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Likewise, Ontario University Athletics has a long-established tradition to play university football on Labour Day. There is an annual Labour Day parade in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. The centennial anniversary in 2020 was replaced with an online ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. [5] [6] In Ontario, Labour Day is a public ...
The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), also known as The Exhibition or The Ex, is an annual fair that takes place at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the third Friday of August leading up to and including Labour Day, the first Monday in September. With approximately 1.6 million visitors each year, the CNE is Canada's largest ...
The Labour Day Classic (French: Classique de la fête du travail, branded as OK Tire Labour Day Weekend for sponsorship reasons) is a week of the Canadian Football League (CFL) schedule played over the Labour Day weekend (which includes the first Monday in September). Labour Day weekend, roughly 12 or 13 weeks into the CFL season, is known for ...
The Canadian International Air Show (CIAS) is an annual air show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is an aeronautical display of military, government and civilian aircraft, primarily from Canada and the United States. The show takes place along Toronto's waterfront for three days during the Canadian Labour Day weekend.
An ironworkers union at the 2008 Toronto Labour Day Parade.. The Toronto Labour Day Parade is an annual event held in the city of Toronto. [1] The parade is organized by the Toronto and York District Labour Council following a route down University Avenue, then west along Queen Street West then proceeding down Dufferin Street entering the Canadian National Exhibition via the Dufferin Gate.
Taste of the Danforth (August - Toronto) The Great India Festival (August - Ottawa) [4] Toronto Chinese Lantern Festival (Toronto) Toronto Design Offsite Festival (Toronto) [5] Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto) Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Toronto) Toronto Ribfest (July Canada Day Weekend - Centennial Park, Etobicoke)
First central union body in Canada; 1872- Nine Hour Movement - labour activists call for nine-hour day and 54-hour workweek.Origins of Labour Day; 1872 - March 25, The Toronto Typographical Union goes on strike against their employer, the editor of The Globe, Liberal Party leader George Brown, demanding a nine-hour workday. Union activity then ...
A Labour Day parade in Toronto, Ontario in the early 1900s. Labour Day (French: Fête du Travail) has been marked as a statutory public holiday in Canada on the first Monday in September since 1894. Its origins can be traced back to numerous local demonstrations and celebrations in earlier decades. [12]