I've not been here long enough to get used to when all the public holidays are, in fact the only one I can actually remember is Canada day. Apparently it's BC day on Monday which, as I only found out about this today, makes the coming long weekend a very pleasant surprise.

Do bank holidays here catch anyone else out like this or does everyone know when the days off are coming up?

Not just you , this one caught me by surprise too

Very nice surprise though

It's the civic holiday in Ontario, Saskatchewan Day here. I tend to refer to this one as the "We're not Quebec Day" as they get St John Baptiste in June and the rest get this one.

Remembrance Day in SK is the one I always forget about.

It's NB day too.

It kind of takes the excitement off having the same day as everywhere else.

I was going to say... what's Zoe doing celebrating BC day?

I get UK ones only, so I'm always caught off guard when others in the house are off school/work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe

Apparently it's John Simcoe day in Toronto. Sounds like it's fairly random across the country!

Who's Zoe?

http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?u=66169

Also see post #2

Ah. I didn't see that one. Yours was the only post when I started typing and then I was interrupted before I finished.

This coming wednesday we have, if we are lucky, St. John's Regatta day. It's a provincial public holiday for the St. John's rowing regatta (oldest continuously held sporting event in North America apparently...), but the rub is that the regatta only goes ahead if the weather is good. If the regatta is postponed so is the holiday. So, everyone wakes up early on Regatta day to find out whether they can roll over and go back to sleep or have to get up and go to work.

This year it's moot to me as I'll be in the Netherlands next week so will miss the holiday whichever day we have it. I'll be taking the following Monday off instead, somewhere in England.

Same here. I get the eight days I would get if I were in the UK. It's up to me to pick which ones I take. Souvette works in Ontario, so she doesn't get Quebec Day. I do but I don't bother unless she takes a day of vacation. Similarly, she gets next Monday but I don't. I'll take the day off if the weather is nice.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEE


( sorry , its Friday )

Here in Ottawa it's Colonel By day ( built Rideau Canal).
http://savewellingtonst.ca/2011/07/2...l-by-day-2011/

there's 11 a year in BC, although boxing day is optional. As a fed employee we get them all.

I do find that the start of the year through easter is a grind though with no holidays till easter.