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Victoria Day

Victoria Day always confuses me. The page says it falls on the Monday before May 25 (May 24 being a good day to fall on seeing as it's the actual birthday of Victoria. Hence the popular expression "May 2-4"), but in 2004 May 24th was a Monday and yet Victoria Day was the week before on May 17. At least, that's how it went in Ontario. Does someone just arbitrarily decide ahead of time if it will be the 3rd or 4th Monday of the month?

St Jean Baptiste

Shouldn't St-Jean Baptiste be renamed to Fête nationale du Québec as it is now officially (I think) called?

Absolutely. It's the official name of the holiday even though people usually don't call it that way. --OmegaDez (talk) 17:17, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Colbert Day?

March 20th is Stephen Colbert Day in Oshawa, as declared by the mayor.
November 27, 2007

Some problems

One, you noted in the initial paragraph the provinces and territories that participate in Family Day. Even if it's speaking of Heritage Day, wouldn't it be more prudent to say that before the inception of Family Day, that in its place was Heritage Day? "In Canada more generally, the---..." Seems kind of silly, generally speaking about a generalized civic holiday that wasn't celebrated everywhere [in Canada].

Two, in the top table after the initial paragraph [using mobile view, otherwise I mean the top table with the basic descriptors of Family Day] you listed 8 provinces/territories that observed family day and yet you go on to only provide 5 thereafter. CydaeaAraneae (talk) 11:33, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]