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Canada vs South Africa Public Holidays 2026

Canada and South Africa share 4 public holidays in 2026, including New Year's Day. Canada has 7 days off the other doesn't, and South Africa has 9. Days where both are off shade darkest below.

🇨🇦 Canada 2026 🇿🇦 South Africa 2026

4

shared days off

7

only Canada

9

only South Africa

Shared days off

Thu Jan 1New Year's Day
Fri Apr 3Good Friday
Fri Dec 25Christmas Day
Sat Dec 26Boxing Day · Day of Goodwill

January

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

29

30

31

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31

1

Thu 1🇨🇦New Year's Day
Thu 1🇿🇦New Year's Day

February

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

26

27

28

29

30

31

1

2

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28

1

Mon 2🇨🇦Groundhog Dayobservance
Sat 14🇨🇦Valentine's Dayobservance

March

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

23

24

25

26

27

28

1

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17

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31

1

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5

Tue 17🇨🇦St. Patrick’s Dayobservance
Sat 21🇿🇦Human Rights Day

April

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

30

31

1

2

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30

1

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Fri 3🇨🇦Good Friday
Fri 3🇿🇦Good Friday
Sun 5🇨🇦Easter Sunday
Sun 5🇿🇦Easter Sundayobservance
Mon 6🇿🇦Family Day
Mon 27🇿🇦Freedom Day

May

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

27

28

29

30

1

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31

Fri 1🇿🇦Workers' Day
Sun 10🇨🇦Mother's Dayobservance
Sun 10🇿🇦Mother's Dayobservance
Mon 18🇨🇦Victoria Day

June

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

1

2

3

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5

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8

9

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28

29

30

1

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4

5

Tue 16🇿🇦Youth Day
Sun 21🇨🇦Father's Dayobservance
Sun 21🇿🇦Father's Dayobservance

July

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

29

30

1

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31

1

2

Wed 1🇨🇦Canada Day
Sat 18🇿🇦Nelson Mandela Dayobservance

August

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

27

28

29

30

31

1

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31

1

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6

Mon 3🇨🇦Civic Holiday
Sun 9🇿🇦National Women's Day
Mon 10🇿🇦Public Holiday

September

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

31

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

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4

Mon 7🇨🇦Labour Day
Thu 24🇿🇦Heritage Day
Wed 30🇨🇦National Day for Truth and Reconciliationobservance

October

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

28

29

30

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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Mon 12🇨🇦Thanksgiving
Sat 31🇨🇦Halloweenobservance

November

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

26

27

28

29

30

31

1

2

3

4

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30

1

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Wed 11🇨🇦Remembrance Day

December

2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

30

1

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5

6

7

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Wed 16🇿🇦Day of Reconciliation
Fri 25🇨🇦Christmas Day
Fri 25🇿🇦Christmas Day
Sat 26🇨🇦Boxing Day
Sat 26🇿🇦Day of Goodwill

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