Talk:Victoria Day (Canada)

message: It seems pretty arbitrary to refer to Newfoundland's spring in particular as "unpredictable."  May Long in Alberta is often unpredictable, with snow, etc, as mentioned.  I'm going to edit this to read "Canada's."  AS a note, I'm from Alberta, I've heard this weekend referred to as May Long, the May Long weekend and May 2-4 (though the last less frequently).SKE 21:30, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Newfoundland

message: There is a Annual Celebration in Port Burwell Ontario called the Animal Olympics.  Teams compete in 8 games during the Victoria Day Long Weekend.  Also referred to as the 'Party Animal' Olympics.  It has been held since 1984 at a Campgrounds called Country Camping.  It has become a right of passage and a badge of honour for those who win and compete in the games.  The games change occasionally.  There is a Tricycle Race, Obstacle Coarse, Change Race, Pussy Stampede, Tug-o-war and more.
The website is Country Camping, Port Burwell
Animal Olympics web page
--209.213.229.232 13:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  May Two-Four, Port Burwell, Animal Olympics 

message: This assertion is false:
:The second time [the reigning Canadian Monarch has been in Canada for their official birthday] was when Queen Elizabeth II was in Canada from 17 May to 25 May 2005, to mark the centennials of the entries of Saskatchewan and Alberta into Confederation, when the fact that it was her official birthday in Canada was completely ignored.
Personally, I was aware at the time that it was her official birthday. Thus, it was not completely ignored, because at least one person (me) did not ignore it. Granted, I cannot cite any reliable sources to back up my claim that I did not ignore the official birthday, but at the same time, I doubt there are any reliable sources to back up the claim that it was completely ignored. I've added the  tag. --Miken2005 20:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official birthday "completely ignored" 

message: Wikipedia repeatedly censors my comment on the Victoria Day page that this all shopping centres are closed. The fact is that they are indeed closed and if the wikipedia police checked their facts, they would not censor my input.
:That fact is a given and it's redundant to say such. So what if shopping centers are closed on all statutory holidays. It isn't encyclopedic and really has not much to do with the holiday.--Kungfu Adam (talk) 16:03, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Furthermore, this description of a statutory holiday is covered in the article- Public holidays in Canada--Kungfu Adam (talk) 16:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shopping Centres are CLOSED on all Statutory holidays 

message: The article says Memorial Day coincides with Victoria Day much of the time. Actually, it never does. They can't coincide as long as Canada has its observance on the Monday prior to May 25. It's unfortunate that, even when May 24 is on a Sunday, Canada does not observe it the next day, May 25. The holiday is pulled back to May 18, in that case. If Canada marked it on the 25th, the two holidays would coincide. 
Does anyone know if the 'Monday before the 25th' rule was written to intentionally make the coincidence impossible? It seems there is a preoccupied sensitivity in Canada to the U.S. (one not reciprocated) for some reason, even when it's unreasonable, as in this case. Yoho2001 (talk) 14:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Memorial Day not coincidental