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Holidays in Canada

Holiday Date
New Year's Day January 1
Good Friday Friday before Easter 1
Easter Monday Monday after Easter 1
Victoria Day 2 Monday before May 25th
Canada Day 3 July 1
Labour Day 1st Monday in September
Thanksgiving Day 2nd Monday in October
Remembrance Day November 11
Christmas Day December 25
Boxing Day December 26 (not a statutory holiday, but universally observed)
1) Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon in an Ecclesiastical lunar month called the 'Paschal full moon', and can fall between March 22 and April 25.

2) Also known as May 24th, the Queen's Birthday, Empire Day, or Commonwealth Day.

3) Formerly known as Dominion Day.

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