BC Day
| Civic Holiday | |
|---|---|
| Observed by | Canada |
| Date | First Monday in August |
| 2016 date | August 1 |
| 2017 date | August 7 |
| 2018 date | August 6 |
| 2019 date | August 5 |
| Frequency | annual |
Civic Holiday is the most widely used name for a public holiday celebrated in most of Canada on the first Monday in August, though it is only officially known by that term by the governments of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Prince Edward Island. The Civic holiday is recognized as a statutory holiday in those three provinces and territories.
The holiday is known by a variety of names in other provinces and municipalities, including British Columbia Day in British Columbia, New Brunswick Day in New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan Day in Saskatchewan. The holiday is celebrated as Natal Day in Nova Scotia and Terry Fox Day in Manitoba. The day is not a statutory holiday in Nova Scotia and Manitoba.
In 1974 the Government of Alberta, acting through Minister of Culture Dr. Horst A. Schmid, declared the first Monday in August an annual holiday to recognize and celebrate the varied cultural heritage of Albertans, known as Heritage Day. This gave rise in 1976 to the Edmonton Heritage Festival, a three-day celebration of food, dance, and handicrafts of cultures from around the world. Heritage Day has been an "optional" civic holiday, having been downgraded from a statutory holiday following the introduction of Family Day in 1990.
In 1974, the Legislature of British Columbia introduced legislation nominated by Surrey MLA Ernie Hall to establish the holiday. It was the last province to establish an August Monday holiday.
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