Public holidays 2027 in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has 8 public holidays in 2027; 7 fall on a working day.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |||
| Monday | Heritage Day | |||
| Friday | Good Friday | |||
| Thursday | Canada Day | |||
| Monday | Labor Day | Labour Day | ||
| Thursday | Remembrance Day | |||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | |||
| Monday | Christmas Day (observed) |
Falling on a weekend in 2027: Christmas Day (Saturday, 25 Dec).
Not a public holiday in every province, but in Nova Scotia: Heritage Day and Remembrance Day.
For comparison: in 2027 the number of public holidays ranges from 8 (Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia) to 12 (British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon). Nova Scotia is among the provinces with the fewest public holidays.
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Long weekends 2027
8 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 16 Feb, Wed 17 Feb, Thu 18 Feb, Fri 19 Feb | 13 Feb – 21 Feb 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Heritage Day |
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 20 Mar – 28 Mar 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Good Friday |
| Mon 28 Jun, Tue 29 Jun, Wed 30 Jun | 26 Jun – 1 Jul 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Canada Day |
| Fri 2 Jul | 1 Jul – 4 Jul 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Canada Day |
| Tue 7 Sep, Wed 8 Sep, Thu 9 Sep, Fri 10 Sep | 4 Sep – 12 Sep 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labor Day |
| Mon 8 Nov, Tue 9 Nov, Wed 10 Nov | 6 Nov – 11 Nov 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Remembrance Day |
| Fri 12 Nov | 11 Nov – 14 Nov 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Remembrance Day |
| Tue 28 Dec, Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec, Fri 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 2 Jan 2028 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day, Christmas Day (observed) |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code CA (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.canadian) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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