British Columbia - Average day’s pay Average day’s pay = Total wages in the 30 calendar days before the statutory holiday divided by number of days worked. Total wages includes wages, commissions, statutory holiday pay, and vacation pay but does not include overtime pay. Payments from benefit plans are not considered wages for the purposes of this section. *The average day's pay provided applies whether or not the statutory holiday falls on the employee's regularly scheduled day off. 

Alberta - Average daily wage. Average daily wage is calculated as 5% of the employee’s wages, general holiday pay and vacation pay earned in the 4 weeks immediately preceding the general holiday. *Note: Overtime pay is not included in the calculation of average daily wage. 

Saskatchewan - Employees earn public holiday pay equal to 5% of their wages earned in the four weeks (28 days) before the public holiday. Employees earn this pay whether or not they work on the public (statutory holiday). Public holiday pay is to be paid out in the pay period the holiday occurs in. When calculating the public holiday pay, overtime, bonuses and gratuities are not included in the calculation. Commission and any vacation pay are included in the calculation.   

Manitoba - Employees who consistently work the same number of hours get one regular work day’s pay as general holiday pay. For employees whose hours of work or wages vary, general holiday pay is calculated at 5% of the gross wages (not including overtime) in the 4 week period immediately before the holiday. 

Ontario - Public holiday pay / Regular pay = four work weeks before the work week with the public holiday plus all of the vacation pay payable to the employee with respect to the four work weeks before the work week with the public holiday, divided by 20. 

Quebec - Average daily wage If wages vary, the rate is arrived at by taking 1/20th of the wages in the last four weeks worked prior to the holiday (excluding overtime) For commissioned employees, the payment must be equal to 1/60th of the wages earned during the 12 complete weeks of pay before the holiday. 

Newfoundland and Labrador - Regular Wages Regular wages are determined by multiplying the employee's hourly rate of pay by the average number of hours worked in a day by the employee in the 3 weeks immediately preceding the holiday. 

New Brunswick - Regular days Pay If pay is variable, a regular day’s pay is the average wage rate (excluding overtime) for the days worked in the 30 calendar days preceding the holiday. 

Nova Scotia - Regular days Pay If pay is variable, a regular day’s pay can be determined by average daily wages in the four weeks worked immediately before the week in which the holiday falls. 

PEI - Regular days Pay If pay is variable, a regular day’s pay can be determined by averaging hours or wages over the 30 calendar days preceding the holiday. 

NWT - Regular days Pay If pay is variable, a regular day’s pay can be determined by average daily wages in the four weeks worked immediately before the week in which the holiday falls. 

Yukon - Regular days Pay If pay is variable, regular days pay is 10% of the wages (excluding vacation pay) earned for the hours worked in the 2 calendar weeks immediately prior to the week in which the holiday falls. This would include any overtime earned during that period. 

Nunavut - Regular days Pay If pay is variable, regular days pay is average daily wages in the four weeks worked immediately before the week in which the holiday falls.