| Summer holiday (end) - Thursday September 2, 2021 School holidays :
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| Labour Day - Monday September 6, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Banks are closed - Thursday September 30, 2021 Banks only : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from 2021
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| Civil Servants holiday - Thursday September 30, 2021 Secular holiday : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from 2021
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| School holiday - Thursday September 30, 2021 School holidays : National Truth and Reconciliation Day from 2021
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| Thanksgiving - Monday October 11, 2021 Secular holiday : The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. Canada established the second Monday in October as a national holiday, a day of general thanksgiving, in 1957.
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| Thanksgiving - Monday October 11, 2021 School holidays :
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| Canadian Finals Rodeo - Wednesday November 10, 2021 Culture : Lasts 4 days -
https://farmfairinternational.com/heritage-ranch-rodeo/ in Edmonton 2020 edition confirmed
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| Remembrance Day - Thursday November 11, 2021 Secular holiday : In tribute to the Canadian soldiers who died in various wars (61,082 in WW1, 42,042 in WW2, 516 in the Korean war, 119 in peace-keeping missions) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Friday December 17, 2021 School holidays :
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| Christmas Day - Saturday December 25, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.
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| Banks are closed - Monday December 27, 2021 Banks only :
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| Banks are closed - Tuesday December 28, 2021 Banks only :
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