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Public holidays in Canada ... 2022. [28] September 19 was ... (also the day Upper Canada was created, now Ontario) National Indigenous Peoples Day, ...
A Labour Day tradition in Atlantic Canada is the Wharf Rat Rally in Digby, Nova Scotia, while the rest of Canada watches the Labour Day Classic, a Canadian Football League event where rivals like Calgary Stampeders & Edmonton Elks, Hamilton Tiger-Cats & Toronto Argonauts (except in the 2011 and 2013 seasons, due to scheduling conflicts), and ...
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.
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (sometimes shortened to T&R Day) (NDTR; French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation), originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day (French: Jour du chandail orange), [1] is a Canadian day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system. [2]
Inaugurated in 2022, Anishinaabe Day or Anishinaabe Giizhigad (ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ ᑮᔑᑲᐟ; ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ ᑮᔑᑲᑦ) is the national holiday for the Anishinabek Nation. It is celebrated by the approximately 65,000 citizens hailing from the union of 39 First Nations in Ontario [ 1 ] as a reflection of the proclamation of the Nation's ...
The Queen's birthday was officially designated as a public holiday by legislation passed in 1845, transforming the date from a military event to a civilian holiday [1] [2] [6] and making it Canada's now-oldest official holiday. [7] Crowds gather outside Government House in Toronto, Canada West (now Ontario), on Victoria Day, 1854
Here is a list of the specials dates in 2024. Federal Holidays. New Year's Day: Monday, Jan. 1. Martin Luther King Day: Monday, Jan. 15. Washington’s Birthday/President's Day: Monday, Feb. 19.
The 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election and 2024 Milton provincial by-election are held. [42] May 10–15 – 2024 Canadian wildfires: Evacuation orders are issued in parts of British Columbia and Alberta due to wildfires. [43] May 18 – Three people are killed after a speed boat and a fishing boat collide in Bobs Lake ...