If it's listed in your contract as a paid day, then yes you should be paid for it. Personally, I'm sneaky and I'm taking next week as my vacation with the Monday at the end of it for a nice long week, then in Feb. I take the week before the Family Day Monday holiday and in Oct. I take the week before the Thanksgiving Day Monday holiday. That way, no matter how busy a holiday I have had I have the Monday holiday to rest and clean my house before working a 4 day week. I'm a smart planner! But my daycare families appreciate my brilliance too because they get a nice long week off work.