Victoria Day
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Monday may 20, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to Queen Victoria's birth in 1819
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday june 25, 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
Nunavut Day
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Tuesday july 9, 2024
Secular holiday : On July 9, 1993, following the passing of the 1982 plebiscite on the question of the division of the Northwest Territories, the Parliament of Canada passed the Nunavut Act, establishing the territory of Nunavut, to come into operation sometime in the future. On April 1, 1999, Nunavut became a legally distinct territory from the Northwest Territories, coming into being as a territory on this date. The following year, in 2000, 'Nunavut Day' was celebrated on April 1. However, it was felt that the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement had greater significance to the people of Nunavut, so the holiday was moved to July 9 the following year [Wikipedia]
Civic/state holiday
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Monday august 5, 2024
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
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Friday august 30, 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.