20%3D%2025.50).\">a premium rate<\/a>. This is also known as \u201ctime and a half\u201d, because employees get paid their regular rate plus an additional 50%. For example, an employee, making<a href=\"\/blog\/en\/what-is-the-2021-minimum-wage-in-canada\/\"> $15.00 an hour<\/a> on a regular day will earn $22.50 ($15.00+$7.50) per hour for working on a statutory holiday. There can also be additional agreements between employers and employees for paid time off on regular work days in exchange for working on statutory holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know the upcoming 2021 statutory holidays in Ontario, you\u2019re set to enjoy some time with family and friends. Mark your calendars and get ready!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Learn when employees are entitled to a paid day off or increased compensation in the complete list of 2021 Statutory Holidays in Ontario.","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":13948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[484,4966],"tags":[4816],"class_list":["post-13947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rh","category-ressources-humaines","tag-strategie-rh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13947"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13956,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13947\/revisions\/13956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}