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Vacation Pay Rates and Entitlements

 

British Columbia
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 5 years
6% after 5 years
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 2 weeks
After 5 years - 3 weeks

Alberta
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 5 years
6% after 5 years
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 2 weeks
after 5 years - 3 weeks

Saskatchewan
Holiday Pay 6% for the first 9 years
8% after 9 years
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 3 weeks
After 10 years - 4 weeks

Manitoba
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 5 years
6% after 5 years
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 2 weeks
After 5 years - 3 weeks

Ontario
Holiday Pay 4% of gross
Vacation Entitlements
After 12 months - 2 weeks

Quebec
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 5 years
6% after 5 years
Vacation Entitlements From 1 to 5 years - 2 consecutive weeks plus optional days without pay up to 3 weeks
After 5 years - 3 consecutive weeks

New Brunswick
Holiday Pay 4% for less than 8 years
6% after 8 years
Vacation Entitlements up to 8 years - 2 regular weeks or 1 day for each calender month in which an

Nova Scotia
Holiday Pay 4% for less than 8 years
6% after 8 years
Vacation Entitlements After 12 months - 2 weeks
After 8 years - 3 weeks

Prince Edward Island
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 8 years.
6% after 8 years.
Vacation Entitlements After 12 months - 2 weeks
After 8 years - 3 weeks

Newfoundland & Labrador
Holiday Pay 4% up to 15 years
6% after 15 years
Vacation Entitlements After 12 months - 2 weeks
After 15 years - 3 weeks

Yukon
Holiday Pay 4%
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 2 weeks

Northwest Territories
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 5 years
6% after 5 years
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 2 weeks
After 5 years - 3 weeks

Nunavut
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 5 years
6% after 5 years
Vacation Entitlements after 1 year - 2 weeks
after 5 years (these years may be non-consecutive if within 10 years) - 3 weeks

Federal Government
Holiday Pay 4% for the first 6 years
6% after 6 years
Vacation Entitlements After 1 year - 2 weeks
After 6 years - 3 weeks