Talk:Canada Day

Criticism section

Should we include a "Criticism" section regarding how some people (namely aboriginal people and others) view the holiday? – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 19:08, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Not based on that one piece. There are likely better sources, but if there isn't an anti-colonization article, there should be one, and it could have a section on both Canada Day and Independence Day, as there is a lot on both topics in general works. A short section and then point to the main article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:39, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Some criticism is already in the article, namely the sentence about banality and ignorance. Maybe we could combine that with this (or similar stuff). – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 22:49, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Sure, but we must take care not to have it be WP:UNDUE. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:57, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Alrightey then, fair enough. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 23:02, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

July 1/2

Is it really necessary to say July 2 in the infobox if it falls on a Sunday? It has nothing to do with the actual date of Canada Day, only the observed holiday that people get off work. This is written in prose too. I find it completely unnecessary. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 15:19, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

As long as the article is clear that Canada Day is always July 1 I think it is fair to mention in the prose that the associated holiday is on July 2 if July 1 is a Sunday but not in the infobox as people can fail to distinguish between an actual anniversary and any public holiday that goes with it. Probably wouldn't hurt to mention it in Public holidays in Canada either. Nthep (talk) 15:32, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Comment from the payroll clerk: normally yes, fixed-date holidays are legally on the fixed date no matter what, but which day is treated as a paid holiday varies depending on whether or not it's a regular work day for you. Canada Day is the exception: according to the law Canada Day is July 1, unless July 1 is a Sunday, then Canada Day is legally July 2. So yes, this is worth mentioning in the infobox and in the article, as saying that it is always July 1 is actually a factual error. (See [1]) Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 17:35, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

The article mentions that the stat is observed on July 2 if July 1 falls on the other day, but the celebrations are never observed on July 2. It's not worth mentioning in the infobox. If a non-Canadian reader were to come to a Canadian city on July 2 hoping to participate in celebrations, they would not find any public ones. People may hold private barbecues or picnics, but no city would hold celebrations. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:08, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Inclusion of O Canada as a wikilink?

Pinging Leventio and LilyKitty. I'm interested if I can have input from other editors to see if some sort of consensus can be established about whether or not the O Canada should be included in the see also section as a wikilink. Clovermoss (talk) 17:14, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Lol I literally just replied on my talk where I sorta sided with you on it. Leventio (talk) 17:16, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

@Leventio: Okay. Well, I'll add it for now. If anyone disagrees, there's this section to talk about it. Clovermoss (talk) 18:08, 1 July 2019 (UTC)