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Canada Day. Civic Holiday. Labour Day. Truth and Reconciliation Day. Thanksgiving Day. Remembrance Day. Christmas Day. Boxing Day. 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 ...
Thanksgiving (Canada) A celebration of being thankful for what one has and the bounty of the previous year. Thanksgiving ( French: Action de grâce) or Thanksgiving Day ( French: Jour de l'Action de grâce ), is an annual Canadian holiday held on the second Monday in October. [ 1] Outside of the country, it may be referred to as Canadian ...
Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada, [faɛ̯t dzy kanadɑ]), formerly known as Dominion Day (French: Fête du Dominion), is the national day of Canada.A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia ...
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 .
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (sometimes shortened to T&R Day) ( NDTR; French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation ), originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day ( French: Jour du chandail orange ), [ 1] is a Canadian holiday to recognize the legacy of the Canadian Indian residential school ...
Boxing Day crowds shopping at the Toronto Eaton Centre in Canada, 2007. In the United Kingdom, [36] Canada, [37] Australia, [38] New Zealand, [39] and Trinidad and Tobago, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday. Boxing Day sales are common, and shops often allow dramatic price reductions.
Scotiabank Arena ( French: Aréna Scotiabank), formerly known as Air Canada Centre ( ACC ), is a multi-purposed arena located on Bay Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the home of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The 2023 event was held on November 26. [1] First held in 1905, it is one of the largest parade productions in North America, the oldest Santa Claus parade in the world, and one of the world's oldest annual parades. Traditionally, it ran from Christie Pits along Bloor Street West and then south through Downtown Toronto before terminating at the ...