Canada is the only country that commemorates Queen Victoria with an official holiday. In 2013, there was an effort to change the name to Victoria and First Peoples Day. While it had several notable supporters, it was not considered in Parliament. 🧵9/12 - ThreadSky

cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

Canada is the only country that commemorates Queen Victoria with an official holiday.
In 2013, there was an effort to change the name to Victoria and First Peoples Day. While it had several notable supporters, it was not considered in Parliament.

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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The day is a general holiday in Alberta, Manitoba, the NWT, Nunavut, New Brunswick and Yukon. It is a statutory holiday in BC, Ontario and Saskatchewan. It is a government holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

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lavoieluciano.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Merci Craig! :) Bonne fête de la Reine à toi aussi!

bigbenchrob.bsky.social•21 hours ago

What distinguishes general, statutory and government holidays?

danofavonlea1990.bsky.social•20 hours ago

A general holiday and a stat holiday are essentially the same thing they both refer to a public holiday mandated by the prov or fed gov’t which most employees get paid.

cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social•23 hours ago

From the 1920s to 2022, Quebec had an informal holiday called Fête de Dollard. It was named for Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, an early colonist of New France.
In 2022, the holiday became National Patriots' Day, to honour the patriotes of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837.

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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social•23 hours ago

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