Canada Day 2020 In 2020 Canada Day is Wednesday, July 1.
Canada Day 2020
In 2020 Canada Day is Wednesday, July 1.
Canada day in 2020 is in the middle of the week. This means you either enjoy the single day off or take two days off before or after to create a 5 day holiday. Be sure to book these days early as we suspect many people will want to make this an extra long weekend. (This is way less confusing than when Canada Day was on Sunday and got moved to July 2nd but most celebrations still took place on Sunday the 1st? It created quite an uproar and a fair bit of confusion - you can read some of the older comments about this below.)
Canada Day celebrates the birthday of Canada. 150 years ago, On July 1, 1867 Canada became a new federation with its own constitution by signing the Constitution Act - formerly known as the British North America Act.
Canada Day is a national statutory holiday celebrated in all provinces and territories and it is a day off for most businesses. There is, of course, a lot more to Canada Day but the purpose of this page is only to give you a date and a brief history.
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Posted by Santo Carm:
what are companies planning for 2020 when Canada day falls on a Wednesday. are you giving employees the Monday or Friday off and working Wednesday or are you sticking to the Wednesday as the day off work?
Posted by Charles Mcgill:
Canada Day? I wish I had a positive comment to add. Unfortunately, in my 60s I do not. Can I contribute this feeling to the federal government and their policies, perhaps. I was born and raised in the Lower Mainland. I am retired but work in the tourism business part time. I am often asked when driving through suburbs is this "China Town". I respond no this is Vancouver now. When I walk through these areas I deliberately ask directional questions. To my surprise French and English is no where to be found. Can I can these places "Cultural ghettos" ? Or will I be "branded" racist? All I am looking for is the Canada of my youth!
Posted by Marilyn Seabrook:
As a Health Care Worker, we are required to work shifts, weekends, and Public Holidays. To change the date of Canada Day to July 2 this year because the 1st. fell on a Sunday, does not take into account those that had to work On Sunday July 1st and therefore were not able to celebrate on the actual holiday. These individuals should receive the public Holiday pay for this date. Other employment that does not regularly work on a weekend, have always received a substitute holiday
Posted by roger:
I disagree with Petrov. Since the purpose of declaring a statutory holiday is to relieve people of the obligation to work, when a statutory holiday like Canada Day falls on a day that is normally NOT a work day, then a different day should be designated the statutory holiday on a day that normally IS a work day for those people, such as July 2 was this year. However, when a stat falls on a regularly scheduled work day, such as July 1 was for many shift workers this year, then that day should be designated the stat FOR THOSE PEOPLE. The problem here is not "which day should be the statutory holiday for everyone?", but "on which day should all people be given a day of rest?", and that will vary with different peoples' work schedules. To fix the date regardless of the effect is simply bureaucratic blindness to the very purpose of declaring a statutory holiday in the first place, and anyone with a union contract should make sure that this issue is addressed. After all, it's going to come around once in every seven years for every fixed date stat (Jan. 1, July 1, Dec. 25 and Dec. 26). Why should only people who never have to work a weekend get all the benefits?
Posted by Democracy:
The majority of Canadians work Monday-Friday so moving the holiday to Monday favoured the majority. I sympathize with anyone for whom this is an inconvenience, however, sadly, you are the minority. Had Canada day remain on Sunday it would have affected a lot more people. It's rarely possible to make a decision on the national level that pleases everyone. In a democratic society some people will be left disappointed, angry, etc. But democracy favours the majority and that's exactly what happened with Canada Day this year: majority got their way.
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