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The day was a holiday for federal government employees. [29] The provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island also enacted provincial equivalents for the federal holiday. The provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Quebec did not enact any holiday. [30]
Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most of Canada, and an optional holiday in the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [7] [8] Companies that are regulated by the federal government, such as those in the telecommunications and banking sectors, recognize the holiday everywhere.
4 Holidays and observances. 5 References. 6 External links. Toggle the table of contents. October 13. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years
Here's a list of all the October 2024 national holidays and observances, like Halloween, International Coffee Day, World Smile Day and many more fun holidays.
October 23 – The Bank of Canada lowers the key interest rate to 3.75%, a drop of 0.5%. This was after inflation fell to 2%, with the Bank of Canada wanting to increase demand. [108] October 28 – The 2024 Saskatchewan general election is held. The Saskatchewan Party wins a fifth consecutive majority government. [109]
On October 13, 2021, Houston introduced a bill in the House of Assembly to propose amendments to the Elections Act, requiring the province to hold elections every four years, on the third Tuesday of July, with the first date being set for July 15, 2025. [27]
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.
October 18, 2024 at 1:02 PM. Ivan Pantic / iStock.com. ... Here’s a look at the 13 best holiday sales from 2023, so you can get an idea of what might be in store for this year.