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In 1875, the City Council fixed the first Monday in August as a Civic Holiday. [17] The holiday was renamed "Simcoe Day" in 1969 in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, who established York (now Toronto) as the capital of Ontario, and who was the leading proponent of the Act Against Slavery.
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Huron-Kinloss had a population of 7,723 living in 3,026 of its 4,107 total private dwellings, a change of 9.3% from its 2016 population of 7,069. With a land area of 440.73 km 2 (170.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.5/km 2 (45.4/sq mi) in 2021. [5] Population trend: [6 ...
Not a statutory holiday in Quebec and Ontario. December 26: Boxing Day: Lendemain de Noël: A holiday with mixed and uncertain origins and definitions. [22] Provincially, a statutory holiday in Ontario. A holiday in New Brunswick under the Days of Rest Act. Many employers across the country observe Boxing Day as a paid day off.
January 1 – Gilbert Normand, physician and politician (b. 1943) January 3 Andrew Pyper, author (b. 1968); Rod Sykes, politician and Mayor of Calgary (b. 1929); Thomas R. Williams, university professor and academic administrator (b. 1939)
London Ontario Live Arts Festival (London) London Ribfest (August Civic Holiday Weekend - London) Luminato Festival (June - Toronto) Mariposa Folk Festival ; MuslimFest (Mississauga) North by Northeast / NXNE (Toronto) Nuit Blanche (September - Toronto) Ontario Pirate Festival (Guelph) [3] Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa) Ovation Music Festival
Labour Day (French: fête du Travail) is a statutory public holiday in Canada that occurs on the first Monday in September. It is one of several Labour Day celebrations that occur in countries around the world.
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