Calculate your statutory holiday pay in Quebec using the official Employment Standards formula. See the Quebec stat holiday calendar 2026 for the dates, or jump to the national stat pay calculator to compare provinces.
Wages earned in last 4 complete weeks ÷ 20
Average daily wage based on the 4 weeks before the holiday, excluding overtime. Commission workers use 1/60 of wages from the 12 weeks before.
Your Quebec 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 Quebec formula gives a stat pay of $200.00. If they also work the holiday, they get an additional $300.00 in premium pay.
All employees qualify, regardless of length of service, if they don't take an unjustified absence on the working day before or after the holiday.
Either an indemnity equal to the average daily wage OR a compensatory day off within the 3 weeks following — employer chooses.
Compensatory day off within 3 weeks before or after the holiday, OR an indemnity payment equal to your stat pay.
Forgetting that Quebec uniquely observes Saint-Jean-Baptiste (June 24) as the National Holiday — distinct from Canada Day.
The Quebec Employment Standards Act applies uniformly across the province — these rules cover workers in Montreal, Quebec City, Laval, Gatineau, Longueuil and everywhere else. Workers in federally regulated industries (banks, airlines, telecoms, federal Crown corporations) follow the federal stat pay rules regardless of city.
Source: CNESST — Statutory Holidays