Holiday weekend coming up!

If you’re reading this post and not living in Canada then you’re probably thinking, “what holiday?” Civic Holiday, or Simcoe Day if you’re in T.O., (the name varies from province to province) occurs the first Monday in August for us Canadians, except in Quebec, Yukon, and Newfoundland & Labrador (sorry ). It doesn’t fall under the government’s Retail Business Holidays Act since it’s not a statutory holiday, therefore stores aren’t required to close their doors for the day. That’s a good thing since (at least for me) you have the day off work, and get to sleep in and watch daytime television.

As with any long weekend , there are the usual festivities, including fireworks on the Sunday night.

So to any Canadians(if you are not in T.O.) out there, what is this holiday’s name in your province?

PrettySweetBoy