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Family Day in Canada is February 20, and a number of provinces and communities celebrate with events, festivals and tourist activities embracing a fun long weekend with outdoor winter activities and Canada Heritage Day.
Canada Family Day activities take place in three provinces:
Alberta Family Day, Ontario Family Day, Saskatchewan Family Day
Spend a day with your family at the Alberta Legislature! The day´s activities include a children's carnival, horse-drawn wagon rides, live entertainment, hot chocolate, skating, Legislature Building tours every 10 minutes and more. A detailed list of events will be posted closer to Family Day. Family Day Legislature Events, Find more Alberta Family Day 2012 activities and events
Ontario Family Day
Toronto Family Day (GTA)
Toronto Family Day activities are taking place throughout the City of Toronto in museums, parks, outdoor venues, art galleries. Links here include the GTA and Towns and cities north of Toronto for day or overnight trips.
Ontario Family Free Ice Fishing Weekend
This year Family Day Free Fishing Weekend is February 18-20, 2012 (12:01 a.m. Saturday to 11:59 p.m. Monday) is designated as OFFW license-free fishing days. During all other periods, most Canadian residents between the ages of 18 and 64 years must purchase an OUTDOORS card and a fishing license to legally fish in Ontario.See Ice fishing Getaways for overnight accommodation packages. See Ice fishing tournaments and derbies.
Backyard Bird Count Family Day Weekend
A good place to count birds along with 411Ontariokids is Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre in Midland Ontario. The annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is coming up on the February 17-20 long weekend on Canada Heritage Day and Family Day Weekend in Ontario. The four-day event is free and is open to bird watchers of all ages and skill levels. Participants watch birds for any length of time on one or more days of the count and enter their tallies at www.birdcount.org. The GBBC is a joint North American project of the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada.
ExeterFamily Day Fireworks
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre: The event will be Monday, February 20th (Family Day) at dusk. Finch promises a scaled-down Canada Day type-display. Licensed supervision will be provided by members of the Exeter Station of the South Huron Fire Department, and a windy-conditions ...
London Ontario Family Day News
A number of suggestions here for Family Day fun from City Mom,
like the Snowsnake & Winter Festival, Storybook Gardens Family Day Activities. Also find fun family day activities north of Londong at 411OntarioKids, book London Hotels on-line
Oakville Family Day activities
InsideHalton.com A day of family-filled fun is the order this weekend for Oakville's fourth annual 'Make Your Move' Family Day celebrations. Presented in partnership with the Oakville Public Library and the YMCA of Oakville, the Town is hosting several activitie.....
The first Family Day in Saskatchewan was held in 2007...This year marks the fifth anniversary of Family Day in Saskatchewan. Regular public holidays enhance people’s ability to create better work-family balance, something the province.....see original Family Day Announcement,. See Public Holidays in Saskatchewan Find Saskatchewan Family Day activities and events
Significance of Third Monday in February in Canada
Although not named family day across Canada, a public holiday occurs in the provinces of Manitoba and Prince Edward Island, the statutory holiday on this date is instead termed Louis Riel Day and Islander Day, respectively. The timing of Family Day coincides with Presidents Day in the United States |
