Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Canada, a Statutory Holiday (also known as "general" or "public" holiday) is a holiday legislated either through the federal, provincial or territorial governments. Most workers, public or private, are entitled to take the day off with regular pay. However, employers may ask/request employees to work on such a holiday but in this case, must be paid at a premium rate -- usually 1½ (known as "time and a half") or 2 times the regular pay. The statutory holidays mandated by federal legislation are: New Year's Day Good Friday Victoria Day Canada Day Labour Day Thanksgiving Day Remembrance Day - This is a holiday for employees of the federal government. However, for private business, provincial governments and schools, its status varies by province. In some provinces it is a general holiday, but not in all. Christmas Day Boxing Day Provinces and territories also have legislated statutory holidays: Family Day - third Monday in February Alberta Civic Holiday - first Monday in August. Some provinces use Civic Holiday while others call it something else. Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nunavut, Ontario, Saskatchewan National Holiday - Quebec Discovery Day - third Monday in August Yukon References Public Holidays Holidays in provinces and territories This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.