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Canada's legal holidays are Canada Day on 1 July (as per s. 2 of the Holidays Act), Remembrance Day on 11 November (as per s. 3 of the Holidays Act), Victoria Day on the Monday preceding 25 May (as per s. 4 of the Holidays Act), New Year's Day on 1 January, Labour Day on the first Monday of September, Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday of October, Christmas Day on 25 December, and Boxing Day on 26 December (as per s. 166 of the Canada Labour Code).

Although Canada Day and Victoria Day are each called a "legal holiday" in the Holidays Act, Remembrance Day is merely called a "holiday." As such, it is not a holiday for all Canadians. Remembrance Day is colloquially referred to as a "bank holiday."

Most provinces also observe a holiday on the first Monday in August and some observe another holiday at other times.

Canada's Interpretation Act describes each Sunday as a "holiday." In addition, the Act names eight other holidays. Section 35(1) reads, in part:

"holiday" means any of the following days, namely, Sunday; New Year's Day; Good Friday; Easter Monday; Christmas Day; the birthday or the day fixed by proclamation for the celebration of the birthday of the reigning Sovereign; Victoria Day; Canada Day; the first Monday in September, designated Labour Day; Remembrance Day; any day appointed by proclamation to be observed as a day of general prayer or mourning or day of public rejoicing or thanksgiving; ...

The problem, however, is that a person's right not to work on a holiday, or to be paid a premium for having to work on a holiday, is contained in a hodge-podge of sometimes inconsistent federal and provincial legislation.

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