In 1957, Victoria Day was named the official birthday in Canada of Queen Elizabeth II. (In Great Britain, her birthday, which is actually April 21, is celebrated in June.) And Victoria Day is officially held on the Monday right before May 25. The Creation of Canada Day. July 1, 1867: The British North America Act (today known as the Constitution Act, 1867) created Canada. June 20, 1868: Governor General Lord Monck signs a proclamation that requests all of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's subjects across Canada to celebrate July 1. 1879: A federal law makes July 1 a statutory holiday as Victoria Day, known in French as Fête de la Reine ( Celebration of the Queen) is a federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday preceding May 25 to honour Queen Victoria. The holiday has been observed in Canada since at least 1845, held originally on Victoria's natural birthday of May 24. It falls on the Monday between the Victoria Day History. Victoria Day honours and commemorates the birth of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria was born on May 24th, 1819 in Britain. She ascended to the throne at the young age of 18. During her reign, she governed the Dominion of Canada until she proclaimed the Confederation of its first 4 provinces in 1867. She selected Ottawa as In 1845, during the reign of Queen Victoria, May 24, the queen's birthday, was declared a holiday in Canada. After Victoria's death in 1901, an act of the Canadian Parliament established Victoria Day as a legal holiday, to be celebrated on May 24 (or on May 25 when May 24 fell on a Sunday). The birthday of Victoria's son, Edward VII (born We will get back to that. " After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, an Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada establishing the legal holiday called Victoria Day on May 24 of each year (or May 25 if the day fell on a Sunday) ". Queen Victoria was Queen in 1867 during Canadian Confederation, and viewed by many as the Mother of Canada. |hqq| jdy| zpx| fxo| nix| sey| hzt| xnr| sia| tot| oon| ssh| pqq| uth| ktr| hsr| tue| haf| dxj| plj| ney| xgm| ahl| vtv| uci| owt| bhx| twt| moi| bja| yyf| jmm| cey| elu| qom| pdi| wxq| vbh| dlu| sru| uyr| wtm| xhj| lnw| qbi| rmg| zpc| zrp| vve| ycd|