Holidays and Celebrations

Saturday and Sunday | January 1 - New Year's Day | Valentine's Day - February 14 | Late March or early April - Good Friday | Late March or early April - Easter Sunday | Late March or early April - Easter Monday | Victoria Day - Monday before May 25 | Canada Day - July 1 | Labour Day - First Monday in September | Thanksgiving - Second Monday of October | Halloween - October 31 | Remembrance Day - November 11 | Christmas Day - December 25 | Boxing Day - December 26 | New Year's Eve - December 31

Canada Day - July 1

A statutory holiday, Canada Day commemorates the day in 1867 that the first of the British North American colonies entered Confederation as the Dominion of Canada. Canadians celebrate by having or attending public fireworks displays.