Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
As of 2023, the day is observed as a statutory holiday for all workers in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Schools and some public services close for the day in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In February 2023, B.C. Minister Harry Bains introduced a bill in the BC Legislature to make September 30 a paid statutory holiday in the province. The legislation was passed on March 9, 2023, making National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday for provincial workers, via amendments to the province's Employment Standards Act.
21 June. Next time. 21 June 2025. ( 2025-06) Frequency. annual. National Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly National Aboriginal Day) [1] is a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada. [2]
August 3. ( 2026-08-03) Frequency. Annual. 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 ...
The holiday has existed in Canada since at least 1845, originally on Victoria's natural birthday, May 24. It falls on the Monday between the 18th and the 24th (inclusive) and, so, is always the penultimate Monday of May (May 20 in 2024 and May 19 in 2025). Victoria Day is a federal statutory holiday, as well as a holiday in six of Canada's ten ...
Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada, [faɛ̯t dzy kanadɑ]), formerly known as Dominion Day (French: Fête du Dominion), 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 ...
Benedict: From March 21 to July 11. Clement of Alexandria: From December 4 to December 5. Cyril and Methodius: From May 11 to February 14. Founders, Benefactors, and Missionaries of the Church in Canada: From November 8 to September 18. Gregory the Great: From March 12 to September 3.
Annual. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ( French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec ), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec. [1] [2] It was brought to Canada by French settlers celebrating the traditional feast day of the Nativity ...