Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
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April Fools Day
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Monday april 1, 2024
cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
Vimy Ridge Day
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Tuesday april 9, 2024
Culture : To honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge which took place during the First World War at Vimy Ridge, France, in 1917. Wikipedia
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]
Day of Mourning
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Sunday april 28, 2024
Culture : The National Day of Mourning commemorates workers who have been injured, killed or suffer illness as a result of occupational accidents and hazards
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
National Day of Prayer
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Thursday may 9, 2024
cards/flowers : National Day of Honor for troops who contributed to Afghanistan mission
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Regional holiday
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Monday may 20, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to Queen Victoria's birth in 1819 -
In Quebec : Patriots' Day, commemorates the 1837-1838 rebellion against British monarchy only in Alberta - British Columbia - Labrador - Manitoba - Northwest Territories -
Nunavut - Ontario - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Yukon
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
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National Aboriginal Day
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Friday june 21, 2024
Culture :
Canada Day
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Monday july 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the union of the Canadian provinces under one government, which took place in 1867 under the British North America Act Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Regional holiday
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Monday august 5, 2024
Secular holiday : Civic/state holiday - Civic holiday in Ontario, Saskatchewan and the North West Territories.
- Natal Day in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
- New Brunswick Day in New Brunswick.
British Colombia Day in British Colombia.
- Heritage Day in Alberta.
NOT a holiday in Quebec, Yukon.
International Water & Waste Water Exhibition
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Sunday august 11, 2024
Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days -
https://worldwatercongress.org/ in Toronto 2024 edition CONFIRMED
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
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Acadian National Day
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Culture :
Labour Day
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Monday september 2, 2024
Secular holiday :
Grandparents Day
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Sunday september 8, 2024
cards/flowers : To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.
Banks are closed
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Monday september 30, 2024
Banks only : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from 2021
Rosh Hashanah
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Thursday october 3, 2024
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur
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Sunday october 13, 2024
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Thanksgiving
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Monday october 14, 2024
Secular holiday : The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. Canada established the second Monday in October as a national holiday, a day of general thanksgiving, in 1957.
Halloween
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Thursday october 31, 2024
cards/flowers : Halloween originated from a Celtic festival called Samhain, which was celebrated 2,000 years ago and revolved around lighting bonfires and wearing costumes to ward off spirits and fairies yes, Halloween began because people truly believed that it was a time when dead spirits would rise again, and walk among them. Back then, costumes acted as protection, not just an excuse to show off your Pinterest skills.
Not much is known about the ancient holiday since there are no written records, though per Encyclopedia Britannica, it was a time fraught with danger, charged with fear, and full of supernatural episodes.