If an employee worked on a statutory holiday, does he/she receive statutory pay?
The answer is not always, and depends if the employee is eligible.
Statutory Pay Eligibility
In order to qualify for statutory pay rates both of these conditions must be met:
1) Must have been employed for at least 30 days before the statutory holiday; AND
2) Must have worked at least 15 of the 30 days before statutory holiday
For example, a part-time employee who worked less than 15 days out of the 30 days before the holiday and ended up working on the statutory holiday would be paid at normal rates and not qualify for statuatory rates.
How Much is Statutory Pay?
All eligible employees receive an average day's pay regardless if they worked on the statutory holiday. So if they did not work on the statutory day, they receive a day of paid time off.
If an employee worked on the statutory holiday, he/she should receive an average days pay PLUS 1.5 times wages for the day.
For example if Margaret's regular rate is $20 / hour and she met the eligibility requirements above. On Canada Day she worked 8 hours.
Her Statutory Pay is calculated as follows:
$160 (average days pay) Plus $240 (8 hours x $30 ($20 x 1.5)) = $400
Works out to be $50 / hour, or 2.5 Times Regular Pay
List of Canadian holidays in 2019
Holiday |
Date in 2019 |
Observance |
New Year's Day |
January 1, Tuesday |
National |
Islander Day |
February 18, Monday |
PEI |
Louis Riel Day |
February 18, Monday |
MB |
Heritage Day |
February 18, Monday |
NS |
Family Day |
February 18, Monday |
BC, AB, SK, ON, NB |
Valentine's Day |
February 14, Thursday |
Not a stat holiday |
Leap Day |
Not a leap year |
- |
St. Patrick's Day |
March 17, Sunday |
Not a stat holiday |
Good Friday |
April 19, Friday |
National except QC |
Easter Monday |
April 22, Monday |
QC |
Mother's Day |
May 12, Sunday |
Not a stat holiday |
Victoria Day |
May 20, Monday |
National except NB, NS, NL |
Father's Day |
June 16, Sunday |
Not a stat holiday |
Aboriginal Day |
June 21, Friday |
NWT |
St. Jean Baptiste Day |
June 24, Monday |
QC |
Canada Day |
July 1, Monday |
National |
Civic Holiday |
August 5, Monday |
AB, BC, SK, ON, NB, NU |
Labour Day |
September 2, Monday |
National |
Thanksgiving |
October 14, Monday |
National except NB, NS, NL |
Halloween |
October 31, Thursday |
Not a holiday |
Remembrance Day |
November 11, Monday |
National except MB, ON, QC, NS |
Christmas Day |
December 25, Wednesday |
National |
Boxing Day |
December 26, Thursday |
ON |