On September 13, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared September 19, 2022, a federal holiday and National Day of Mourning in Canada to honor the life and mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
“This bank holiday will operate in the same way as other bank holidays, and there is no statutory entitlement to time off. Employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker's leave entitlement.” As there is no statutory entitlement to time off, employees don't have to give you the day off or a day off in lieu.
Provincial government offices and public schools will close in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday, in conjunction with Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. The one-time holiday applies to all workers that are provincially regulated.
The Prime Minister announced that Sept. 19 will be a federal holiday. All federal government employees will have the day off, but the same does not automatically apply to workers in federally regulated industries such as banks and airlines.
Australians have been given a one-off public holiday on Thursday as a national day of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Shops will close or only be open for reduced hours, while banks will of course also be shut. The London Stock Exchange will be closed for at least the day of the Queen's funeral and possibly for several days after - which could potentially cost the economy billions.
Schools and businesses remain open at this time as special tributes flooded in for the Queen from all around the world. However, schools and businesses will close if a Bank Holiday to mark a National Day of Mourning is declared.
The government confirms the length of the national mourning period. This is expected to be 10 or 12 days long and will likely last up until the day after the Queen's funeral. The Royal Family will have their own mourning period, decided by the new King Charles and believed to extend for a week after the funeral.
Most activity will be ceremonial and symbolic
But that's a ceremonial matter. It does not have any legal effect in changing the monarch. There will be a national memorial service for the queen, flags will fly at half-mast, there will be gun salutes and other public ceremonies to mark this momentous change.
Queen Elizabeth II's death triggered a cascade of official protocols in Canada, shifting the constitutional monarchy to a new sovereign: King Charles III.
The Queen's actual funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey nine days after her death, and The Guardian reports that basically everything will be closed—including the stock market—due to a “day of national mourning.”
The Queen visited hundreds, if not thousands, of schools over the years - but one visit really sticks out.
A period of mourning is a time after the death of a loved one that can allow you to formally express your grief in different ways. Traditionally in western culture, this is done by wearing black clothing for a period of time. For example, in the Victorian era, widows were expected to wear black for a number of years.
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In a statement on Twitter, McDonald's said: "In honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II and to enable everyone at McDonald's to pay their respects, our restaurants across the UK will be closed from midnight until 5pm on Monday 19th September."
Following her death, the queen's eldest son, Prince Charles, will become king. See a more detailed breakdown of the line of succession here.
Unlike the United Kingdom, Australia has not entered an official period of mourning, but instead is having a 14-day “plan for observance”.
Some pagan traditions believe that the soul of a recently deceased person continues to wander the earth for forty days; other religious traditions believe the soul will rest in the Lord's hands after death. The number 40 is often used in many spiritual traditions, but the specific reason is unknown.
Black is standard for people to wear at a funeral because it symbolizes mourning and a somber occasion. The color black also shows respect for the deceased, and wearing other colors can be a “slap in the face,” according to some religions.
Elizabeth II is the only reigning monarch of Australia to have set foot on Australian soil; she first did so on 3 February 1954, when she was 27 years old. During her sixteen journeys, the Queen visited every Australian state and the two major territories.
Children can commemorate and remember the life of The Queen by creating a book of remembrance. With beautiful illustrations to colour, children of any age can send their condolences and messages of sympathy to members of the Royal Family with these cards.
As was traditional for members of the Royal Family in decades gone by, Princess Elizabeth did not attend an ordinary school. Elizabeth was instead privately tutored at home with her younger sister, Princess Margaret. According to Britannica, much of Elizabeth's education was overseen by her mother, the Queen Mother.
The Queen will be buried within the King George VI Memorial Chapel, where she joins King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and her sister Princess Margaret. The coffin of the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 2021, is currently in a section of the chapel known as the Quire.
Where will Queen Elizabeth II be buried? Her Royal Majesty will be laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel within St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The final resting place of Queen Elizabeth II is shown at the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle. The photograph of the ledger stone comes a day after Buckingham Palace released a new portrait of King Charles III with the sovereign's signature red boxes.