Is today a public holiday in Australian Capital Territory?
Australian Capital Territory essentials
How ACT stacks up
Australian Capital Territory has 15 public holidays and 8 long weekends in 2026. That ties ACT for the most public holidays of any state or territory (15), alongside SA & NT. Only ACT gets Canberra Day and Reconciliation Day.
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Public holidays in Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) observes the national public holidays every state shares — New Year's Day, Australia Day, the Easter break, Anzac Day, Christmas and Boxing Day — alongside its own gazetted days. Simple Calendar keeps them all in one place, with the weekday each lands on and any substitute or regional notes.
Choose ACT once and your dates follow you across the site: long weekends, school terms, a full-year calendar and the working-day tools all scope themselves to Australian Capital Territory. Every date is checked against the official state and territory government gazettes.
Common questions
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has 15 public holidays in 2026, including both the national holidays and its own state-specific days. Of these, 11 fall on a weekday.
The next public holiday in ACT is shown at the top of this page with a live countdown, and the full list of upcoming dates is on the Australian Capital Territory public holidays page.
In 2026, Canberra Day and Reconciliation Day are public holidays observed only in ACT.
Australian Capital Territory has 8 long weekends in 2026 and 250 working days once weekends and public holidays are excluded.