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Specific comments on bank and public holidays in Canada0 V" Z- d4 f9 C2 _* \ |* c
$ r. }+ \: G6 G, H3 a+ NPublic holidays that fall on a weekend are often taken on a Monday, but not officially. Some businesses take the Monday while others take the preceding Friday. There is a push to make Saint Patrick's Day a national holiday. It is being sponsored by Guinness. Employers in QC have the option of giving either Good Friday or Easter Monday off. Victoria Day is not officially a statutory holiday in NB, NL, NS, or PE, but most people have it off anyway. Officially, only Canada Day is moved to a Monday when July 1 falls on a Sunday. There is no official stance when it falls on a Saturday. Many take Friday off when it falls on a Saturday. The Civic Holiday is referred to differently in various areas: AB (Alberta): Heritage Day. BC (British Columbia): British Columbia Day. MB (Manitoba): Civic Holiday. NB (New Brunswick): New Brunswick Day. NL (Newfoundland and Labrador): Regatta Day. NS (Nova Scotia): Natal Day. ON (Ontario): Civic Holiday (or Simcoe Day in Toronto). PE (Prince Edward Island): Natal Day. QC (Quebec): St. Jean Baptiste (June 24). SK (Saskatchewan): Civic Holiday or Saskatchewan Day. NT (Northwest Territories): Civic Holiday. NU (Nunavut): Civic Holiday. YK (Yukon): Discovery Day. Thanksgiving is not officially a statutory holiday in MB, NB, NL, NS, PE, or QC, but most people have it off anyway. Remembrance Day is not officially a statutory holiday in MB, NB, NL, ON, PE, or QC.
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( * ) Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Canada, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight.
5 o% \1 R/ U" }6 L4 H( i ) Days in Lieu : These bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays, in Canada, have specific official rules that determine that they are moved, or that a days in lieu is given when they occur on a Saturday or on a Sunday, or in both cases. The effects of those rules have already been included in the dates displayed above. 8 X9 Z. \3 i g: P' Z! y o
( k ) Saturdays : As mentioned in footnote (i), above, our research indicates that some of the bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays that occur on a weekend in Canada, are moved, or that days in lieu are given. The fact that the date displayed above is a Saturday means that either this particular holiday does not move, or it only moves it it occurs on a Sunday. Examples of this are religious holidays such as Holy Saturday, or the actual date of a holiday, such as Christmas, for which an additional day in lieu is given when it occurs on a weekend.
) k. a" w1 E5 n% p7 I% A8 M) B( n ) Sundays : As mentioned in footnote (i), above, our research indicates that bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays that occur on a Sunday in Canada, are moved, or that days in lieu are given. The fact that the date displayed above is a Sunday means that this particular holiday does not move. Examples of this are religious holidays such as Easter Sunday, or the actual date of a holiday, such as Christmas, for which an additional day in lieu is given when it occurs on a weekend. |
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