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Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays for
Haiti
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Related and neighboring countries: North and South America Dominican Republic
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The list of Haiti bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from
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Background Information
Footnotes
Disclaimer
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Date in 2008 |
Holiday Name |
Observance* |
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Tue |
Independence Day (National Day)
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Wed |
Founders' Day (Jour des Aïeux)
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Mon |
Carnival Monday (Lundi Gras)
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Afternoon |
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Mardi Gras
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Wed |
Ash Wednesday
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Other |
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Fri |
Good Friday
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Sun |
Easter
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Christian |
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Mon |
Pan American Day
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Other |
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Thu |
Ascension Day
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Bnk+Othr |
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Labor and Agriculture Day
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Sun |
Flag and University Day
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Thu |
Corpus Christi (Fête-Dieu)
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Fri |
Assumption Day
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Anniversary of J.-J. Dessalines' Death
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United Nations' Day
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Other |
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Sat |
All Saints' Day
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All Souls' Day
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Vertières Battle Day
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Christmas Day
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Background Information |
Governing Law: Official public holidays in Haïti are regulated by articles 107-119, in particular 110 and 111, of the Décret du 24 février 1984 actualisant le Code du travail du 12 septembre 1961 as modified by the Arrêté déclarant jours fériés les 1er et 2 novembre, jours de la Toussaint et des Morts of 2001.
Working Holidays: The above-mentioned decree listed some holidays as non-working (jours fériés chômés), and some as working holidays (jours fériés non chômés). The working holidays were originally the following: jour des Amériques (April 14), la Fête-Dieu, Ascension, Assumption (August 15), the Anniversary of J.-J. Dessalines' Death (October 17), United Nations' Day (October 24), and All Saints' Day (November 1st). The decree entioned that some of these working holidays could, at the President's discretion, be converted to non-working holidays, and indeed many of the afore-mentioned are now non-working public holidays.
Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Haiti (Haiti central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation). |
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Footnotes |
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Haiti, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Haiti, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Haiti, before planning any
trip to Haiti. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays,
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