Statutory Holidays
Canada Day
True or False: An employer MUST give their employees statutory holidays off work.
False
When is Saint-Jean-Baptiste day?
June 24th
This February holiday is celebrated by those in love.
Valentine's Day
This activity involves a group of cheery people singing Christmas tunes door to door or in a space together.
Christmas Carolling
There are this many federal statutory holidays celebrated in Canada.
5
What is it called when an employee receives twice their pay for working on a statutory holiday?
Double time
This is a newer holiday in Canada, created in 2021. What holiday is celebrated on September 30th?
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
This holiday, celebrated in provinces like Ontario, has the purpose of getting families together in February once the bustle of the holidays are over.
Family Day
This event follows Christmas and is marked by big sales and clearance events at many stores across the country and online.
Boxing Day
This statutory holiday celebrates the death of Jesus Christ in the Christian faith.
Easter Monday
What is it called when an employee receives 1 1/2 of their pay for working on a statutory holiday?
Time and a half
When is Boxing Day?
December 26th
This is a big, happy festival celebrating the start of a new year on the moon's calendar.
The Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year
This meat pie is often served alongside baked beans or mashed potatoes in Quebec during special holidays.
Tourtière
This major holiday, honouring labourers is observed in September in Canada.
Labour Day
True or False: New national holidays CANNOT be invented.
False
When is St. Patrick's Day?
March 17th
This holiday is a sacred time of year for Muslims when they celebrate through spiritual rejuvenation, gratitude, and compassion for others.
Ramadan
Summer is peak season for these gatherings featuring Indigenous traditions like drumming, dancing in colourful regalia, and cultural sharing.
Pow Wows
This holiday, often Victoria Day, recognizes the reigning monarch, but in Quebec, it's a day for Quebec's founder.
Statutory holidays are legislated through which governments?
Federal, provincial, or territorial
When is Labour Day?
This eight-night Jewish "Festival of Lights" celebrates a miracle where a little oil for the Temple lamp burned for eight days instead of one.
Hanukkah
This playful tradition to become an honorary Newfoundlander, involves kissing a fish, drinking screech (rum), and reciting a pledge.
Screech-In