Today is a holiday in Canada — ビクトリア女王誕生日.

現在, 彼らの休暇のコテージにカナダ代表として, ビーチでピクニック, または裏庭のバーベキューを起動する, the holiday is more about the start of summer than it is about the Queen’s birthday. But it was originally created to celebrate the May 24 birthday of Britain’s Queen Victoria.

ビクトリア女王, who governed from 1837 彼女の死まで 1901, was the ruling monarch at the time of カナダ連邦 — when Canada became a nation in 1867. ので、 1952, Canada has celebrated Victoria’s birthday on the Monday before May 25, および 1957, Victoria Day became the official day to celebrate the sovereign’s birthday in Canada.

As a Commonwealth country, Canada still has a queen, 現在、 クイーンエリザベスII. Although Elizabeth’s actual birthday is April 21, it’s honored on Victoria Day.

浜のために、ヘッド今日, and wherever you are, offer a birthday toast to the queen!

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