Trinidad and Tobago · 2026
Trinidad and Tobago public holidays 2026
Check the published 2026 dates for Trinidad and Tobago, inspect the source and scope, and export a selected range.
Reconciled date reference · 2026 only. Covered dates: 2026-01-01–2026-12-31. This reference combines the named sources and calendar rules. It is not an annual government publication and does not establish dates outside its stated year.
Covered by this calendar
The 14 named public holidays in the 2026 central-bank list, reconciled with the presidential Eid and Divali notifications, plus the following-day holiday for Sunday Divali under section 3(2).
- Carnival’s public-festival designation does not itself make 16 or 17 February a public holiday.
- Saturday dates do not receive a substitute under the cited Sunday/collision rule. No Monday is added for Indian Arrival Day, Emancipation Day or Boxing Day.
- The statutory calendar does not determine individual pay entitlements or all service opening hours.
- A date absent from this edition is only not listed; it is not a determination of a workday, an individual entitlement or service availability.
- No other year or unlisted substitute holiday is inferred.
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Entries in this reference
15 source entries. The note beside each date identifies its published or calculated basis.
15 reference entries
| Date | Day | Reference entry | Status | Source notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year’s Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Friday | Eid-ul-Fitr | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Indian Arrival Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Thursday | Corpus Christi | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Friday | Labour Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | African Emancipation Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Independence Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Thursday | Republic Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Divali | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Holiday following Sunday Divali | Sourced holiday | Derived from the appointed Sunday 8 November and section 3(2) of the Public Holidays and Festivals Act. This is an additional following-day holiday, not deletion of Sunday Divali. | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Boxing Day | Sourced holiday | As listed in the cited publication. |
Sources used to compile this reference
The following sources and stated calendar rules were reconciled for the 2026 reference. It does not automatically create a future edition or incorporate an unpublished change.
- Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago: public holidays 2026. Publication date not stated here. Source checked 2026-10-24.
- Attorney General: Public Holidays and Festivals Act, chapter 19:05 — Section 3(2) and schedule; current repository’s consolidated text updated to 31 December 2016. Publication date not stated here. Source checked 2026-10-24.
- Trinidad and Tobago Gazette: Eid-ul-Fitr notification — Legal Notice 25; appointed 20 March 2026. Published 2026-02-05. Source checked 2026-10-24.
- Trinidad and Tobago Gazette: Divali notification — Legal Notice 832; appointed 8 November 2026. Published 2026-10-22. Source checked 2026-10-24.
The bank list still marks Eid and Divali TBC. Legal Notices 25 and 832 provide the actual appointed dates, so these dates are confirmed in this edition.
The Divali notification appoints Sunday 8 November. Section 3(2) supplies Monday 9 November as an additional holiday; the Sunday is retained rather than silently replaced.
Year-end archives retain their original source scope and provisional labels. For a later year or an amended schedule, use a separately verified publication.
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