Canada (Northwest Territories) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday June 20, 2022 | National Aboriginal Day | National Day | |
Tuesday June 21, 2022 | National Indigenous Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday June 24, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Friday July 1, 2022 | Canada Day | National Day | |
Monday August 1, 2022 | Civic/state holiday | Secular holiday | |
Monday August 22, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday September 5, 2022 | Labour Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | School holiday | School holidays | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Monday October 10, 2022 | Thanksgiving | School holidays | |
Monday October 10, 2022 | Thanksgiving | Secular holiday | |
Friday November 11, 2022 | Remembrance Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday December 16, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Banks are closed | Banks only | |
National Aboriginal Day
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Monday June 20, 2022
Secular holiday : It was created in 1996 by Roméo LeBlanc, governor general at the time, after many consultations with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis people. The idea for a nationwide day to celebrate Indigenous culture and contributions was introduced in 1982, by the Assembly of First Nations, formerly the National Indian Brotherhood.
The statuary holiday was extended to Yukon in 2017.
National Indigenous Day
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Tuesday June 21, 2022
Secular holiday : In recognition of Inuit, First Nations and Metis cultures
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 24, 2022
School holidays :
Canada Day
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Friday July 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the union of the Canadian provinces under one government, which took place in 1867 under the British North America Act Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Civic/state holiday
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Monday August 1, 2022
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday August 22, 2022
School holidays :
Labour Day
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Monday September 5, 2022
Secular holiday :
School holiday
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Friday September 30, 2022
School holidays : National Truth and Reconciliation Day from 2021
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday September 30, 2022
Secular holiday : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from 2021
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday September 30, 2022
Secular holiday : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from 2021
Thanksgiving
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Monday October 10, 2022
School holidays :
Thanksgiving
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Monday October 10, 2022
Secular holiday : The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. Canada established the second Monday in October as a national holiday, a day of general thanksgiving, in 1957.
Remembrance Day
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Friday November 11, 2022
Secular holiday : In tribute to the Canadian soldiers who died in various wars (61,082 in WW1, 42,042 in WW2, 516 in the Korean war, 119 in peace-keeping missions) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Banks are closed
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Banks only :