Good Friday
Federal holiday for federally regulated employees.
Nationwide or main listed calendar
Statutory public holiday
March 2027 country calendar
March 2027 Canada Public Holidays Calendar
March 2027 Canada Public Holidays is the quick monthly view for Good Friday on Friday, March 26; and Easter Monday on Monday, March 29. Use this March 2027 Canada public holidays calendar to check Canada public holidays in March 2027, compare Canadian statutory holidays with provincial holidays, and open the printable monthly image before payroll, school, travel, banking, retail, shipping, or service planning.
- Month
- March
- Dates
- 2
- Entries
- 2
- Sources
- 2
Calendar image
Printable March 2027 Canada public holidays calendar image
Save this one-month calendar image when you need a visual Canada March 2027 reference beside the date ledger and printable country PDF options.
Monthly ledger
March 2027 Canada public holiday dates
2 entries
This list uses the same verified Canada 2027 holiday data as the full country calendar. When a date is observed on a different weekday, the observed closure date is shown first and the official date remains visible.
DateHolidayCoverageStatus
Easter Monday
Listed by Canada.ca as a public holiday; coverage depends on federal public-sector, provincial, or employer rules.
Nationwide or main listed calendar
Federal holiday
Planning date
St. Patrick's Day 2027 planning: Wednesday, March 17
Cultural and event planning date
- Date
- Wednesday, March 17, 2027
- Status
- Cultural and event planning date
Use St. Patrick's Day for parade, restaurant, pub, retail, tourism, and community event planning. Keep it separate from the late-March Easter public holiday dates.
Plan restaurants, parades, and pub demand
March 17 can affect evening events, downtown traffic, reservations, staffing, and transit demand even where it is not a statutory closure date.
Check local event calendars
Confirm municipal event permits, parade routes, transit changes, and venue hours before setting customer notices or travel plans.
Do not use this date as a Canada-wide statutory holiday closure
St. Patrick's Day is not the March statutory holiday baseline for Canada-wide planning. Use Good Friday and Easter Monday for the public holiday check on this page.
Planning date
Easter Sunday 2027 planning: Sunday, March 28
Easter weekend planning date
- Date
- Sunday, March 28, 2027
- Status
- Easter weekend planning date
Plan Easter Sunday together with Good Friday and Easter Monday when travel, family gatherings, worship services, retail hours, or staffing depend on the full long weekend.
Check statutory holiday rules before scheduling
Good Friday and Easter Monday carry the public holiday checks in this data set. Easter Sunday can still affect retail, service, church, restaurant, and travel demand, so verify the local rule before setting hours.
Plan the full Easter weekend
Use Friday, Sunday, and Monday together when arranging travel, family visits, customer support, school notes, and delivery cutoffs.
Do not use this date as a Canada-wide statutory holiday closure
Easter Sunday is not shown here as the Canada-wide statutory holiday closure date. Use the listed Good Friday and Easter Monday entries for the holiday ledger.
Planning checks
March 2027 Canada public holiday planning checks
4 checks
Which Canada public holidays are in March 2027?
Good Friday on Friday, March 26; and Easter Monday on Monday, March 29. Use this monthly page before planning payroll, staffing, leave, school notes, travel, banking, retail hours, delivery windows, public services, or customer notices.
Are there observed dates or provincial coverage checks in March 2027?
No separate observed weekday is shown for March 2027 because Good Friday and Easter Monday already fall on their practical weekdays. Good Friday is a statutory holiday entry for federally regulated employees. Easter Monday appears in the public holiday data, but practical coverage can differ by federal public-sector, province, school board, or employer.
Which Canadian schedules need confirmation?
Canadian statutory holidays, provincial holidays, and federal public-sector calendars do not always create the same closures. Federally regulated employees, provincial employees, schools, banks, courts, retailers, transport services, and private employers may need separate checks.
What should I verify before using this date?
Use the March page for Easter-weekend payroll, service, travel, retail, school, and appointment planning, then confirm provincial and employer rules before relying on Easter Monday as a closure date. Use the source links when a payroll, contract, booking, appointment, delivery, or public-facing opening-hours decision needs formal confirmation.
How to use it
Use this March page with the full Canada holiday calendar
3 guides
March inside the 2027 Canada holiday year
March has 2 of the 14 Canada public holiday entries listed for 2027. Use this page when the decision is limited to March, then use the full Canada 2027 calendar when surrounding months matter.
- Good Friday falls on Friday, March 26 in the 2027 Easter weekend.
- Easter Monday follows on Monday, March 29 and has coverage that depends on federal public-sector, provincial, or employer rules.
- April has no listed Canada public holiday entry in this data set, so the next listed entry after March is Victoria Day on Monday, May 24.
Canadian statutory holidays, federal holidays, and provincial holidays
Canada holiday planning needs more than one label because federal holiday entries, Canadian statutory holidays, and provincial holidays can point to different practical closure rules.
- Use statutory or observed dates for practical closure planning when the page shows them.
- Use provincial labels before applying a date to every province or territory.
- Use federal-source wording when the decision depends on federally regulated employees or federal public-sector calendars.
When to switch to quarter or annual views
The March page is best for one monthly calendar image and one monthly decision. Switch views when the work crosses into nearby Canada public holidays.
- Use the March page when one printable month is enough for the team or household.
- Use the quarter page when payroll, travel, school, retail, shipping, or service planning spans more than one month.
- Use the full Canada 2027 page when you need all 14 listed entries and source links together.
Next actions
Related March 2027 planning pages
References
Canada March 2027 public holiday sources
Source links are carried from the full Canada 2027 page. Use them when a workplace, school, travel, or service decision needs formal confirmation.