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In Canada, a Statutory Holiday (also known as "general" or "public" holiday) is a holiday 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, employers may ask/request 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.
The statutory holidays mandated by federal legislation are:
Provinces and territories also have legislated statutory holidays:
- Family Day - third Monday in February - Alberta
- Civic Holiday - first Monday in August. Some provinces use Civic Holiday while others call it something else.
- Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nunavut, Saskatchewan
- In Ontario, the holiday is officially "Civic Holiday", and celebrated as Simcoe Day in Toronto, and as Colonel By Day in Ottawa.
- In Nova Scotia, Natal Day is also celebrated on the first Monday in August, except in Halifax where it varies from year to year, usually in August or July. Natal Day is also often celebrated by proclamation (may usually be on the first Monday in August) in Prince Edward Island.
- Fête Nationale (St-Jean-Baptiste Day) - June 24. National Holiday of Quebec.
- Discovery Day - third Monday in August - Yukon
- Statutory holidays that are legalized in Newfoundland and Labrador include:
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