加拿大节日,包括国家法定节日和各省以及地方自己的法定节日,许多节日为全国人民所庆祝。
加拿大法定节日主要为基督教节日,例如圣诞节、基督受难日等,但也接纳了许多其他宗教的节日(请参见多元文化政策)。习惯上,加拿大还庆祝情人节、圣帕特里克节、父亲节、母亲节、万圣节。
[编辑] 国家法定节日
* 元旦
* 基督受难节
* 加拿大日,7月1日
* 劳动节,9月首个星期一
* 圣诞节
[编辑] 地方法定节日
* 维多利亚日
* 感恩节
* 公民假日,8月首个星期一
* 国殇纪念日
* 节礼日
每个省所定节日都有不同
Provincial and territorial holidays
Provinces and territories generally adopt the same holidays as the federal government with some variations:
[edit] Alberta
* Alberta - 5 nationwide and 4 provincial statutory holidays, as well as 3 "optional holidays".[5]
o Alberta Family Day - third Monday in February
o Easter Monday - optional
o Victoria Day - the Monday preceding May 25
o Heritage Day - first Monday of August, optional
o Thanksgiving - second Monday in October
o Remembrance Day - November 11
o Boxing Day - December 26, optional
[edit] British Columbia
* British Columbia - 5 nationwide and 4 provincial statutory holidays.[6]
o Victoria Day - last Monday before or on May 24
o British Columbia Day (aka BC Day) - first Monday of August
o Thanksgiving - second Monday of October
o Remembrance Day
[edit] Manitoba
* Manitoba - 5 nationwide and 3 provincial statutory holidays, as well as 2 optional holidays.[7] Remembrance Day and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays.
o Louis Riel Day - third Monday in February
o Victoria Day
o Civic Holiday - first Monday in August; not a statutory holiday.
o Thanksgiving
o Remembrance Day - an "Official day of Observance", not a statutory holiday.[8]
[edit] New Brunswick
* New Brunswick - New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.[9]
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o New Brunswick Day - first Monday in August
o Remembrance Day
Although prescribed as public holidays, Victoria Day, Thanksgiving, and Boxing Day are not paid public holidays.[10]
[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador
* Newfoundland and Labrador - 5 nationwide and 1 provincial statutory holiday.[11] Thanksgiving is not a statutory holiday. Canada Day is co-celebrated with Memorial Day.
o Armistice Day
o St. Patrick's Day (March 17), St. George's Day (April 23), Discovery Day (Monday nearest June 24) and Orangemen's Day (July 12) have not been observed as statutory holidays since 1992. They are, however, observed by the provincial government.
Unlike most other provinces, there is no province-wide holiday on the first Monday in August. It may be seen as redundant due to the Royal St. John's Regatta, which is observed as a civic holiday in St. John's on the first Wednesday in August (or, in case of poor weather, the next suitable day thereafter). Harbour Grace has a similar holiday for its regatta in late July. All other municipalities are entitled to designate one day a year as a civic holiday, however many do not take advantage of this.
[edit] Northwest Territories
* Northwest Territories - 5 nationwide holidays and 5 territorial statutory holidays.
o Victoria Day
o National Aboriginal Day - June 21
o Civic Holiday - First Monday in August
o Remembrance Day
o Thanksgiving
[edit] Nova Scotia
* Nova Scotia - 5 nationwide holidays plus Remembrance Day. Victoria Day, Thanksgiving, and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays.
* Most statutory holidays can be substituted for a mutually agreeable alternative paid day off in lieu, or employers can require employees to work at a premium rate of pay. Several types of employment, including workplaces covered by a collective agreement, are exempt from provincial rules governing statutory holidays.[12][13]
o Remembrance Day - This holiday is governed separately from all other public holidays in Nova Scotia. It is illegal for any person to offer any goods or real property for sale on this date, or to accept or offer employment in exchange for gain or reward. There are special exemptions for workers who are employed in certain categories, but an alternative day off with pay must be offered in lieu.[14]
o Natal Day - first Monday in August; not a statutory holiday but a common day off.
[edit] Nunavut
* Nunavut - 5 nationwide and 4 territorial statutory holidays. Boxing Day is not a statutory holiday.
o Victoria Day
o Nunavut Day - July 9, originated as a paid holiday for Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and regional Inuit associations. It became a ½ day holiday for Government employees in 1999 and a full day in 2001. Most employers give the day off with the notable exceptions being the Federal Government and the North West Company. Not a statutory holiday.
o Civic Holiday - first Monday in August.
o Thanksgiving
o Remembrance Day
[edit] Ontario
* Ontario - 5 nationwide and 4 provincial statutory holidays plus one common municipal holiday.
o Family Day - third Monday in February.
o Victoria Day
o August Civic Public Holiday - first Monday in August. This is not a Paid Public (Stat) Holiday[15] and as such provincially regulated employers are not required to treat this as a holiday.
o Thanksgiving
o Remembrance Day - This is also not a Paid Public (Stat) Holiday[15] and as such provincially regulated employers are not required to treat this as a holiday.
o Boxing Day
[edit] Prince Edward Island
* Prince Edward Island - 5 nationwide and 2 provincial statutory holidays. Thanksgiving and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays.
o Islander Day - third Monday in February. (Originally second)
o Remembrance Day
o Gold Cup Parade Day celebrated mainly in the capital city of Charlottetown on the third Friday in August marking the end of the Provincial Exhibition and the Gold Cup and Saucer race at the Charlottetown Driving Park, which is a bank and contract holiday for some Civil Servants (others get the first Monday of August as a Civic Holiday)
[edit] Quebec
* Quebec - 5 nationwide and 3 provincial statutory holidays. Remembrance Day and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays, and there is no Civic Holiday in August. Many of the specific details of employment law are quite different in Quebec.
o Employers must give either Good Friday or Easter Monday as a statutory holiday, though most give both days.
o National Patriots' Day (French: Journée nationale des patriotes) coincides with Victoria Day.
o National Holiday of Quebec (French: Fête nationale du Québec) on June 24 coincides with the Midsummer (St. John the Baptist Day).
o Thanksgiving (French: L'Action de grâce)
o Construction Holiday (French: Vacances de la construction) takes place during the last two weeks of July — while it applies officially only to the construction industry, many other Quebecers arrange to take their vacations during these two weeks.
[edit] Saskatchewan
* Saskatchewan - 5 nationwide and 5 provincial statutory holidays.
o Family Day - third Monday in February
o Victoria Day
o Saskatchewan Day - first Monday in August. Celebration of Saskatchewan history and culture similar to Canada Day.
o Thanksgiving
o Remembrance Day
[edit] Yukon
* Yukon - 5 nationwide and 4 territorial statutory holidays.
o Victoria Day
o Discovery Day - third Monday in August
o Thanksgiving
o Remembrance Day
o Heritage Day - third Friday in February[16]
Many employers give their employees days off that may not be statutory holidays in the particular province, particularly Boxing Day. Similarly, many federally regulated employees may also take Easter Monday and the first Monday in August.
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