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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 ...
National Indigenous Peoples Day: National Indigenous Peoples Day June 24: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day: July 1: Canada Day: Memorial Day: Canada Day July 9: Nunavut Day: First Monday in August: British Columbia Day: New Brunswick Day: Civic Holiday: Civic Holiday: Saskatchewan Day: Third Monday in August: Discovery Day First Monday in September ...
May 20 – Victoria Day; July 1 – Canada Day; September 2 – Labour Day; September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; October 14 – Thanksgiving Day; November 11 – Remembrance Day; December 25 – Christmas Day
Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the National Day on 20 May commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum. [27] Canada: Canada Day: 1 July: 1867 United Kingdom: Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. [28] Cape Verde
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.
September 30, 2022 marks the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a day intended to acknowledge the impact of the residential school system on the country’s legacy. But ...
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, ... Memorial Day: Monday, May 27. Juneteenth National Independence Day: Wednesday, June 19.
The day was elevated to a statutory holiday for federal workers and workers in federally-regulated workplaces by the Parliament of Canada in 2021, [14] and named "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation", in light of the claims of over 1,000 unmarked graves near former residential school sites. [15]