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Canada's legal holidays are Canada Day on 1 July (as per s. 2 of the Holidays Act), Remembrance Day on 11 November (as per s. 3 of the Holidays Act), Victoria Day on the Monday preceding 25 May (as per s. 4 of the Holidays Act), New Year's Day on 1 January, Labour Day on the first Monday of September, Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday of October, Christmas Day on 25 December, and Boxing Day on 26 December (as per s. 166 of the Canada Labour Code).
Although Canada Day and Victoria Day are each called a "legal holiday" in the Holidays Act, Remembrance Day is merely called a "holiday." As such, it is not a holiday for all Canadians. Remembrance Day is colloquially referred to as a "bank holiday."
Most provinces also observe a holiday on the first Monday in August and some observe another holiday at other times.
Canada's Interpretation Act describes each Sunday as a "holiday." In addition, the Act names eight other holidays. Section 35(1) reads, in part:
"holiday" means any of the following days, namely, Sunday; New Year's Day; Good Friday; Easter Monday; Christmas Day; the birthday or the day fixed by proclamation for the celebration of the birthday of the reigning Sovereign; Victoria Day; Canada Day; the first Monday in September, designated Labour Day; Remembrance Day; any day appointed by proclamation to be observed as a day of general prayer or mourning or day of public rejoicing or thanksgiving; ...
The problem, however, is that a person's right not to work on a holiday, or to be paid a premium for having to work on a holiday, is contained in a hodge-podge of sometimes inconsistent federal and provincial legislation.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoWe celebrate almost exactly the same things as Americans. Except for Canada Day. We have lots of fireworks and we wear red and white to show our patriotism. We also celebrate Victoria day, a day to remember Queen Victoria by taking the day off from school and work. We also "celebrate" remembrance day on the November eleventh. At eleven o'clock in the morning we take a minute of silence to remember the Canadian soldiers who died in a war, and think of the soldiers who are fighting in the war today.
The dates of holidays in Canada in 2012 were:
- January 1st - New Year's Day
- February 20th - Family Day
- April 6th - Good Friday
- April 9th - Easter Monday
- May 21st - Victoria Day
- July 2nd - Canada Day
- August 6th - August Civic Holiday
- September 3rd - Labor Day
- October 8th - Thanksgiving Day
- November 11th - Remembrance Day
- December 25th - Christmas Day
- December 26th - Boxing Day
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∙ 13y agoWell there are all sorts of days that are named and that celebrate a specific event, but the public holidays (when everyone in any sort of government job and almost everyone else gets the days off) are as follows:
New Year's Day - January 1st
Family Day (only in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario) - 3rd Monday in February
Good Friday and Easter Monday - The Friday/Monday surrounding Easter
Victoria Day - the Monday before the 25th of May
Canada Day - July 1st
August Civic Holiday (excluding Quebec, Newfoundland, and Nunavut) - first Monday of August
Labour Day - first Monday of September
Thanksgiving Day - 2nd Monday of October
Remembrance Day - November 11th
Christmas Day - December 25th
Boxing Day - December 26th
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∙ 14y agoCanada has many National Holidays however I assume you mean Canada Day, July 1st is Canada Day.
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∙ 13y agoThe national Holiday of Canada is ' Canada Day.'
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∙ 10y agoThe federal holidays in Canada are Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, and Boxing Day. The Canadian Thanksgiving occurs on the second Monday in October.
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∙ 12y agoChristmas, Good Friday, and Canada Day.
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∙ 10y agoCanada's day
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July 1
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Canada Day.
