a common day off in Halifax Regional Municipality. Nunavut Five nationwide and four territorial statutory holidays. Boxing Day is not a statutory holiday. Territorial statutory Victoria Day – Monday preceding May 25 Civic Holiday – first Monday in August Thanksgiving – second Monday in October Remembrance Day – November 11 Optional Nunavut Day – July 9, originated as a paid holiday for Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and regional Inuit associations. It became a half-day holiday for government employees in 1999 and a full day in 2001. Most employers give the day off with the notable exceptions being the federal government and the North West Company. Not a statutory holiday. Ontario Five nationwide and four provincial statutory holidays. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially recognized in Toronto in 2018 and has also been in Ottawa, though not as a paid holiday. Provincial statutory Family Day – third Monday in February Victoria Day – Monday preceding May 25 Thanksgiving Day – second Monday of October Boxing Day – December 26 Optional Civic Holiday – first Monday in August; not a statutory holiday. Remembrance Day – November 11; not a statutory holiday. Prince Edward Island Five nationwide and three provincial statutory holidays. Provincial statutory Islander Day – third Monday in February (originally second) Truth and Reconciliation Day – September 30 Remembrance Day – November 11 In addition, Gold Cup Parade Day is celebrated in the capital city of Charlottetown on the third Friday in August, marking the end of the Provincial Exhibition and the Gold Cup and Saucer race at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The day is observed as a holiday by some businesses in the central and eastern areas of the province. Quebec In Quebec, there are five nationwide and three provincial statutory holidays. Remembrance Day and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays, and there is no civic holiday in August. Many details of employment law are different in Quebec. The official statutory holidays are: January 1 (New Year’s Day) Good Friday or Easter Monday at the employer’s choice Monday preceding May 25 (National Patriots' Day) June 24 (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) July 1. If this date falls on a Sunday: July 2 (Canada Day) First Monday in September (Labour Day) Second Monday in October (Thanksgiving Day) December 25 (Christmas Day). Optional Construction Holiday () takes place during the last two weeks of July and also the last two weeks of December for Christmas