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Vacation Pay Calculator: Canada, Every Province and Territory (2026)

How much vacation pay is required in Canada?

Usually 4% of wages with two weeks' vacation, rising to 6% and three weeks after five years in most places (eight years in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, fifteen in Newfoundland and Labrador). Saskatchewan gives three weeks from the first year at 3/52 (5.77%), and four weeks at 4/52 after ten years. Federal employees reach 8% and four weeks at ten years. PEI moved its increase to five years on 30 June 2026.

The percentage is the easy part. What changes the cheque is which wages count: Ontario includes overtime and termination pay, Alberta and Manitoba exclude overtime, Quebec includes tips.

Choose the jurisdiction, enter the start date and the year's wages; the calculator gives the time, the rate and the amount, and when the next increase comes.

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Built by Muhammad Shahzeb Anwar, MSc Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The schedule for each jurisdiction comes from its own employment standards law, linked below.

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Use the wages that count in this jurisdiction (see the note under the results).

All 14 jurisdictions

JurisdictionVacation timeVacation pay
Federal (Canada Labour Code)2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr; 4 wks from 10 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr; 8% from 10 yr
Ontario2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
Quebec1 day/month; 2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 3 yr4%; 6% from 3 yr
British Columbia2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
Alberta2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
Saskatchewan3 wks from 1 yr; 4 wks from 10 yr5.77%; 7.69% from 10 yr
Manitoba2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
New Brunswick2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 8 yr4%; 6% from 8 yr
Nova Scotia2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 8 yr4%; 6% from 7 yr
Prince Edward Island (Act in force 30 June 2026)2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
Newfoundland and Labrador2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 15 yr4%; 6% from 15 yr
Yukon2 wks from 1 yr4%
Northwest Territories2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
Nunavut2 wks from 1 yr; 3 wks from 5 yr4%; 6% from 5 yr
Before you rely on this

What this will not tell you

This applies the statutory minimums to the figures you enter, by completed years of service at the date you choose. It does not track vacation years, carry-over or scheduling rules, or what your contract adds. A few details were not verified: Quebec's payout deadline, Nova Scotia's exact wording on when 6% starts, and later Nunavut amendments. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

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How is vacation pay calculated in Ontario?

4% of gross wages earned in the vacation entitlement year, or 6% after five years, including overtime, holiday pay and termination pay but not discretionary bonuses or tips. Vacation time is two weeks, or three after five years.

What is vacation pay in Saskatchewan?

3/52 of wages (5.77%) with three weeks' vacation from the first year, and 4/52 (7.69%) with four weeks after ten years. Overtime and holiday pay count.

When does vacation pay go to 6%?

After five years in most of Canada, including Ontario, BC, Alberta, Manitoba, PEI (since 30 June 2026) and federally; after eight years in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; after fifteen in Newfoundland and Labrador; after three in Quebec. Yukon stays at 4%.

Is overtime included in vacation pay?

It depends on the province: Ontario, BC, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Northwest Territories include it; Alberta and Manitoba exclude it.

When is vacation pay paid when a job ends?

Within a set time of the end of employment, from 'without delay' in the territories to 7 days in Ontario and Yukon, 10 days in Manitoba and Nova Scotia, 14 in Saskatchewan and 30 federally.

Where every rule comes from

Sources

Checked against the text of the law on 16 October 2026. Laws and notified rates change; if a source below has moved on, the source wins over this page.

  1. Federal (Canada Labour Code): https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/page-26.html
  2. Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/vacation
  3. Quebec: https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/en/working-conditions/leave/annual-vacation
  4. British Columbia: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/time-off/vacation
  5. Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/vacation-pay
  6. Saskatchewan: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/employment-standards/vacations-and-vacation-pay/annual-vacation-and-vacation-pay/calculating-and-paying-vacation-pay
  7. Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards/doc,vacations,factsheet.html
  8. New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/en/topic/jobs-workplaces/labour-market-workforce/employment-standards/holiday-vacation.html
  9. Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca/lae/employmentrights/vacationleavepay.asp
  10. Prince Edward Island (Act in force 30 June 2026): https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/b281/E-6.3-Employment%20Standards%20Act.pdf
  11. Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/l02.htm
  12. Yukon: https://yukon.ca/en/employment/learn-about-annual-vacation-pay-and-vacation-time
  13. Northwest Territories: https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/files/legislation/employment-standards/employment-standards.a.pdf
  14. Nunavut: https://www.nunavutlegislation.ca/en/file-download/download/public/7190
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