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Family Day (Canada) ... In most provinces of Canada, the third Monday in February is observed as a regional statutory holiday, typically known in general as Family Day (French: Jour de la famille)—though some provinces use their own names, as they celebrate the day for different reasons.
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.
Family Day is a public holiday in the countries of Angola, Israel, Namibia, South Africa, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Vietnam; in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan; in the American states of Arizona and Nevada; and as the second day of Songkran in Thailand.
National Family Week is celebrated throughout the country with special events put on by community organizations. National Family Week also exists in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. It is a distinct event from Family Day which is a statutory holiday created by the provincial governments of Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Holidays Source:[136][137] January 1 – New Year's Day February 19 – Family Day March 29 – Good Friday May 20 – Victoria Day July 1 – Canada Day September 2 – Labour Day September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation October 14 – Thanksgiving Day November 11 – Remembrance Day December 25 – Christmas Day
This is a collection of articles about holidays celebrated only, or primarily, in Canada. For more widely celebrated holidays, see Category:Holidays. Wikimedia Commons has media related to National holidays of Canada.
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Canada Day[a] is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas (Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada. [1][2] Originally called Dominion Day [b], the ...