Dates for the construction holiday weeks and paid holidays, 2023 to 2025
Well deserved construction holidays!
To maintain solid strength and nerves of steel, construction workers get 4 weeks of paid vacation and paid holidays. When sites close for breaks, it’s time to recharge your battery and spend quality time with your family and friends.
Here are the dates of the construction holiday weeks and paid holidays as defined in the 2023-2025 collective agreements:
2024
Weeks of the winter construction holiday: December 23, 2024, to January 4, 2025
2025
- New Year’s Day: January 1, 2025
- Good Friday: April 18, 2025
- Easter Monday: April 21, 2025
- National Patriots’ Day: Monday, May 19, 2025
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
- Canada Day: Monday, June 30, 2025 (since July 1 falls on a Tuesday, we are moving it to the day before, to give you a 3-day weekend)
- Labour Day: Monday, September 1, 2025
- Thanksgiving Day: Monday, October 13, 2025
- Remembrance Day: Monday, November 10, 2025
The dates of statutory holidays for the years 2026 to 2029 are to be defined during the collective agreement negotiations that are currently underway.
When do you receive your vacation pay?
Every month, employers transfer the amounts for annual mandatory holidays and sick leave set out in the collective agreements to the CCQ. It represents 13% of the pay workers earn each workweek.
Amounts for vacations and holidays are paid at the end of the months of June and November.