What is Purolator’s 2025 holiday shipping schedule?

What is Purolator’s 2025 holiday shipping schedule?

Purolator closes its operations for Canadian-bound shipments on a variety of dates throughout the year. This can be simplified into two groups: national holidays affecting the entire country and regional holidays affecting some but not all territories or provinces. This blog distinguishes those two groups in two easy-to-read tables. In addition, to help you with ever increasing shipping costs we also present Secureship’s shipping calculator, an easy-to-use online tool that can quickly find you big savings with Purolator and other couriers.

Table of Contents

• Purolator’s Closures for National Holidays in 2025
• Purolator’s Closures for Regional Holidays in 2025
• Secureship’s Shipping Calculator
• Conclusion

Purolator’s Closures for National Holidays in 2025

All of Purolator’s operations will close down nationally for a total of nine statutory holidays during 2025 as outlined below.

Holiday	2025 Date
New Year’s Day	Wednesday, January 1
Good Friday	Friday, April 18
Victoria Day	Monday, May 19
Canada Day	Tuesday, July 1
Labour Day	Monday, September 1
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation	Tuesday, September 30
Thanksgiving Day	Monday, October 13
Christmas Day	Thursday, December 25
Boxing Day	Friday, December 26

Purolator’s Closures for Regional Holidays in 2025

Beyond the national statutory holidays, Purolator also closes operations in certain territories and provinces for their regional holidays. In these cases, deliveries and pickups may affect only one territory or province or it may include all but one or two of them.

Holiday	2025 Date	Provinces and/or Territories Affected
Family Day/Louis Riel Day	Monday, February 17	Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario1
National Indigenous Peoples Day	Saturday, June 21	Yukon and Northwest Territories
St. Jean-de-Baptiste Day	Tuesday, June 24	Quebec
Nunavut Day	Wednesday, July 9	Nunavut
Civic Holiday	Monday, August 4	All regions except for Yukon and Quebec
Discovery Day	Monday, August 18	Yukon
Remembrance Day	Tuesday, November 11	All regions except for Ontario and Quebec

1. Limited operations in British Columbia and Yukon

Secureship’s Shipping Calculator

When you click on Secureship’s shipping calculator, you will see the image below.

And finding an estimate is simple and the tool will quickly generate for you at least half-a-dozen possible delivery options for your parcel.

In short order, you will be guided through the necessary steps to prepare the parcel for shipment, including arranging for its pickup at your door at a time convenient for you. And the best part is the savings you will enjoy – upwards of 50% off of the courier’s retail price.

Conclusion

In 2025, Purolator will close its offices for nine national holidays. In addition, Purolator also shuts down operations in territories and provinces when they celebrate their official holidays.

To help you find shipping options with Purolator when they are open, choose Canada’s premier shipping broker, Secureship. Secureship has a bulk buying agreement with Purolator and several other couriers, which enable you to substantially reduce your shipping costs – and depending on the carrier and the delivery time, it could be up to 50% off the retail price. And as we all know, recent years’ inflation has increased costs for everything, including shipping, which means using Secureship is more important than ever.