Civic Holiday (French: congé civique) is a public holiday in Canada celebrated on the first Monday in August. Though the first Monday of August is celebrated...

during the year. A civic holiday, also known as a civil or work holiday, is a day that is legally recognized and celebrated as a holiday in a particular...

Day (Civic Holiday) – first Monday in August; not a statutory holiday. Remembrance Day – an "official day of observance", not a statutory holiday. Five...

pay and schools (public and private) are closed for the day. Civic holiday: These holidays are observed nationwide, but employees are not entitled to the...

Newfoundland and Labrador except in Corner Brook, where it is an unnamed civic holiday. In Yukon, however, one Friday in February (typically the last/near-last...

Colombia has 18 holidays (12 Catholic holidays and 6 Civic holidays), plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays celebrating...

is a non-statutory holiday in Nova Scotia, Canada, celebrated on the first Monday in August. It coincides with other Civic Holidays across Canada. Natal...

nonpartisan civic holiday in the U.S. creating broad awareness of voter registration opportunities and celebrating democracy. About 2000 civic organizations...

Virginia, and the territory of Puerto Rico have declared Election Day a civic holiday. Some other states require that workers be permitted to take time off...

Farmer's Market Week (United States) August Public Holiday (Ireland) Children's Day (Tuvalu) Civic Holiday (Canada) British Columbia Day (British Columbia...

celebration. The first Thanksgiving Day after Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872, to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later...

Montreal, Quebec; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Vancouver, BC. Montreal declared a civic holiday in 1889. In Nova Scotia, coal miners had been holding picnics and parades...

Rock, Ontario. It takes place annually on the weekend following the civic holiday in August, drawing over 2,000 attendees each year. The festival is hosted...

September 1847. The date of the battle is now celebrated in Mexico as a civic holiday to honor the cadets' sacrifice. Built in the eighteenth century by a...

with no holidays (some Canadian provinces hold a Civic Holiday, but neither Canada nor the United States has ever recognized a national holiday during...

the next suitable day. Since Regatta Day is a civic holiday in St. John's (replacing the Civic Holiday observed in most other Canadian provinces on the...

October is a statutorily designated civic holiday called Disability History Month. The bill establishing the holiday passed the state legislature in 2008...

introduced “Vote Early Day” with the goal to become a new U.S. national civic holiday. Vote Early Day is meant to encourage eligible United States citizens...

Ottawa, Vancouver and London during these years. Montreal declared a civic holiday in 1889. In Nova Scotia, coal miners had been holding picnics and parades...

lieu for the following Monday. Statutory holidays in Australia are based on varying religious, cultural and civic observations. Christian celebrations, namely...

Manitoba designated the first Monday in August, formerly known as Civic Holiday, as Terry Fox Day. On September 13, 2020, Google celebrated Fox with...

compensation were resolved. The anniversary, March 18, is now a Mexican civic holiday. On August 16, 1935, the Petroleum Workers Union of Mexico (Sindicato...

A holiday is a day or other period of time set aside for festivals or recreation. Public holidays are set by public authorities and vary by state or region...

There are two kinds of public holidays in Slovenia – state holidays and work-free days. State holidays are those celebrated by the state. These include...

in southwestern Ontario The Simcoe Fairgrounds in Simcoe Civic Holiday, a statutory holiday celebrated throughout Canada under a variety of names by region...

Lorraine, the province of her birth. The Third Republic held a patriotic civic holiday in her honor on 8 May to celebrate her victory at Orléans. During World...

Alberta, Canada. Established in 1992, the Jamboree is held during the Civic Holiday in August and features country singers from North America. Performers...

festivities take place on the night before the holiday proper. While the religious significance of the civic celebration is gone, the day remains popularly...

historically important in the following European entities. It is a civic holiday in the German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony...

according to Gregorian calendar is among the most celebrated of public holidays in the world, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight following...