List of all Holidays

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List of Holidays for the U.S., Canada and Mexico

I can't tell you how often a holiday has slipped my mind.
I hope you'll find this list of holidays for 2009/2010 helpful.

Click either link to view the Holidays List in Date Order or Alphabetical Order.

Holiday Name (Country)	2009	2010
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday	Feb 12	Feb 12
Administrative Professionals Day	Apr 22	Apr 28
April Fools' Day	Apr 1	Apr 1
Armed Forces Day	May 16	May 15
Ash Wednesday	Feb 25	Feb 17
Autumnal Equinox	Sep 22	Sep 23
Boxing Day (Canada)	Dec 26	Dec 26
Canada Day (Canada)	Jul 1	Jul 1
Child Day (Canada)	Nov 20	Nov 20
Chinese New Year	Jan 26	Feb 14
Christmas Day	Dec 25	Dec 25
Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)	May 5	May 5
Columbus Day (Observed)	Oct 12	Oct 11
Columbus Day	Oct 12	Oct 11
Daylight Saving Time Begins - Clocks Ahead 1 hour - "Spring Forward"	Mar 8	Mar 14
Daylight Saving Time Ends - Clocks Back 1 hour - "Fall Back"	Nov 1	Nov 7
Día de la Candelaria or Candlemas (Mexico)	Feb 2	Feb 2
Día de la Constitución (Mexico)	Feb 5	Feb 5
Día de la Raza (Mexico)	Oct 12	Oct 12
Dia de Los Muertos (Mexico)	Nov 1 & 2	Nov 1 & 2
Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Mexico)	Dec 12	Dec 12
Earth Day	Apr 22	Apr 22
Easter Sunday	Apr 12	Apr 4
Election Day	Nov 3	Nov 2
Father's Day	Jun 21	Jun 20
Flag Day	Jun 14	Jun 14
Flag Day (Mexico)	Feb 24	Feb 24
George Washington's Birthday	Feb 22	Feb 15
Good Friday	Apr 10	Apr 2
Grandparent's Day	Sep 13	Sep 12
Groundhog Day (US & Canada)	Feb 2	Feb 2
Halloween	Oct 31	Oct 31
Hanukkah Begins Sundown	Dec 12	Dec 2
Independence Day	Jul 4	Jul 4
Independence Day (Mexico)	Sep 16	Sep 16
Kwanzaa Begins	Dec 26	Dec 26
Kwanzaa Ends	Jan 1	Jan 1
Labor Day / Labour Day (Canada)	Sep 7	Sep 6
Las Posadas (Mexico)	Dec 16	Dec 16
Los Niños Héroes (Mexico)	Sep 13	Sep 13
Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday	Jan 15	Jan 15
Martin Luther King Jr's Day	Jan 19	Jan 18
Memorial Day	May 25	May 31
Mexican Revolution Day (Mexico)	Nov 20	Nov 20
Mother's Day	May 10	May 9
Navidad (Mexico)	Dec 25	Dec 25
Navy Day (Mexico)	Jun 1	Jun 1
New Year's Day	Jan 1	Jan 1
Palm Sunday	Apr 5	Apr 5
Passover Begins Sundown	Apr 9	Apr 9
Pearl Harbor Day	Dec 7	Dec 7
President's Day	Feb 18	Feb 18
Primero de Mayo (Mexico)	May 1	May 1
Remembrance Day (Canada)	Nov 11	Nov 11
Rosh Hashanah Begins Sundown	Sep 19	Sep 19
St. John the Baptist Day (Canada, Mexico)	Jun 24	Jun 24
St. Joseph's Day (Mexico)	Mar 19	Mar 19
St. Patrick's Day	Mar 17	Mar 17
Summer Solstice	Jun 21	Jun 21
Thanksgiving	Nov 26	Nov 25
Thanksgiving Day (Canada)	Oct 12	Oct 11
United Nations Day	Oct 24	Oct 24
Valentine's Day	Feb 14	Feb 14
Vernal Equinox	Mar 20	Mar 20
Veterans Day	Nov 11	Nov 11
Victoria Day (Canada)	May 18	May 24
Winter Solstice	Dec 21	Dec 21
Yom Kippur Begins Sundown	Sep 28	Sep 18

Here's a funny story that maybe even you've experienced (or something close). A few years ago, when I was young, I woke up late for work. I raced across the city on my bicycle trying to make up time, cutting corners and going through red lights (got pulled over by the police for that one), and acting like a bit of a maniac. When I arrived at work I signed in at the security desk and was told that it was a Holiday! I had no idea! All that panic to get to work on time was all for not and just a bit embarassing.

Although it took me a long time to put two and two together, I finally got my hands on a list showing all Holidays for 2009 so I don't have to wonder when my next day off from work is and more importantly, the next important gift giving holiday is going to be. Now, I can finally put an end to last-minute shopping panic by referring to the Calendar below.