Today, we’d like to tell you about a celebration we hadn’t heard of before. It’s Victoria Day.
Queen Victoria was born on May 24th but Canadians celebrate Victoria Day on the Monday before May 24. This year Victoria Day is May 18th. Victoria Day became a popular holiday in Ontario in 1845 and a national holiday in 1901. During the 1900s, it used to be called Empire Day and then it changed to Commonwealth Day. Now Canadians call it Victoria Day. Victoria Day, or May Long Weekend as it's often called, marks the unofficial start of summer.
