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In 1875, the City Council fixed the first Monday in August as a Civic Holiday. [17] The holiday was renamed "Simcoe Day" in 1969 in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, who established York (now Toronto) as the capital of Ontario, and who was the leading proponent of the Act Against Slavery.
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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. Many employers across the country observe Boxing Day as a paid day off.
This is a list of school districts in Ontario.. There are 76 public school boards in Ontario, including 38 public secular boards (34 English boards and 4 French boards ()), 38 public separate boards (29 English Catholic boards, 8 French Catholic boards and 1 English Protestant board), and 7 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres.
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