13 November 2008

2009 Scheduled Maintenance Outages and Holidays

The following notice is from CBSA (EDI08-089).

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the early morning:

· January 17-18
· February 21-22
· March 14-15
· April 18-19
· May 9-10
· June 13-14
· July 11-12
· August 8-9
· September 12-13
· October 17-18
· November 14-15
· December 12-13

In addition, clients can expect additional outages for the migrations of systems releases, but the exact date/time has not yet been determined.

The dates of the outages are based on information available at time of publication and are subject to change. Updated and more detailed information will be communicated by bulletin in advance of the outage.

Holiday Schedule for 2009

The following are the holidays recognized by the electronic commerce systems for the year 2009. The holidays mentioned below apply to all provinces except where indicated otherwise:

· Thursday, December 25, 2008
· Friday, December 26, 2008
· Thursday, January 1, 2009
· Friday, April 10
· Monday, April 13
· Monday, May 18
· Wednesday, June 24 (Quebec only)
· Wednesday, July 1
· Thursday, July 9 (Nunavut Civic Holiday)
· Monday, August 3 (All provinces/territories except Quebec, Yukon and Nunavut)
· Monday, August 17 (Yukon only)
· Monday, September 7
· Monday, October 12
· Wednesday, November 11
· Friday, December 25
· Monday, December 28
· Friday, January 1, 2010