Happy Multi-Named Holiday!

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"Hello my name is" sticker No matter what name you prefer to call it…

  • Civic Holiday (generic name, also the official name in Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
  • British Columbia Day (guess where it’s called that)
  • Heritage Day (Alberta)
  • Saskatchewan Day (once again, you’ll have to guess)
  • New Brunswick Day (by now, your powers of deductive reasoning should guide you to the right answer)
  • Natal Day (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, not to be confused with the upcoming XBox 360 interface)
  • Many names in Ontario, including:
    • Simcoe Day (most of Toronto)
    • Mountie Day (North York region of Toronto)
    • Colonel By Day (Ottawa)
    • Joseph Brant Day (Burlington)
    • Founder’s Day (Brantford)
    • McLaughlin Day (Oshawa)
    • Alexander Mackenzie Day (Sarnia)
    • Peter Robinson Day (Peterborough)
    • James Cockburn Day (Guelph)

…we at Microsoft Canada would like to wish you a happy and safe multi-named holiday!

(Wikipedia says that the holiday is not observed in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec or the Yukon. We still hope you have a great day, and we hope that things are very quiet and relaxed at work.)