Family Day’s
Why Do We
Celebrate Family
Day?
-Family Day is a time set aside to
focus on getting closer to your loved
ones. It was scheduled to fall
between New Year’s Day and Good
Friday in order to grant another day
off between these celebrations.
-In Ontario, the government
established Family Day in order to
give hard-working individuals more
time with their loved ones.
-Though only a few Provinces
formally celebrate it and only non-
federal employees usually get the
day off, it’s a wonderful bonding
time for families in participating
areas.
What is Family means?
-Family is "a fundamental social group in
society typically consisting of one or two
parents and their children."
-Several modern family structures that are
excluded by this definition, such as childless
couples or other variations on the family unit.
-"Two or more people who share goals and
values, have long-term commitments to one
another and reside usually in the same
dwelling."
Origins
-Family Day got its start in Alberta
when Helen Hunley — the Lieutenant
Governor of Alberta — passed the
Family Day Act in 1990. This
officially established the third
Monday of every February as Alberta
Family Day.
-Other Provinces adopted the holiday
over the next two decades.
Saskatchewan founded “Family
Days” in 2007, and Ontario followed
suit in 2008 and British Columbia in
2013.
-British Columbia is the only
Province that celebrates the event on
the second Monday of the month
instead of the third.