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In Nova Scotia, addressed in the Remembrance Day Act, which prohibits employers from allowing employees to work and prohibits employees from working with exceptions for required services. [21] Employers have the option of giving Remembrance Day or an alternate day off. Not a statutory holiday in Quebec and Ontario. December 26: Boxing Day
A Remembrance Day parade and service in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2019. In Barbados, Remembrance Day is not a public holiday. It is recognised as 11 November, but the parade and ceremonial events are carried out on Remembrance Sunday. [13] The day is commemorated to recognise the Barbadian soldiers who died fighting in the First and Second World Wars.
Civic Holiday (French: congé civique) is a public holiday in Canada celebrated on the first Monday in August. [1]Though the first Monday of August is celebrated in most of Canada as a public holiday, [2] it is only officially known as "Civic Holiday" in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, where it is a territorial statutory holiday.
This is a collection of articles about holidays celebrated only, or primarily, in Canada. For more widely celebrated holidays, see Category:Holidays . The main article for this category is Public holidays in Canada .
In honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service, the federal government has declared a federal holiday and a national day of mourning on Monday, Sept. 19. Here's what's open and closed on the ...
Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine, lit. 'Celebration of the Queen') is a federal Canadian public holiday observed on the last Monday preceding May 25 to honour Queen Victoria, who is known as the "Mother of Confederation". The holiday has existed in Canada since at least 1845, originally on Victoria's natural birthday, May 24.
The AFL–CIO declared a day of mourning in 1989 and a "workers' Memorial Day" is observed in over 100 countries. In December 1990, this day became a national observance in Canada with the passing of the Workers Mourning Day Act, so that on April 28, 1991, it was officially the National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the ...
Lower Canada and Upper Canada observed Thanksgiving on different dates; for example, in 1816, both celebrated Thanksgiving for the termination of the War of 1812 between France, the U.S. and Great Britain, with Lower Canada marking the day on May 21 and Upper Canada on June 18 (Waterloo Day). [24] In 1838, Lower Canada used Thanksgiving to ...