Plan ahead: Here are all of Alberta's statutory holidays in 2025
Get ready for some long weekend traffic annoyances but also some amazing sleep-in days.
There are nine statutory holidays in Alberta to look forward to in 2025, which will give many workers the day off.
There are plenty of long weekend trips to plan in 2025; however, there are also plenty of celebratory days that don’t count as statutory holidays.
St. Patrickās Day, Valentineās Day, and Boxing Day are some big ones where you’ll have to burn up a vacation day to enjoy them out of the office.
Daylight Saving Time in 2025 starts on Sunday, March 9, and ends on Sunday, November 2. Those days are not statutory holidays either.
The days that Alberta does recognize as statutory holidays are:
- New Year’s Day: January 1, 2025
- Alberta Family Day: February 17, 2025
- Good Friday: April 18, 2025
- Victoria Day: May 19, 2025
- Canada Day: July 1, 2025
- Labour Day: September 1, 2025
- Thanksgiving Day: October 13, 2025
- Remembrance Day: November 11, 2025
- Christmas Day: December 25, 2025
Optional general holidays in Alberta in 2025 include Easter Monday on April 21, Heritage Day on August 4, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, and Boxing Day on December 26.
Do you qualify for stat pay?
The province says an employee is entitled to general holiday pay if they have worked for the same employer for at least 30 workdays in the 12 months prior to the holiday.
Most employees are entitled to general holidays and receive general holiday pay if one of the following applies to them:
- a general holiday is a regular day of work; or
- they have worked on a general holiday that is not a regular day of work
You can find out more about Alberta’s general statutory holidays in 2025 here.
With files from Claire Fenton