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Employers have the option of giving Remembrance Day or an alternate day off. 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.
Remembrance Day is a statutory holiday for federally regulated employees and a provincial and territorial statutory holiday in six of the 10 provinces and all three territories. Nova Scotia recognizes the day under separate legislation. [20] Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec are the only three provinces where the day is not a statutory holiday.
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 ...
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday of November every year to honour Britain’s war dead. In 2023, it follows neatly one day after Armistice Day on Saturday 11 November, which ...
The date is also celebrated as several municipal holidays in Ontario, such as Simcoe Day in Toronto, John Galt Day in Guelph, and Colonel By Day in Ottawa. Despite its special designations, the day is not a statutory holiday in Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta, or Ontario; however, it is commonly observed by all levels of government, financial ...
April 5 – 2023 Canada ice storm: Two people are killed and over a million people are without power after an ice storm strikes Ontario and Quebec. [29] April 9 – The 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships are held in Regina, Saskatchewan. National champions are decided in U16, U19, and National Ringette League divisions. [citation needed]
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is observed in locations including Canada, [2] United States, [8] Australia, [3] Ireland, [9] and the United Kingdom. [10] Recognition of the holiday has grown since the early 2000s. The day of remembrance includes candle-lighting vigils and a Wave of Light, a worldwide lighting of buildings and ...
Canada Day, [a] formerly known as Dominion Day, [b] is the national day of Canada.A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British ...