Unless labor is timed for high-risk pregnancies or there are differences in the quality of perinatal care, births on different days of the week should have similar outcomes. Not many such studies have been done, but all of them point to a higher risk of stillbirth and/or early neonatal death for infants born on weekend days rather than on weekdays. The investigators, using a Canadian database of 3,239,972 births taking place in the years 1985 through 1998, sought associations between these outcomes and the day of the week at birth. These women represented all births recorded in Canada during the period under review except for Ontario. Births were 24% less frequent on weekend days than during the week. Stillbirth rates were lowest on Mondays and highest on Saturdays. Neonatal deaths were considerably more frequent among infants born on Saturdays and Sundays (Fig. 1), particularly those caused by asphyxia. These patterns were consistent throughout the review period. Cause-specific excess risks for stillbirth varied widely. Stillbirths resulting from congenital anomalies were much less frequent on weekend days than on weekdays. Cause-specific excess risks for early neonatal death also varied widely, ranging from +28% for asphyxia and immaturity to -3% for congenital anomalies. On logistic regression analysis, controlling for completed weeks of gestational age, there was no apparent excess risk of either stillbirth or early neonatal death on weekends. For preterm infants, the gestational age-specific risks of early neonatal death were similar or slightly lower for infants born on weekend days. Any excess risk of stillbirth or early neonatal death on weekend days in this Canadian study was much smaller than has been reported from other countries. The present findings suggest that, in Canada, accessibility to quality obstetric and neonatal care is maintained on weekends.