Public Holidays in Haiti in [2026]

Are you living in Haiti or planning a trip there? Here’s a list of the public holidays you need to know in 2026, as well as the currently published dates for 2027 and 2028.

Whether you live in Haiti or are just visiting, it helps to note these dates in advance. On some public holidays, businesses, offices, and public services may close or run reduced hours.

To make sure you do not miss anything important, this guide brings together Haiti’s public holidays for 2026 and the next two years. Haiti’s Labour Code distinguishes between non-working legal holidays and other legal holidays that may or may not be non-working unless separately declared, while current published holiday calendars also list additional modern national holidays and observances used in practice.

How many public holidays are there in Haiti?

Haiti’s Labour Code lists non-working legal holidays such as 1 January, 2 January, 1 May, 18 May, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, 25 December, and half-days from noon for Lundi gras and 2 November. It also lists other legal holidays such as Corpus Christi, Ascension, Assumption, 17 October, and 1 November, which may be declared non-working by presidential order.

Current published holiday calendars for 2026 show 16 national/legal holidays in Haiti, plus observances such as Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. These published calendars include dates such as Easter Monday, Bois-Caïman Day, Dessalines Day on 20 September, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day.

The most popular public holidays in Haiti

Some of the best-known holidays in Haiti are New Year’s Day and Independence Day on 1 January, Ancestors’ Day on 2 January, Carnival, Good Friday, Flag Day on 18 May, Assumption of Mary, All Saints’ Day, Battle of Vertières Day, and Christmas Day. Current published holiday calendars also include Bois-Caïman Day on 14 August and Dessalines Day on 20 September.

Public Holidays in Haiti in 2026

The table below follows the currently published 2026 Haiti holiday calendar.

What are the public holidays in Haiti?

New Year’s Day / Independence Day

1 January is one of Haiti’s main national holidays and is listed in both the Labour Code and current holiday calendars.

Heroes’ Day / Ancestors’ Day

2 January is observed as Ancestors’ Day and appears as a non-working holiday in the Labour Code.

Carnival

Current Haiti holiday calendars list Carnival from noon on Monday and Carnival on Tuesday as national/legal holidays. The Labour Code separately lists Mardi gras as a non-working holiday and Lundi gras from noon.

Good Friday

Good Friday is listed as a non-working legal holiday in the Labour Code and appears in current 2026 holiday calendars.

Labor Day

Labor Day on 1 May is one of the fixed non-working holidays in Haiti’s Labour Code.

Flag Day

Flag Day on 18 May is also one of the fixed non-working legal holidays under the Labour Code.

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi appears in the Labour Code as a legal holiday and is shown as a national/legal holiday in the current Haiti holiday calendar.

Bois-Caïman Day

Current published Haiti holiday calendars list Bois-Caïman Day on 14 August as a national/legal holiday.

Assumption of Mary

Assumption of Mary on 15 August is listed in the Labour Code and in current Haiti holiday calendars.

Dessalines Day

Current published Haiti holiday calendars list 20 September as Dessalines Day.

Dessalines’ Death Anniversary

17 October is listed in the Labour Code and in current holiday calendars as a legal holiday.

All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day

The Labour Code lists 1 November as All Saints’ Day and 2 November from noon as the Day of the Dead. Current holiday calendars list both 1 November and 2 November as national/legal holidays.

Vertières Day

18 November, commemorating the Battle of Vertières, is one of Haiti’s non-working legal holidays in the Labour Code and also appears in current holiday calendars.

Christmas Day

25 December is one of the fixed non-working public holidays in Haiti.

Public Holidays in Haiti in 2027

These are the currently published calendar dates for Haiti in 2027. The calendar source notes that some entries may still be preliminary.

Public Holidays in Haiti in 2028

These are the currently published calendar dates for Haiti in 2028. As with 2027, the calendar source notes that some entries may still be preliminary.

Conclusion

Haiti’s holiday calendar mixes historic national commemorations, Catholic feast days, and Carnival dates, so it is worth checking the year carefully before planning work, travel, or official appointments. For 2026, the published calendar is already clear, and the 2027 and 2028 dates are also available in current holiday listings.

Last Updated on 04/02/2026