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Public holidays in Canada (French: Jours fériés au Canada), known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats (French: jours fériés), consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in Canada at the federal or provincial and territorial levels. While many of these holidays are honoured ...
Family Day in Alberta was first celebrated in 1990, [5] making it the only province to have a statutory holiday in February until Saskatchewan began observing the day in 2007. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The holiday was proclaimed by Lieutenant Governor Helen Hunley , on the advice of her premier , Don Getty .
Several festivals are held in the Canadian province of Alberta each year. This list includes several types of festivals in the province, such as regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, music festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
The status of Victoria Day in each of the provinces and territories is as follows: It is a general holiday in Alberta, [23] Manitoba, [24] the Northwest Territories, [25] and Yukon [26] and is a statutory holiday in British Columbia, [27] Ontario, [28] and Saskatchewan. [29]
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 it is a territorial statutory holiday.
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The 2024 British Columbia general election is held. [104] After vote counting completed on October 28, New Democrats win a slim majority. October 20 – Marie-Léonie Paradis is canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis. [105] October 21 The 2024 New Brunswick general election is held, resulting in a Liberal majority