This is the 2023 Canadian Payroll Calendar. If you’re looking for the US Calendar, click here. 

Keeping up with payroll dates, as well as federal and provincial holidays can be a challenge, which is why we put together the Wagepoint 2023 Canadian Small Business Payroll Calendar.

It gives you a year-long overview of key small business payroll deadlines and holiday closures — so you can focus on running your business without worrying about missing important dates.

2023 payroll calendar dates

📌 Get off to the right start — make sure that you’re aware of any minimum wage, overtime and other changes that may affect your payroll.

*For national holidays with bank closures, allow at least one extra business day for direct deposit.

January 2023

Jan. 1 — Payroll Deductions Online Calculator (PDOC) updated

Jan. 1  — New Year’s Day

Jan. 2 — New Year’s Day Observed — All banks closed*

​Jan. 5 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Jan. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)

Jan. 11 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Jan. 16 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Jan. 18 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Jan. 25 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month..)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

February 2023

Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day

Feb. 3 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Feb. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day

Feb. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Feb. 17 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Feb. 20 — Family Day AB, BC, NB, ON, SK | Heritage Day NS | Islander Day PE | Louis Riel Day MB | Some banks closed

Feb. 24 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Feb. 25 — Yukon Heritage Day YT — Some banks closed

Note: As Yukon Heritage Day is not a national or federal holiday, the Threshold 2 remitter payments are due on Feb. 25.

Feb. 27 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

Feb. 28 — T4, T4A and RL-1 information returns due

📌 Everything you need to know about T4s, T4As and RL-1s as a small business employer.

March 2023

Mar. 3 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Mar. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Mar. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Mar. 17 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Mar. 17 — St. Patrick’s Day (All except NL)

Mar. 20 — St. Patrick’s Day (NL)

Mar. 24 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Mar. 27 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

April 2023

Apr. 5 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Apr. 7 — Good Friday (all except QC) | All banks closed*

Apr. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)

Apr. 10 — Easter Monday QC | Some banks closed

• Note: As Easter Monday is not a national or federal holiday, the Threshold 1 remitter payments are due on April 10

Apr. 12 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Apr. 17 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Apr. 19 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Apr. 25 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

Apr. 26 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

May 2023

May 1 — Filing deadline:

• Personal income tax
• Sole proprietors and partnerships

May 3 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

May 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

May 14 — Mother’s Day

May 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

May 17 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

May 22 — Victoria Day AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NT, NU, ON, SK, YK | National Patriots’ Day QC | All banks closed*

May 25 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

June 2023

Jun. 5 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Jun. 12 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Jun. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly tax payments

Jun. 15 — Filing deadline:

• Self-employed income taxes

Jun. 18 — Father’s Day

Jun. 19 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Jun. 21 — National Indigenous Peoples Day NT, YT | Some banks closed

Jun. 24 — Fête nationale du Québec (St. Jean Baptiste Day) QC | Some banks closed

Jun. 26 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

July 2023

Jul. 1 — Canada Day

Jul. 3 —

• Canada Day Observed | All banks closed*
• Payroll Deductions Online Calculator (PDOC) updated

Jul. 6 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Jul. 9 — Nunavut Day NU | Some banks closed

Jul. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)

Jul. 12 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Jul. 12 — Orangemen’s Day NL | Some banks closed

• Note: As Orangeman’s Day is not a national or federal holiday, the Threshold 2 remitter payments are due on July 12

Jul. 17 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Jul. 19 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Jul. 25 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

Jul. 26 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

August 2023

Aug. 3 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Aug. 7 — Civic/Provincial Holiday PE, NT, NU | Terry Fox Day MB | New Brunswick Day NB | British Columbia Day BC | Saskatchewan Day SK | Heritage Day AB | Natal Day NS | Some banks closed

Aug. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Aug. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Aug. 17 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Aug. 21 _ Discovery Day YT | Some banks closed

Aug. 24 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Aug. 25 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

September 2023

Sep. 4 — Labour Day | All banks closed*

Sep. 6 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Sep. 11 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)

Sep. 12 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Sep. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Sep. 19 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Sep. 25 — Payment readline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

Sep. 26 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Sep. 30 — National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

October 2023

Oct. 2 — National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Observed | All banks closed*

Oct. 4 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Oct. 9 — Thanksgiving Day | All banks closed*

Oct. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)

Oct. 12 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Oct. 16 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Oct. 18 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Oct. 25 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Oct. 31 — Halloween

November 2023

Nov. 3 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Nov. 10 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)
• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Nov. 11 — Remembrance Day

Nov. 13 — Remembrance Day Observed (All except ON, QC) | Some banks closed

Nov. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Nov. 17 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Nov. 24 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Nov. 27 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

December 2023

Dec. 5 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Dec. 11 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month and between the 1st to 7th of the current month.)

Dec. 12 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 1st to 7th of the month.)

Dec. 15 — Payment deadline:

• Regular remitter payments
• Quarterly remitter payments

Dec. 19 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve

Dec. 25 — Christmas Day | All banks closed*

Dec. 26 — Boxing Day | All banks closed*

• Note: Boxing Day is a federal holiday and is listed in the Canadian Labour Code as a holiday. However, it is not uniformly observed in all provinces and territories. It is not an official holiday in Québec, nor is it a statutory holiday in Alberta and British Columbia.

Dec. 27 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)

Dec. 28 — Payment deadline:

• Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 15th to 21st of the month.)

Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve

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