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==City Holidays== |
==City Holidays== |
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Some cities also have statutory holidays that are celebrated only within the city limits. For instance, the morning of the [[Calgary Stampede|Stampede Parade]] is a legal half-day holiday in the city of [[Calgary]]. |
Some cities also have statutory holidays that are celebrated only within the city limits. For instance, the morning of the [[Calgary Stampede|Stampede Parade]] is a legal half-day holiday in the city of [[Calgary]]. |
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[[Oshawa]], [[Ontario]] has recently announced March 20, Mayor John Gray's birthday, Stephen Colbert Day. |
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== Proposed holidays == |
== Proposed holidays == |
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Canadian national holidays (with provincial exceptions):
| Date | English Name | French Name | Remarks |
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| January 1 | New Year's Day | Nouvel an | Statutory. Celebrates the first day of every year in the Gregorian calendar. Also January 2inQuebec. |
| Friday before Easter Sunday | Good Friday | vendredi saint | Statutory. Acknowledges the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, traditionally on 3 April, 33 AD; see Good Friday article for details. Not fully observed in Quebec. |
| Monday on or before May 24 | Victoria Day | fête de la Reine | Statutory. Celebration of the birthday of the current Canadian monarch. (Originally, May 24 was the birthday of Queen Victoria.) In Quebec, Victoria Day and the National Patriotes Day (Commemoration of the Lower Canada Rebellion) are celebrated on the same day. |
| July 1 | Canada Day | fête du Canada | Statutory. Commemoration of Canada's 1867 Confederation. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Day and Memorial Day (Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme) are celebrated on the same day. |
| First Monday in September | Labour Day | fête du travail | Statutory. |
| Second Monday in October | Thanksgiving | action de grâce | Statutory. A day of general thanks for one's blessings. (Note: Thanksgiving is not celebrated on the same day as it is in the U.S.) |
| November 11 | Remembrance Day | jour du souvenir | Statutory holiday everywhere except Ontario and Quebec. Commemoration of Canada's war dead. |
| December 25 | Christmas | Noël | Statutory. Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ; traditionally 25 December 1 BC. |
| December 26 | Boxing Day | lendemain de Noël | Statutory in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland & Labrador. Day when shops sell off excess Christmas inventory. It is not an official Holiday in Quebec. |
Each province of Canada has its own provincial holiday(s). Although not official holidays, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Hallowe'en are traditionally celebrated by Canadians.
The observance of individuals' religious holidays is widely accepted as well (see Multiculturalism). For example, some school children and employees take days off for Jewish holidays, Muslim holidays, or Eastern Orthodox observances according to the Julian calendar.
Astatutory holiday (also known as "general" or "public" holiday) in Canada is legislated either through the federal, provincial, or territorial governments. Most workers, public or private, are entitled to take the day off with regular pay. However, for businesses that are normally open employers may require employees to work on such a holiday, but in this case must be paid at a premium rate -- usually 1½ (known as "time and a half") or 2 times (known as "double time") the regular pay. In most provinces, when a statutory holiday falls on a normal day off (generally a weekend), the following work day is considered a statutory holiday.
There are 9 statutory holidays mandated by federal legislation and are only applicable to federally regulated employees. All banks applied these holidays to their schedule. These are as follows:
Provinces and territories generally adopt the same holidays as the federal government with some variations:
Alberta - 9 holidays
British Columbia - 9 holidays
Manitoba - 8 holidays
New Brunswick - 7 holidays
Newfoundland and Labrador - 6 holidays (most observed on closest Monday)
Northwest Territories - 10 holidays
Nova Scotia - 6 holidays (including Remembrance Day; see below)
Nunavut - 9 holidays
Prince Edward Island - 6 holidays
Ontario - 8 holidays
Quebec - 8 holidays
Saskatchewan - 9 holidays
Yukon - 9 holidays
Many employers give their employees days off that may not be statutory holidays in the particular province, particularly Boxing Day. Similarly, many federally regulated employees have negotiated additional holidays, that are common holidays in the provinces such that many also take Easter Monday and the first Monday in August.
In Canada, there are two definitions to the term "civic holiday":
By law, a civic holiday is defined as any holiday which is legally recognized but where the employer is not obliged to offer holiday pay.
Another common definition of the civic holiday refers to a particular annual holiday, celebrated on the first Monday of August in most Canadian provinces. However, this definition is far from uniform nationwide. Two provinces and one territory do not recognize it at all, and five other provinces do not oblige employers to offer holiday pay on this day, thus making it a civic holiday in the legal sense.
Some cities also have statutory holidays that are celebrated only within the city limits. For instance, the morning of the Stampede Parade is a legal half-day holiday in the city of Calgary.
Oshawa, Ontario has recently announced March 20, Mayor John Gray's birthday, Stephen Colbert Day.
In recent years there has been a call for the Canadian government to recognize St. Patrick's Day as a national holiday. Currently it is an official holiday only in Newfoundland and Labrador. This proposal has been promoted by the Guinness corporation.
The other leading candidate for a new holiday is a weekend in February to celebrate the anniversary of the Canadian flag, or more likely a general "Heritage Day". February 15 is already designated as National Flag of Canada Day, but this is simply a day of commemoration, not a statutory holiday.
The major Canadian breweries have long lobbied for a holiday in June.
Some Canadians believe that the country does not have enough holidays (in comparison to the United States and the United Kingdom, and although these nations have about the same number of nationally recognized holidays, they generally receive more days off work and school). Proposals for more work holidays are strongly opposed by many employers, however.
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