Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Government of Canada recommends that all-numeric dates in both English and French use the YYYY-MM-DD format codified in ISO 8601. [11] The Standards Council of Canada also specifies this as the country's date format. [12] [13] The YYYY-MM-DD format is the only officially recommended method of writing a numeric date in Canada. [2]
Marie-Louise Fébronie Chassé was born on August 29, 1880, in Kamouraska, Quebec, to Pierre Charles Pitre Chassé and Marie-Catherine Fébronie Lévesque. She married her first husband, Étienne Leclerc, at age 20 in 1900. Leclerc was a fisherman and died of pneumonia on February 24, 1911, aged 39. They had six children; four survived to ...
In Quebec, non-federally regulated employers must give either Good Friday or Easter Monday as a statutory holiday, though some give both days. July 1: Canada Day: Fête du Canada: Celebrates Canada's 1867 Confederation and establishment of dominion status. In Newfoundland and Labrador, observed concurrently with Memorial Day. First Monday in ...
The new name that still exists today, was adopted on January 15, 1990. The zone d'exploitation contrôlée (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) of Iberville was established on June 17, 1978. The entrance station was built in 1981; previously, the ZEC was using a trailer to serve its customers.
November 3: Quebec English school board elections; November 4: Municipal by-election in Ward 15 Don Valley West, Toronto; Municipal by-election in Ward 3, West Lincoln, Ontario [45] November 5: Municipal by-election in Ward 3, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; November 8: Conseil Scolaire Francophone School District by-election
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area [b] and located in Central Canada.The province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut.
La chasse-galerie (1906) by Henri Julien, showing a scene from a popular Quebec folk legend.. In terms of folklore, Quebec's French-speaking populace has the second largest body of folktales in Canada (the first being Native people); most prominent within Quebec folklore are old parables and tales. [10]
Typical scene of people moving in the Quebec City borough of Limoilou, on July 1, 2007.. Moving Day (French: jour du déménagement) is a tradition, but not a legal requirement, in the province of Quebec, Canada, dating from the time when the province used to mandate fixed terms for leases of rental properties.