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A holiday without legal force
The civic holiday takes place on the first Monday in August. It is not a federally or provincially mandated day off, but has its origins in this province’s municipalities. “Ontario never legislated it, nor is it federally legislated,” explained Amber Lloydlangston, curator of regional history at Museum London. That’s right: Businesses, workers, agencies and government just all agree to have a common pause day in August, without the force of law behind it.
London ahead of the curve
The Forest City was one of the first communities in Ontario to have a civic holiday, beginning in 1856 with a day set aside for workers. But it didn’t happen the same day in every community, nor did it have any consistency from year to year. “The mayor would declare it. It was never on the same day,” Lloydlangston noted.
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