Victoria Day long weekend in Canada

cultureMay 18, 202639584

Canadians marked Victoria Day this long weekend with greetings, family photos, fireworks and outdoor gatherings to signal the traditional unofficial start of summer. Victoria Day honors Queen Victoria's birthday and traces to the early 1840s, when the united Province of Canada created a unifying holiday for English and French communities. In 1952 lawmakers moved the observance from fixed May 24 to the last Monday before May 25 so Canadians would always get a May long weekend. Quebec observes the same Monday as National Patriots' Day while the rest of the country uses Victoria Day for civic ceremonies, barbecues and fireworks.

Natty @Natasha02783807

@natasha02783807.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day to all who celebrate!! 🍁 Victoria Day is a federal public holiday to honour Queen Victoria. It has existed in Canada since 1845. Photo : Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

10161d ago

mankrik's wife guy

@byelacey.bsky.social

happy victoria day to gabbas, the great pyrenees who “was quite aggressive and bit the queen badly in the arm” love u gabbas

painting of a great pyrenees dog standing in the mountains

10361d ago

Canadian History Ehx

@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day and National Patriots' Day! Victoria Day is the oldest official holiday in Canada, dating back to before Confederation. It has a long and fascinating history. This is the story of the holiday that starts summer for Canadians! 📸 Hulton Archive 🧵 1/12

Queen Victoria sits for a formal black-and-white portrait wearing a crown, veil, dark gown, sash, medals, earrings, and layered necklaces. She rests one arm on a carved chair and the other on a small table beside an open case. An ornate chair and a framed portrait are visible behind her.

4461d ago

KarrieinGuelph 🇨🇦 🍁Part Owner of Canada

@karrieinguelph.bsky.social

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians. Today Canadian’s honour Queen Victoria, (born May 24th 1819) as she was the reigning monarch when Canada became a sovereign country 1867. ❤️🇨🇦 forever.

3161d ago

THX•11382

😃Happy Victoria🇨🇦Day☀️ Have a Wonderful holiday and Stay Awesome Karrie🌷

Mark Gerretsen

@markgerretsen.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day! 🇨🇦 Hope you’re enjoying the long weekend and taking some time to relax and recharge with loved ones.

2761d ago

Bon Hanson

@bonhanson.bsky.social

Tomorrow is Victoria Day in Canada, which has existed since 1845 and is a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, which was on May 24th. It is held on the last Monday before May 25 each year. Queen Victoria is known as the Mother of Confederation. 🇨🇦 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

1962d ago

Oh The Urbanity!

@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social

Patriots Day (Quebec) May Two-Four (Ontario) May Long (Alberta) Victoria Day (rest of Canada)

“Vente de la Fête des Patriotes” (Patriots Day sale)

2361d ago

Oh The Urbanity!14

There’s regional and personal variation. But I grew up in NS and it was always Victoria Day. (Not that we meaningfully associated it with the monarchy, but that’s the origin.) I didn’t learn the other ones until moving away.

Graeme4

In Ontario you could pretty much say any of these other than Patriots Day and no one would blink or accuse you of being a westerner.

Matt Thompson2

I’ve not heard a single reference to May Two-Four this year.

Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal

@fagankara.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day #Canada Now more than ever, be glad of our constitutional monarchy.

2361d ago

Lucy the cat 🇨🇦

@linda0989.bsky.social

Surveying my kingdom on Victoria Day. I hope all my Canadian friends have a great holiday! 🇨🇦😸 #happyvictoriaday #hedgewatch #catsofbluesky

Lucy the tortoise shell cat sits on a wooden deck looking out at her yard.

1561d ago

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

@minibubbly.bsky.social

What's open and closed on Victoria Day in the #Halifax area Holiday is not a designated retail closing day in #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

1361d ago

🇨🇦🍁True Canadian 🍁🇨🇦

@canadian-capt.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day everyone 🇨🇦 The unofficial start of summer in Canada. Today is a fantastic day to fire up the BBQ, maybe a bit of spring cleaning, perhaps even some libations with friends and family. Play safe and enjoy the long weekend. 🍁

1461d ago

🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦Lynne McDonald 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦2

No barbecue here today. Snow overnight and for the next few hours. Happy Victoria Day from southern Saskatchewan!!!

Canadian Geographic

@cangeo.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day, Canada! 🇨🇦 First proclaimed a holiday in 1845 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday, Victoria Day has become a uniquely Canadian tradition and the unofficial start of summer.

761d ago

Robert Zaichkowski

@rzaichkowski.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day! On the GO Train to Barrie to ride the new Barrie-Collingwood Rail Trail! Hope you are able to get out and ride today wherever you are! #BikeTO #BikeSky

My blue Brodie gravel bike on a GO train.

1261d ago

Lindy Williams

@ljdubcan.bsky.social

Today’s Canadian painting is “The Artist Painting Queen Victoria” painted by Frederick Bell-Smith in 1895. This is Victoria Day in Canada, a welcome spring holiday after a long winter.

1161d ago

Douglas, human to Mischief the Airedale

@airedalesrule.bsky.social

Happy Victoria Day! Here is Mischief the Airedale🐶 celebrating with the traditional abandoned couch inhaling. #dogsofbluesky

An Airedale Terrier sniffs at a chair left out for trash.

861d ago

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