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Each Province Of Canada has its own provincial holiday or holidays. The include St. Jean Baptiste Day in Quebec, Natal Day in PEI and Nova Scotia and Discovery Day in Newfoundland And Labrador and Yukon . Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , New Brunswick , Ontario , and Saskatchewan have civic holidays on the first Monday in August. In British Columbia it is called B.C. Day , while in Ontario , it is named differently in each city. In Toronto it is Simcoe Day ( August 1 , civic holiday) while in Ottawa it is Colonel By Day, for instance. Alberta celebrates Family Day on the third Monday of February. Although not official holidays, Valentine's Day , St. Patrick's Day , Mother's Day , Father's Day , and Hallowe'en are traditionally celebrated by Canadians. The observance of individuals' religious holidays is widely accepted (see Multiculturalism ). For example, some school children and employees take days off for Jewish Holidays , or Eastern Orthodox observances according to the Julian Calendar . STATUTORY HOLIDAYS A statutory holiday (also known as "general" or "public" holiday) in Canada is legislated either through the federal, provincial, or territorial governments. Most workers, public or private, are entitled to take the day off with regular pay. However, for businesses that are normally open employers may require employees to work on such a holiday but in this case, must be paid at a premium rate -- usually 1½ (known as "time and a half") or 2 times the regular pay. In most provinces, when a statutory holiday falls on a normal day off (generally a weekend), the following work day is considered a statutory holiday. Federal There are 9 statutory holidays mandated by federal legislation and are only applicable to federally regulated employees. All banks applied these holidays to their schedule These are as follows:
Provincial and territorial Provinces And Territories generally adopt the same holidays as the federal government with some variations:
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 have negotiated additional holidays, that are common holidays in the provinces such that many also take Easter Monday and the first Monday in August. CIVIC HOLIDAYS In Canada, there are two definitions to the term " Civic Holiday ": Legal definition By law, a civic holiday is defined as any holiday which is legally recognized but where the employer is not obliged to offer holiday pay. For example, in Alberta Christmas is a statutory holiday where employees are entitled to holiday pay, but Boxing Day is a civic holiday and employers do not have to provide holiday pay. Second, the term can also refer to the holiday The August holiday Another common definition of the civic holiday refers to a particular annual holiday, celebrated on the first Monday of August in most Canadian provinces. However, this definition is far from uniform nationwide. Two provinces and one territory do not recognize it at all, and five other provinces do not oblige employers to offer holiday pay on this day, thus making it a civic holiday in the legal sense. This leaves only three provinces and two territories where the first Monday in August is a full statutory holiday and employers are obliged to pay their employees holiday pay. Jurisdictions with a ''statutory'' holiday on the first Monday of August
Jurisdictions with a ''civic'' holiday on the first Monday of August
:1 — Alberta employers can opt out of the Family Day holiday in February. If they do, they must treat the August holiday as a statutory holiday. :2 — Some Ontario municipalities have a specific name for the holiday. Jurisdictions with ''no'' holiday on the first Monday of August
PROPOSED HOLIDAYS In recent years there has been a call for the Canadian government to recognize St. Patrick's Day as a national holiday. Currently it is an official holiday only in Newfoundland And Labrador . This proposal has been promoted by the Guinness corporation. The other leading candidate for a new holiday is a weekend in February to celebrate the anniversary of the Canadian Flag , or more likely a general "Heritage Day". February 15 is already designated as National Flag Of Canada Day , but this is simply a day of commemoration, not a statutory holiday. The major Canadian breweries have long lobbied for a holiday in June. Some Canadians believe that the country does not have enough holidays (in comparison to the United States and the United Kingdom , and although these nations have about the same number of nationally recognized holidays, they generally receive more days off work and school). Proposals for more work holidays are strongly opposed by many employers, however. OTHER OBSERVANCES REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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