In Canada, depending on the province you're in, everyone gets about 9-13 days of stat holidays. On top of that, the typical amount of actual vacation time in private industry is 2 weeks, in government about 3 weeks. That amount of time off goes up slowly over time of course.

I work at a university and get 12 stat days + 15 holidays = 27 days per year. That sounds like a lot more on paper than it is in real life =)