Purolator holiday schedule

Purolator holidays for the rest of 2026

Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this year, and Purolator closes on both the Saturday and the Monday after it. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve aren’t on its holiday list. Purolator marks the whole list “subject to change.”

Remembrance Day by province

Remembrance Day is the one holiday left this season that Purolator keeps in some provinces and not others, and the carriers don’t agree on it either. Purolator works in Ontario and Quebec and is closed everywhere else, so a parcel to or from the other provinces and territories waits until the next business day. ProtonShip’s delivery estimates apply the same rule, province by province.

Last day to ship for Christmas 2026

Purolator’s December 2026 send-by list gives Wednesday, December 23 as the last day to ship within Canada for next-day delivery, where next-day service is available. It gives no date for Purolator Ground within Canada, which takes one or more business days depending on the route. The delivery time calculator shows those days for your postal codes, and the holidays above don’t count as business days.

Purolator holidays in 2027

Purolator publishes its holiday list one year at a time, and the only 2027 date on it so far is New Year’s Day. Until the rest is out, its 2026 list is the best guide. These are the holidays it observed earlier in 2026, with the provinces exactly as Purolator listed them:

Easter Monday wasn’t on the 2026 list. Family Day was a Purolator holiday only in the provinces named, and the Civic Holiday everywhere except Quebec and Yukon. For the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Purolator marked September 29 and October 1 as normal operations and September 30 as closed.

Is Purolator open on these holidays?

Purolator locations on holidays

Purolator doesn’t publish holiday hours for its locations. Retail partners such as Staples keep their own business hours, and many Purolator drop boxes and parcel lockers are open around the clock, so a place to leave a parcel may be open on a day Purolator is closed. A parcel left that day moves on Purolator’s next working day at the earliest. Each location’s hours are in Purolator’s location finder.

Shipping around Purolator’s holidays

A ProtonShip quote dates each Purolator service from Purolator’s own holiday list, for the province the parcel leaves from and the one it goes to, and the couriers next to it in the quote keep their own schedules. On a day like Remembrance Day that can change which service arrives first. Are carriers open today? checks a single day for every carrier, and the Canada Post holiday schedule, UPS holiday schedule, FedEx holiday schedule and UniUni holiday schedule cover the rest.