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In parts of Canada, the term "Civic Holiday" is a generic name referring to the annual holiday on the first Monday of August. However, this definition is far from uniform nationwide as Quebec, Newfoundland, and Yukon do not recognize it at all (in the Yukon, a civic holiday is celebrated instead on the third Monday of August as Discovery Day ).
This is a collection of articles about holidays celebrated only, or primarily, in Canada. For more widely celebrated holidays, see Category:Holidays . The main article for this category is Public holidays in Canada .
Some Canadians were, by the early 1980s, informally referring to the holiday as Canada Day, [n 2] a practice that caused some controversy: [34] Proponents argued that the name Dominion Day was a holdover from the colonial era—an argument given some impetus by the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982—and others asserted that an ...
Here’s how Canada’s big day got its start. Canada Day, on July 1, is the national holiday when Canucks from coast to coast to coast don red and white, celebrate the maple leaf, and toast their ...
Fireworks, flags and fighter jets are all part of the Canada Day experience. But how did this annual July 1 holiday come about? Two top historians weigh in.
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.
This category is for festivals in Canada organized by province or territory. This is a container category only, and all festivals should be moved to appropriate ...
Only observances that are celebrated on a fixed day can be placed in the Holidays and observances section. This is valid for: Observances that have a fixed day annually. (e.g. New Year's Day, Christmas Day, etc.) Observances that have a fixed period annually. (e.g. Misa de Gallo, Naadam, etc.) Observances that are celebrated based on solar ...