Calculate your statutory holiday pay in British Columbia using the official Employment Standards formula. See the British Columbia stat holiday calendar 2026 for the dates, or jump to the national stat pay calculator to compare provinces.
Wages earned in last 30 calendar days ÷ days worked
Add total wages (regular + vacation pay + stat pay) earned in the 30 calendar days before the holiday. Divide by the number of days you actually worked in that window. That's your daily stat pay.
Your British Columbia stat pay
$200.00
Base stat pay
$200.00
Take a worker earning $25/hour for 40 hours/week for the 4 weeks before the holiday. Total wages over the lookback period: $4000.00. Applying the British Columbia formula gives a stat pay of $200.00. If they also work the holiday, they get an additional $300.00 in premium pay.
You must have been employed for 30+ calendar days AND worked or earned wages on at least 15 of those 30 days (or worked under an averaging agreement).
Stat pay PLUS 1.5× regular rate for the first 12 hours and 2× after that.
You still get the average daily stat pay if you meet the 15-of-30 days test.
Forgetting to count 'days worked' correctly — every day with any hours counts as one day, even a 2-hour shift.
The British Columbia Employment Standards Act applies uniformly across the province — these rules cover workers in Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Victoria, Richmond and everywhere else. Workers in federally regulated industries (banks, airlines, telecoms, federal Crown corporations) follow the federal stat pay rules regardless of city.