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- Civic_Holiday abstract "Civic Holiday is the most widely used name for a public holiday celebrated in most of Canada on the first Monday in August, though it is only officially known by that term by the governments of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Prince Edward Island. The Civic holiday is recognized as a statutory holiday in those three provinces and territories.The holiday is known by a variety of names in other provinces and municipalities, including British Columbia Day in British Columbia, New Brunswick Day in New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan Day in Saskatchewan. The holiday is celebrated as Natal Day in Nova Scotia and Terry Fox Day in Manitoba; however, though not a statutory holiday in Nova Scotia, it is in Manitoba.In 1974 the Government of Alberta, acting through Minister of Culture Dr. Horst A. Schmid, declared the first Monday in August an annual holiday to recognize and celebrate the varied cultural heritage of Albertans, known as Heritage Day. This gave rise in 1976 to the Edmonton Heritage Festival, a three-day celebration of food, dance, and handicrafts of cultures from around the world. Heritage Day has been an \"optional\" civic holiday, having been downgraded from a statutory holiday following the introduction of Family Day in 1990.The holiday was renamed Simcoe Day in Toronto effective 1969 in honour of the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada and the promulgator of the Act Against Slavery, but a motion at the Ontario Municipal Association to extend the name change across Ontario failed.According to a 2005 proclamation this name continues to apply in the present amalgamated city of Toronto.Civic Holiday is now known by one of a number of local appellations such as Colonel By Day in Ottawa, George Hamilton Day in Hamilton, Joseph Brant Day in Burlington, Founders' Day in Brantford, McLaughlin Day in Oshawa, Alexander Mackenzie Day in Sarnia, James Cockburn Day in Cobourg, Peter Robinson Day in Peterborough, and John Galt Day in Guelph, as well as numerous other names in smaller municipalities. When not given a local name, it is often referred to as 'Civic Holiday'. Although a work holiday is given to employees of the federal and many municipal governments, the Government of Ontario has not defined this day as a statutory holiday and it is not mentioned in either Ontario's Employment Standards Act or Retail Business Holidays Act. Schools are generally already closed, regardless of the holiday's status, because of summer vacation. The Caribbean Cultural Festival, formerly known as Caribana, is held this holiday weekend in Toronto, coinciding with Emancipation Day.The first Monday in August is not generally observed as a holiday in Quebec, parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, or Yukon, but replacement summer holidays may be observed as follows: Quebec observes Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24. In Yukon, Discovery Day is observed on the third Monday of August instead, and commemorates the 1896 discovery of gold in the territory and the start of the Klondike Gold Rush. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Shops Closing Act provides for a civic holiday on the date of the Royal St. John's Regatta (usually the first Wednesday of August) in St. John's, the date of the Harbour Grace Regatta (usually the fourth Saturday in July) in Harbour Grace, and a date fixed by the applicable municipal council in all other municipalities. Several of these communities use the first Monday in August as a civic holiday, while others have not selected any date.↑ 1.0 1.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ 7.0 7.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".
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- Civic_Holiday wikiPageRevisionID "674748500".
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Act_Against_Slavery.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Mackenzie.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Association_of_Municipalities_of_Ontario.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Brantford.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Burlington,_Ontario.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Caribana.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Category:August_observances.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Category:Holidays_and_observances_by_scheduling_(nth_weekday_of_the_month).
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Category:Provincial_and_territorial_holidays_in_Canada.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Category:Public_holidays_in_Canada.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Cobourg.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Culture_minister.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Emancipation_Day.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Employment_Standards_Act.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Executive_Council_of_Alberta.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Family_Day_(Canada).
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink George_Hamilton_(politician).
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Guelph.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Hamilton,_Ontario.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Harbour_Grace.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Harbour_Grace_Regatta.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Horst_Schmid.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink James_Cockburn_(politician).
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink John_By.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink John_Galt_(novelist).
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink John_Graves_Simcoe.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Brant.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Ontario.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Manitoba.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Multiculturalism_in_Canada.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink New_Brunswick.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Northwest_Territories.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Nova_Scotia.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Nunavut.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Old_Toronto.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Oshawa.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Ottawa.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Robinson_(Canadian_politician).
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Peterborough,_Ontario.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Prince_Edward_Island.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Public_holidays_in_Canada.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Quebec.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Retail_Business_Holidays_Act.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Royal_St._Johns_Regatta.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Samuel_McLaughlin.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Sarnia.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Servus_Heritage_Festival.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink St._Johns,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Summer_vacation.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Terry_Fox.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Toronto.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLink Yukon.
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLinkText "BC Day".
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLinkText "British Columbia Day".
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLinkText "Civic Holiday".
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageWikiLinkText "Heritage Day".
- Civic_Holiday duration "86400.0".
- Civic_Holiday frequency "annual".
- Civic_Holiday holidayName "Civic Holiday".
- Civic_Holiday month "August".
- Civic_Holiday observedby "Canada".
- Civic_Holiday scheduling "nth weekday of the month".
- Civic_Holiday weekOrdinal "first".
- Civic_Holiday weekday "Monday".
- Civic_Holiday wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Canada_Holidays.
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- Civic_Holiday subject Category:August_observances.
- Civic_Holiday subject Category:Holidays_and_observances_by_scheduling_(nth_weekday_of_the_month).
- Civic_Holiday subject Category:Provincial_and_territorial_holidays_in_Canada.
- Civic_Holiday subject Category:Public_holidays_in_Canada.
- Civic_Holiday type Holiday.
- Civic_Holiday type Observance.
- Civic_Holiday type TimeInterval.
- Civic_Holiday type Thing.
- Civic_Holiday type Q1445650.
- Civic_Holiday comment "Civic Holiday is the most widely used name for a public holiday celebrated in most of Canada on the first Monday in August, though it is only officially known by that term by the governments of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Prince Edward Island.".
- Civic_Holiday label "Civic Holiday".
- Civic_Holiday sameAs Q16948924.
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- Civic_Holiday wasDerivedFrom Civic_Holiday?oldid=674748500.
- Civic_Holiday isPrimaryTopicOf Civic_Holiday.
- Civic_Holiday name "Civic Holiday".