Victoria Day
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Monday may 20, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to Queen Victoria's birth in 1819
National Aboriginal Day
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Friday june 21, 2024
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.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Monday june 24, 2024
School holidays :
Canada Day
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Monday july 1, 2024
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
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 26, 2024
School holidays :
Labour Day
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Monday september 2, 2024
Secular holiday :
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Monday september 30, 2024
Secular holiday : from 2021
Thanksgiving
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Monday october 14, 2024
School holidays :
Thanksgiving
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Monday october 14, 2024
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.