2024 Canadian Small Business Payroll Calendar

Keeping up with payroll dates, as well as federal and provincial holidays can be a challenge, which is why we put together this 2024 Canadian small business payroll calendar.

It gives you a year-long overview of:

• Payroll tax payment deadlines
• Bank closures
• Holidays

With this calendar, you’ll be setting up your year for success!

2024 small business 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.

January 2024

Jan. 1

• New Year’s Day — All banks closed*
• Payroll Deductions Online Calculator (PDOC) updated

​Jan. 2

• Day After New Year’s Day (QC) — Some banks closed

Jan. 4

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

Jan. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

Jan. 17

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

Jan. 24

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

Jan. 25

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

February 2024

Feb. 2

• Groundhog Day

Feb. 5

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

Feb. 12

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month.)
• Payment deadline: 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

Feb. 19

• Family Day (AB, BC, NB, ON, SK) — Some banks closed
• Heritage Day (NS) — Some banks closed
• Islander Day (PE) — Some banks closed
• Louis Riel Day (MB) — Some banks closed
• Payment deadline: Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Feb. 23

• Yukon Heritage Day (YT) — Some banks closed

Feb. 26

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

Feb. 29

• Filing deadline: T4, T4A and RL-1 information returns due
• Leap Day

March 2024

Mar. 5

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

Mar. 11

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month.)

Mar. 12

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

Mar. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

Mar. 17

• St. Patrick’s Day (All except NL)

Mar. 18

• St. Patrick’s Day (NL)

Mar. 19

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

Mar. 25

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

Mar. 26

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

Mar. 29

• Good Friday — All banks closed*

Note: In Québec, employers can either choose to observe Good Friday or Easter Monday as the holiday.

April 2024

Apr. 1

• Easter Monday (QC) — Some banks closed

Note: In Québec, employers can either choose to observe Good Friday or Easter Monday as the holiday.

Apr. 3

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

Apr. 10

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

Apr. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments
• Payment deadline: Quarterly remitter payments

Apr. 17

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

Apr. 24

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

Apr. 25

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

Apr. 30

• Filing deadline: Personal income tax
• Filing deadline: Sole proprietors and partnerships

May 2024

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

May 12

• Mother’s Day

May 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

May 17

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

May 20

• Victoria Day (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, SK, YK) — All banks closed*
• National Patriots’ Day / Journée nationale des patriotes (QC) — All banks closed*

May 24

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

May 27

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

June 2024

Jun. 5

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

Jun. 10

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month.)

Jun. 12

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

Jun. 16

• Father’s Day

Jun. 17

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments
• Filing deadline: Self-employed income taxes

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
• Discovery Day (NL)

Jun. 25

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

Jun. 26

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

July 2024

Jul. 1

• Canada Day/Memorial Day — All banks closed*
• Payroll Deductions Online Calculator (PDOC) updated

Jul. 4

• 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.)

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

Jul. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments
• Payment deadline: Quarterly remitter payments
• 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: Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Jul. 24

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

Jul. 25

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

August 2024

Aug. 5

• Civic/Provincial Holiday (PEI, NT, NU) — Some banks closed
• Terry Fox Day (MB) — Some banks closed
• New Brunswick Day (NB) — Some banks closed
• British Columbia Day (BC) — Some banks closed
• Saskatchewan Day (SK) — Some banks closed
• Heritage Day (AB) — Some banks closed
• Natal Day (NS)— Some banks closed
• Payment deadline: Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid from the 22nd to the last day of the previous month.)

Aug. 12

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

Aug. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

Aug. 19

• Discovery Day (YT) — Some banks closed
• Payment deadline: Threshold 2 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 8th to 14th of the month.)

Aug. 26

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

September 2024

Sep. 2

• Labour Day — All banks closed*

Sep. 5

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

Sep. 10

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month.)

Sep. 11

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

Sep. 16

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

Sep. 18

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

Sep. 25

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 1st and the 15th of the month.)
• 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 — All banks closed*

October 2024

Oct. 3

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

Oct. 10

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

Oct. 14

• Thanksgiving Day — All banks closed*

Note: Thanksgiving is not observed as a stat holiday in NB, NL, NS or PE.

Oct. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments
• Payment deadline: Quarterly remitter payments

Oct. 17

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

Oct. 24

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

Oct. 25

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

Oct. 31

• Halloween

November 2024

Nov. 5

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

Nov. 11

• Remembrance Day — All banks closed*

Note: Remembrance Day is not a stat holiday in ON and QC.

Nov. 12

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month.)

Nov. 13

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

Nov. 15

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

Nov. 19

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

Nov. 25

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

Nov. 26

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

December 2024

Dec. 4

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

Dec. 10

• Payment deadline: Threshold 1 remitter payments due (For payrolls paid between the 16th and the last day of the previous month.)

Dec. 11

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

Dec. 16

• Payment deadline: Regular remitter payments

Dec. 18

• 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 and is only a stat holiday in NT, NU and ON.

Dec. 27

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

Dec. 31

• New Year’s Eve

Notes for Wagepoint users.

• For national holidays with bank closures, allow at least one extra business day for direct deposit.
• Although some clients may qualify for a quarterly remittance, at Wagepoint, we remit monthly for all remittance schedules other than those that require accelerated threshold 1 or 2.

Enjoy your small business payroll calendar.

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The advice we share on our blog is intended to be informational. It does not replace the expertise of accredited business professionals. Wagepoint assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document.