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Victoria Day is a federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday preceding May 25, in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday. As such, it is the Monday between the 18th to the 24th inclusive, and thus is always the penultimate Monday of May. The date is simultaneously that on which the current Canadian sovereign's official birthday is recognized. It is sometimes informally considered the beginning of the summer season in Canada.
The holiday has been observed in Canada since at least 1845, originally falling on Victoria's actual birthday. It continues to be celebrated in various fashions across the country; the holiday has always been a distinctly Canadian observance. Victoria Day is a federal statutory holiday, as well as a holiday in six of Canada's ten provinces and all three of its territories. In Quebec, before 2003, the Monday preceding 25 May of each year was unofficially the Fête de Dollard, a commemoration initiated in the 1920s to coincide with Victoria Day. In 2003, provincial legislation officially created National Patriots' Day on the same date.
Victoria Day may refer to
- Victoria Day, a Canadian holiday celebrating the Canadian monarch's official birthday
- Victoria Day (Australia), a ceremony celebrating the state of Victoria, Australia
- Victoria Day (Scotland), a holiday in parts of Scotland
- Victoria Day (Sweden), official celebration of Swedish crown princess Victoria's birthday
- Victoria Day (album), album by Melissa McClelland
- Victoria Day (film), film by David Bezmozgis
- Victoria Day (athlete) (born 1972), British sprinter
Victoria Day is a 2009 Canadian independent film directed by David Bezmozgis and produced by Markham Street Films. The film stars Mark Rendall in the lead role, as well as Holly Deveaux, Sergiy Kotelenets, Nataliya Alyexeyenko, John Mavrogiannis, and Scott Beaudin.
Victoria Day is the title of Melissa McClelland's fourth album. The album was released in 2009 in Canada by Six Shooter Records.
Victoria Day is a public holiday in parts of Scotland such as Dundee, Edinburgh, Paisley, Livingston and Perth. Also this year in the Standhill area of Bathgate. It is celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May. Schools and many shops are closed on Victoria Day, but it is not a bank holiday, meaning that government offices and banks remain open.
The Victoria Day holiday commemorates Queen Victoria's birthday (Queen Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901).
It is also a holiday in Canada, celebrated at the same time.