What Canadian federal holiday honors Queen Victoria's birthday?

The Canadian federal holiday honouring Queen Victoria’s birthday is Victoria Day.

Victoria Day is observed federally on the last Monday preceding 25 May. It began as a celebration of the monarch’s birthday and has been an official Canadian holiday since legislation passed in 1845, making it one of the country’s oldest public holidays.

Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819, so the holiday was originally held on that date. After her death in 1901, the observance became a permanent holiday in her memory and was named Victoria Day. It is also associated with the reigning Canadian monarch’s official birthday, a link made permanent by royal proclamation in 1957.

The holiday is often called the May long weekend or “May Two-Four.” Family Day is a separate provincial holiday, Dominion Day was the former name of Canada Day, and Canada Day commemorates Confederation on 1 July.