Holidays in Canada

Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia II - Holidays in Canada - Proposed holidays

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 Can ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Canada Day

Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is Canada's national holiday. It is celebrated on 1 July annually. Canada Day - History. Canada Day celebrates the creation of the dominion of Canada through the British North America Act on 1 July 1867, uniting three British territories — the Province of Canada (southern Ontario and southern Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick — into a federation. (See Canadian Confederation.) The holiday itself was formally established in 1879 and was originally c ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States such as Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York City. Its headquarters are in Calgary, Alberta. The railway was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885, fulfilling a pr ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Victoria Day

Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine) is a Canadian Statutory Holiday celebrated on the Monday on or before May 24 in honour of both Queen Victoria's birthday and the current reigning Canadian sovereign's birthday. Though, as a national holiday, it is still an official holiday in Quebec, the Quebec National Assembly has dedicated the same day as a provincial holiday: National Patriotes Day (Journée nationale des patriotes), which commemorates the English-Canadian and French-Canadian Patriotes of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837. Before 2003 the holiday in Quebec was referred to by some as the F ...

Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Air Canada Tango

Air Canada Tango was a discount airline launched by Air Canada in 2001 to offer no-frills service on some of Air Canada's routes and to reduce operating costs at the struggling Air Canada. Based in Toronto, Tango flew on the major longer-distance Canadian routes between cities such as Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. It also flew to some holiday destinations in the USA such as Fort Lauderdale and Tampa. The service offered lower fares but with few in-flight services. In 2002, Air Canada launched another discount airline called Zip. Unlike Tango, however, Zip operated as a tota ...

Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Veteran

A veteran refers to a person who is experienced in a particular area, particularly referring to people in the armed forces. (From Latin vetus, meaning "old.") Veteran often refers to retired soldiers. However, any member of the armed forces who has seen combat or has served for a long time can be described as a veteran. Veteran - History of Veterans. For most of history, states did not have any fixed standing army. Almost all warriors were farmers for the bulk of the year and thus had ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Eid ul-Fitr

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile plc is a mobile phone service provider operating in the UK, Australia and Canada, and the US. The company was the world's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator, launched in the UK in 1999. It does not maintain its own network, and instead has contracts to use the existing network(s) of other providers. In the UK, Virgin Mobile uses the T-Mobile network. In the US, the Sprint network is the carrier. In Australia, Virgin Mobile operates on the Optus network. In Canada, it uses the Bell Mobility network. These networks use different technology (GSM in ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Chopped liver

Chopped liver is a traditional Jewish food served at family dinner tables, generally only at holiday dinners. It is made by grinding a mixture of liver (having been sauteed with onions in schmaltz (rendered animal fat)), hard-boiled eggs, salt and pepper. Chopped liver is a common menu item in Jewish delicatessens in the U.S. and Canada. Chopped liver is often served in Jewish delicatessens with rye bread, as sandwiches. The liver used is generally calves' liver or chicken liver. Shor ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Vacation

This article is on vacation as time off. For the movie, see National Lampoon's Vacation. For the Go Go's album/song see Vacation (album). Vacation is a term used in North America to describe time away from work or school, a trip abroad, or simply a pleasure trip away from home. In the rest of the English-speaking world the word "holiday" is used. In Canada both terms are widely used. The French term is similar to the American English: "Les Vacances". The term derives from the fact that, in the past, upper-class families would literally move to a summer home for part of th ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - June 16

June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. June 16 - Events. 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, N ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia - Christmas worldwide

The Christmas worldwide article describes the celebration of Christmas around the world. The Christmas season is celebrated in different ways around the world. The list of winter festivals includes winter holidays not specifically related to Christmas. This page focuses on traditions in countries other than the United Kingdom and North America. See Christmas and Santa Claus for more information about those traditions. Christmas worldwide - Asia. Christmas w ...

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Holidays in Canada: Encyclopedia II - Canada - Holidays

Statutory and major holidays in Canada include New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas, and Boxing Day. Canada's provinces and territories generally adopt statutory holidays similar to federal ones with some variations (including civic holidays), and many Canadians celebrate numerous unofficial and religious holidays as well. ...

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