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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 ...
Nunavut Day is a public holiday, per the 2001 Nunavut Day Holiday Order. [2] Despite being a declared public holiday in the territory, many organizations and stores remain open throughout the day. Employees of the federal government of Canada must still work on this day, as it is not treated as a public holiday for federal public servants ...
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.
Labour Day (French: fête du Travail) is a statutory public holiday in Canada that occurs on the first Monday in September. It is one of several Labour Day celebrations that occur in countries around the world.
Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most of Canada, and an optional holiday in the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [7] [8] Companies that are regulated by the federal government, such as those in the telecommunications and banking sectors, recognize the holiday everywhere.
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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. Premier Getty said that it was important for Albertans to ...
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