17.01

An employee shall earn vacation credits at the following rates:

(a) One and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month during the first eight (8) years of continuous service; 
(b) One and two-thirds (1-2/3) days per month upon completion of eight (8) years of continuous service; 
(c) Two and one-twelfth (2-1/12) days per month upon completion of fifteen (15) years of continuous service; 
(d) Two and one-half (2-1/2) days per month upon completion of twenty-four (24) years of continuous service; 
(e) Two and eleven-twelfths (2-11/12) days per month upon completion of thirty (30) years of continuous service. 

17.02

An employee is entitled to vacation credits under Article 17.01 in respect of a month or part thereof in which they are at work or on leave with pay. 

17.03

An employee is not entitled to vacation credits under Article 17.01 in respect of a whole month in which they are absent from duty for any reason other than vacation leave of absence or leave of absence with pay. 

17.04

An employee shall be credited with their vacation for a calendar year at the commencement of each calendar year. 

17.05

An employee may accumulate vacation to a maximum of twice their annual accrual but shall be required to reduce their accumulation to a maximum of one (1) year’s accrual by December 31st of each year. 

17.06

Where an employee is unable to reduce the vacation accumulation before the end of the year because of:

(a) sickness, 
(b) total disability, 
(c) an injury resulting in an award under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, 
(d) an extraordinary requirement of the Employer, and the employee’s vacation credits in respect of that vacation are forfeited under Article 17.05, the Commissioner or Deputy Minister shall, at the employee’s request, grant a leave of absence with pay to replace the forfeited vacation days. 

A request in writing for carry over of excess leave must be made prior to December 31st of each year. Failure to make a request will result in the loss of any excess vacation credits. 

17.07

On commencing employment an employee shall be credited with pro rata vacation for the balance of the calendar year, but shall not be permitted to take vacation until they have completed six (6) months of continuous service. 

17.08

An employee with over six (6) months of continuous service may, with the approval of the Commissioner or the Deputy Minister, take vacation to the extent of their vacation entitlement and their vacation credits shall be reduced by any such vacation taken. For this purpose, an employee may include any continuous service as an employee appointed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, immediately prior to their appointment to the Regular service. 

17.09

Where an employee leaves the service prior to the completion of six (6) months service as computed in accordance with Article 17.01 (Vacation and Vacation Credits), they are entitled to vacation pay at the rate of four percent (4%) of the salary paid during the period of their employment. 

17.10

An employee who has completed six (6) or more months of continuous service shall be paid for any earned and unused vacation standing to their credit at the date they cease to be an employee, or at the date they qualify for payments under a long term disability plan provided by the Association and any salary paid for unearned vacation used up to that time shall be recovered by the Employer from any monies owing to that employee. 

17.11

For the purpose of Article 17.01 and subject to 17.08, an employee’s length of “continuous service” will accumulate upon completion of a probationary period of not more than one (1) year and shall commence from the date on which an employee commences a period of unbroken, full-time service (Civilian and Uniform) in:  

(a) the Ontario Public Service; 

(b) a police force which is amalgamated with the OPP; 

(c) the Canadian Forces Military Police; 

(d) the OPP Administered First Nations Police; 

(e) any other Canadian Police Service; 

(f) Ontario Public Bodies and Commission Public Bodies. (g) Effective January 1, 2025, claims for vacation entitlement for previous service will be recognized by the Employer for purposes of vacation entitlement only.

(h) Within sixty (60) days of January 1, 2025, employees hired prior to January 1, 2025 and who remain employed will have a one (1) time opportunity to submit in writing a claim for previous service for the purposes of vacation entitlement only. The employee shall cooperate with the Employer by providing verification of previous service. These claims shall be reviewed by the Employer and employees shall be provided with the appropriate credit for years of service, for vacation entitlement purposes, commensurate with their years of service on a go-forward basis. For clarity, any change to the vacation entitlement shall become effective on January 1, 2025 and there shall be no retroactivity.

For clarity, vacation entitlement (the amount of annual vacation) is based on “continuous service” in (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).

Vacation selection (the choosing of when to take vacation) is based on “seniority”. “Seniority” is continuous service in accordance with Article 34.

17.12

An employee who has completed their probationary period shall, upon giving at least two (2) months’ written notice receive, before commencing vacation, an advance against the pay cheques that fall due during the vacation period, based upon the following conditions:

(a) such an advance shall be provided only where the employee takes at least two (2) consecutive weeks’ vacation; 

(b) such an advance shall be in an amount equal to the employee’s lowest net regular pay cheque in the two (2) month period immediately preceding commencement of their vacation leave, and rounded to the closest ten dollars ($10) below such net amount; 

(c) where more than two (2) pay cheques are due and payable during the vacation period, in no case will the advance exceed twice the amount set out in (b) above. 

Any additional amount due the employee as a result of the application of (b) and (c) above will be paid to the employee in the normal manner. 

17.13

For an employee on a Compressed Work Week arrangement, a pro- rated deduction from the employee’s vacation credits will be made for each day of approved vacation leave of absence. The pro-rating will be determined by dividing the hours in the employee’s Compressed Work Week day by 7.25 hours or 8 hours in a day (as applicable). 


A partial day’s absence will be pro-rated on the same formula. 

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