<Tr> <Td> December 25 </Td> <Td> Christmas Day </Td> <Td> Noël </Td> <Td> Celebrates the nativity of Jesus . </Td> </Tr> <P> In addition to the nationwide holidays listed above, the following holidays are mandated by federal legislation for federally regulated employees . All banks and post offices commemorate these holidays, and they are statutory in some provinces and territories . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> English Name </Th> <Th> French Name </Th> <Th> Remarks </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> In lieu of Good Friday (Stat Holiday), Monday after Easter Day </Td> <Td> Easter Monday </Td> <Td> Lundi de Pâques </Td> <Td> Variable date between March 23 and April 26 . Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus . <P> Not a statutory holiday in any province or territory; however, in Quebec employers must give either Good Friday or Easter Monday as a statutory holiday, though most give both days . </P> <P> Banks remain open (legally they cannot close for more than three consecutive days except in emergencies), but employees often receive a "floating" paid day off to be taken on or near the holiday . </P> <P> This is not one of the nine "General Holidays" as defined by the Canada Labour Code--Part III . As such, there is no legal requirement for private sector employers in federally regulated industries to provide Easter Monday as a paid holiday to employees . However, many federal government offices will be closed on this day . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Monday on or before May 24 </Td> <Td> Victoria Day </Td> <Td> officially la Fête de Victoria (more commonly called la Fête de la Reine) or Journée nationale des Patriotes </Td> <Td> Celebrates the birthday of the reigning Canadian monarch; however, the date does not change with the change of monarch, being instead fixed on the birthday of Queen Victoria, the sovereign at the time of Canadian Confederation and establishment of dominion status in 1867 . Some French - Canadians celebrate instead Adam Dollard des Ormeaux a French - Canadian hero from the New France times on this day; officially National Patriots' Day in Quebec . <P> Statutory holiday in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec (coincides with National Patriots' Day), Saskatchewan, and Yukon . A holiday in New Brunswick under the Days of Rest Act . </P> <P> Not a statutory holiday in the eastern maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island or in Newfoundland and Labrador . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Monday in August </Td> <Td> August Civic Holiday </Td> <Td> Premier lundi d'août </Td> <Td> Statutory holiday in British Columbia (British Columbia Day), New Brunswick (New Brunswick Day), Northwest Territories (Civic Holiday), Nunavut (Civic Holiday), Ontario and Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Day). <P> Civic holiday (may be a paid vacation day depending on employer) in Alberta (Heritage Day), Manitoba (Terry Fox Day), Ontario (Colonel By Day + John Galt Day + Simcoe Day + Break for no reason day + others), Nova Scotia (Natal Day), Prince Edward Island (Federal Civic Holiday). </P> <P> Not observed in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, or Yukon . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Monday in October </Td> <Td> Thanksgiving </Td> <Td> Action de grâce </Td> <Td> A day to give thanks for the things one has at the close of the harvest season . <P> Statutory holiday in most jurisdictions of Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon . </P> <P> An optional holiday in the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia . In New Brunswick, included under the Days of Rest Act . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> November 11 </Td> <Td> Remembrance Day </Td> <Td> Jour du Souvenir </Td> <Td> Commemorates Canada's war dead . Anniversary of the armistice ending World War I in 1918 . <P> Statutory holiday in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and Yukon . </P> <P> In Manitoba, an "Official day of Observance", not a statutory holiday . </P> <P> In Ontario and Nova Scotia, not a statutory holiday in that employers have the option of giving Remembrance Day or an alternate day off . In Nova Scotia Remembrance Day is covered specifically by the Remembrance Day Act which prohibits employers from allowing employees to work and prohibits employees from working with exceptions for required services . </P> <P> Not a statutory holiday in Quebec . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 26 </Td> <Td> Boxing Day </Td> <Td> Lendemain de Noël </Td> <Td> A holiday with mixed and uncertain origins and definitions . <P> Provincially, a statutory holiday in Ontario . A holiday in New Brunswick under the Days of Rest Act . </P> <P> Many employers across the country observe Boxing Day as a paid day off . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> English Name </Th> <Th> French Name </Th> <Th> Remarks </Th> </Tr>

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