VICTORIA DAY – CANADA & THE LIFE OF QUEEN VICTORIA DIGITAL MEDIA MARKETING MB Enterprises The Victoria Day shall be celebrated
‘VICTORIA DAY’ & ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO
Capital city is associated in Canada
in Canada as an official holiday on
CANADA:
from Queen Victoria. The City
the 18th of May 2020. It is a day
Queen Victoria was officially the first
‘Regina’, i.e. the Capital of Canadian
celebrated on the birthday of Queen
Queen of Canada who was on the
province Saskatchewan. ‘Regina’ is a
Victoria who ruled United Kingdom
throne when Canada was founded
Latin word meaning: ‘The Queen.’
and the British Empire from
i.e. 1867. Victoria Day is a Canadian
1837-1901.
traditional day and doesn’t exist in
EARLY LIFE, MARRIAGE & THE THRONE:
most of England. However, it is
Known by the nickname as Drina
Her reign of 63 years is marked as
celebrated in parts of Scotland
when she was actually a little girl and
the longest by any monarch when the
especially in the capital city Edinburg
she could only speak German until
record was broken by Queen
and is known as the Official Holiday.
age 3.
Elizabeth II in September 2015.
This is a legal Canadian official day
The British Monarch kept her seat on
means the day is also observed in
The Queen in 1840 i.e. at the age of
Quebec.
16 married Prince Albert in a family
the throne for approximately 63 Years,
affair. The prince was her first cousin
216 days. She was born in 1819 and
However, the idea of how to honor a
i.e. the father of Prince Albert was
Canada has been celebrating this
British monarch doesn’t apply to the
actually her mother’s brother &
arrival of Queen Victoria in the world
province Le-Belle where the day is
belonged from Saxe-Coburg and
since the holiday was declared in the
less significant and known by another
Gotha.
country in the year 1845. Also,
name. Similarly in 2003 the day was
became a legal off day i.e. an official
renamed as National Patriots Day in
‘The Queen’ officially took over the
holiday after the death of the
Quebec i.e. ignoring the Queen
throne in 1837 and it happened after
Monarch in 1901. The times of the
reference.
the death of William IV. The age of
rule of Queen Victoria marked with
the Royal Queen was just 18 years
many historical events and up’s and
The Capital City of province British
old. She was known as a strong and
downs and is known as the ‘Victorian
Columbia, Victoria is yet another
imposing figure as has been
Era.’
significance that relates to Canada
portrayed historically.
from the Royal monarch. Another
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