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  2. Columbus Day - Wikipedia

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    2026 date. October 12 (United States) Frequency. Annual. Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on ...

  3. Public holidays in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Labour Day. Truth and Reconciliation Day. Thanksgiving Day. Remembrance Day. Christmas Day. Boxing Day. Public holidays in Canada (French: Jours fériés au Canada), known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats (French: jours fériés), consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in ...

  4. Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day? Why the controversy ...

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    When is Columbus Day? This year, Columbus Day will occur on Monday, Oct. 14. The holiday occurs on the second Monday in October each year. It is a state holiday in 22 states and a federal holiday ...

  5. Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia

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    [7] [164] National Indigenous Peoples Day is a day of recognition of the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. The day was first celebrated in 1996, after it was proclaimed that year, by then Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, to be celebrated on June 21 annually. [15]

  6. What is Columbus Day? What to know about the federal holiday

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    What to know about the federal holiday. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY. October 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM. The second Monday of October marks Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day in the United ...

  7. Here's what's open and closed on Columbus Day/Indigenous ...

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    Some banks will be closed to commemorate Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day, with Oct/ 14 counting as a holiday for the Federal Reserve system. Among those that will be closed are Bank of ...

  8. British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [27] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.

  9. Is Columbus Day a federal holiday? What will be open and ...

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    In Columbus, no, but yes in Cincinnati, Akron. Not necessarily. Columbus' city website provides a trash and recycling calendar showing Columbus Day as a holiday. Upcoming holidays include Veterans ...