| Boxing Day | | Canada Day | | Groundhog Day | | Labour Day | | May 24 (Victoria Day) | | National Aboriginal Day |
| National Flag of Canada Day | | Ottawa Tulip Festival | | Quebec Winter Carnival | | St. Jean Baptiste | |Remembrance Day|
Celebrate Canada - An 11-day celebration that includes National Aboriginal Day, on June 21, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, on June 24, and Canada Day, on July 1.
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http://www.wiarton-willie.org/index.cfm Discovery channel article on Wiarton Willie: http://exn.ca/Stories/1997/02/03/02.asp Groundhog activities http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15 Groundhog Day Funology http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/funology1/groundhog.htm Picture from http://www.wiarton-willie.org/index.cfm
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http://canadaonline.about.com/library/weekly/aa062698.htm?once=true& Canada Day celebration: http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/canada/ Canada
Day Page and Links http://www.annieshomepage.com/canadaday.html Canada Day E-cards http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showthumbs.pl?q1=ejul_canadaday&log=leanne Canada Day The Great Canadian
Quiz; Canada Day stories; Canada's celebration gallery http://www.canoe.ca/CanadaDay/home.html
http://www.carnaval.qc.ca/flash.html http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Festiva1/en/mcq/ Photo: http://quebec.worldweb.com/PhotoGallery/QuebecCityWinterCarnival/
The Canadian Thanksgiving! Are you looking
for...turkey jokes? Thanksgiving recipes? Crafts and colouring
pages? Information about live turkeys? Photos of autumn in
Canada? A brief history of how Thanksgiving came to be celebrated in
Canada? How about
weird facts about turkeys? Click here
to find all of the above! Remembrance Day
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/other/remember Why
the Poppy? http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/poppy.html National War Memorial http://www.ottawakiosk.com/national_war_memorial.html http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/
and at http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/time/remembrance/index.html
Activities
for Grades 4 to 6:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/printer/sub.cfm?source=teach_resources/peaceguide
"The
Nursing Sisters": the role women played in the wars:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/printer/sub.cfm?source=history/other/nursing
Valour
at Sea: Canada's Merchant Marine:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/printer/sub.cfm?source=history/other/sea
The
Royal Canadian Legion
http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/mccrae.html
“In
Flanders Fields” site http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/time/remembrance/flanders.html
'Postcards for Peace'
"Students and young
people in Canada are urged to send a 'Postcard for Peace' to support our
military personnel and show your concern for their actions"
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/sub.cfm?source=feature/week2001/postcard01
(also known as 'May Two Four' weekend):
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/victoria_e.cfm http://www.annieshomepage.com/victoriaday.html Queen Victoria Photo
from http://www.dhstv.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/e0010.htm
"In 1996, the
former Governor General of Canada proclaimed June
21 of every year to be known as National Aboriginal Day. All
Canadians are invited to recognize the diverse cultures and outstanding
contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis." http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/ graphic from http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/6000_e.html
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~sel/rideau/tuliplm.htm http://www.bootsnall.com/cgi-bin/gt/travelstories/na/jun01tulip1.shtml Photo from http://www.geocities.com/aesphotography/Ottawa-tulips.html St. Jean Baptiste Day (La Fete Nationale) http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/resource/Canada/StJean.htm Picture from http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/resource/Canada/StJean.htm
February
15th http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/declaration_e.cfm http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/canada/flag.aspx
