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- Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, died in 1901 – but Canadians still celebrate her birthday every year. Actually, we celebrate two birthdays this weekend: Victoria’s, and Queen Elizabeth II’s.
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The Sovereign's birthday has been celebrated in Canada since the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday, was declared a holiday by the Legislature of the Province of Canada in 1845.
'Celebration of the Queen') is a federal Canadian public holiday observed on the last Monday preceding May 25 to honour Queen Victoria, who is known as the "Mother of Confederation". The holiday has existed in Canada since at least 1845, originally on Victoria's natural birthday, May 24.
Victoria Day, Canadian holiday on which the British sovereign’s birthday is celebrated. 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.
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May 18, 2012 · Our Victoria Day does mark the real birthday of Queen Victoria on May 24, 1819, and Canada (then a rump colony called the Province of Canada) was the first part of the young queen’s ramshackle...
Nov 5, 2015 · 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.
Victoria Day, the last Monday before May 25th, is a national holiday celebrated to mark the Queen’s birthday in Canada. Originally falling on the birthday of Queen Victoria (May 24), it has been marked in Canada as The Queen’s Birthday since 1845 and is a uniquely Canadian holiday tradition.
May 16, 2015 · Since 1953, Victoria Day has been recognized as the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada. In England, it's celebrated in June, even though she was actually born in April. Queen...
