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Regional calendars
Holiday dates are only useful when they match the calendar your employer follows. These regional pages pair government sources with the same calendar logic used by Holiday Optimizer, then show what 10, 15, or 20 PTO days can produce.
Every state is covered with official sources, state-specific differences, and generated PTO results. Washington, D.C. is included separately.
Additional U.S. jurisdiction
Washington, D.C.
Source-reviewed provincial, national, and regional calendars for Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Ireland.
Canada
Ontario has nine public holidays under the Employment Standards Act for most eligible employees. The most useful PTO bridges usually sit beside Family Day, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving, and the year-end holidays.
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England and Wales share the same bank-holiday calendar. Monday bank holidays create frequent three-day weekends, while Christmas and Boxing Day substitute dates can produce the strongest year-end PTO bridge.
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New South Wales has a state-specific public-holiday calendar. Easter creates a four-day block, Monday holidays create easy long weekends, and the additional Anzac Day public holidays in 2026 and 2027 create an extra planning opportunity.
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Quebec observes 8 statutory holidays under the Act respecting labour standards — fewer than Ontario's 9, since Quebec does not require Boxing Day and treats the spring holiday as an employer choice between Good Friday and Easter Monday, not both. In exchange, Quebec adds two holidays no other province has: National Patriots' Day and the Fête nationale (June 24).
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British Columbia observes 11 statutory holidays under the Employment Standards Act — more than Ontario's 9, since BC adds Remembrance Day, British Columbia Day, and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, while (unlike Ontario) not observing Boxing Day as a statutory holiday.
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Scotland's bank-holiday calendar differs from England's in real ways: a second New Year holiday on January 2nd, an extra St Andrew's Day bank holiday (November 30) that England doesn't observe, no Easter Monday, and a Summer bank holiday in early August instead of late August. 2026 also carries a one-off bank holiday for Scotland's men's football World Cup appearance.
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Northern Ireland shares England's Easter Monday and late-August Summer bank holiday, but adds two bank holidays England does not have: St Patrick's Day (March 17) and Battle of the Boyne / Orangemen's Day (July 12).
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Victoria's calendar is built around two holidays no other state has — AFL Grand Final Friday and Melbourne Cup Day — and moves Labour Day to early March instead of NSW's October date. Unlike NSW, Victoria does not shift Anzac Day to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.
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Queensland moves Labour Day to early May and King's Birthday to October — both different from NSW and Victoria. Queensland only shifts Anzac Day to the following Monday when it falls on a Sunday, not a Saturday.
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Ireland has 10 national public holidays with no state or provincial variation. St. Brigid's Day (February 1) is the newest, added in 2023: it falls on the first Monday in February, except when February 1 itself is a Friday, in which case the Friday is the holiday. Easter Sunday and Good Friday are not public holidays in Ireland — only Easter Monday is.
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