Vacation and general holidays
Starting September 1, 2020, interns and student interns in federally regulated industries or workplaces are entitled to the following:
- Interns:
- entitled to receive full labour standards protections, under Part III of the Canada Labour Code
- must be paid at least minimum wage
- Student interns, who are undertaking internships to fulfill the requirements of their educational program:
- entitled to receive certain federal labour standards protections
- not required to be paid
For more information:
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Annual vacation
Federally regulated employees are entitled to a minimum of 2 weeks of vacation annually after completing 1 year of employment with the same employer. After 5 consecutive years of employment with the same employer, the entitlement increases to 3 weeks of vacation annually.
For general information, please consult Annual vacations (Publication 3 – Labour Standards).
For technical guidance, please consult Vacation pay (IPG-012).
A vacation pay calculator is available to assist in determining vacation entitlements. This calculator applies to the majority of employees in the federal jurisdiction.
Note: For this provision, where the collective agreement provides rights and benefits as favourable as or better than the minimum standards set by the Code, and provides for third party settlement of disputes, the requirements of the Code do not apply.
General holidays
Federally regulated employees are entitled to nine paid general holidays every year. These are also known as statutory holidays.
They are:
- New Year's Day
- Good Friday
- Victoria Day
- Canada Day
- Labour Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Remembrance Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
For general information, please consult General holidays (Publication 4 – Labour Standards) and General holidays – Continuous operations (Publication 4A – Labour Standards).
To calculate an entitlement for a specific holiday, use the General holiday calculator
Note: For this provision, where the collective agreement provides rights and benefits as favourable as or better than the minimum standards set by the Code, and provides for third party settlement of disputes, the requirements of the Code do not apply.
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