Official Public Holiday
Discovery Day
Discovery Day is listed as a public holiday in Canada.
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August 17, 2026
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Monday, August 17, 2026
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Official Public Holiday
Discovery Day (YT)
A statutory holiday in Yukon celebrating the Klondike gold discovery of 1896.
Official Public Holiday
Gold Cup Parade Day
Gold Cup Parade Day is listed as a public holiday in Canada.
World Calendar Day
World Everyday Inventor Day
A day for improvised fixes, clever storage, new uses for old things, and the small engineering people do without a title.
Regional/Cultural Day
Canada Clean Water Bottle Day
A day for washing the thing people refill every day and forget to clean often enough.
Regional/Cultural Day
Market Bag Day
A day for remembering the bag before leaving, then remembering what was supposed to go in it.
Regional/Cultural Day
Animals of Cuba Day
You encounter the Cuban crocodile, the world's smallest bird species the bee hummingbird, and the endemic Cuban solenodon in tropical forests. You see that Cubans typically keep dogs, cats, chickens, and roosters as their primary household animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
