Long weekend in Canada
Businesses are closed for the first long weekend of the all-too-brief warm weather period in Canada. Victoria Day, named after Queen Victoria, lasts until 9:00 a.m. Tuesday May 23. Upper Canada Immigration Consultants offices are closed for the long holiday weekend. Victoria Day weekend is traditionally the time when Canadians get their summer gardens started. In southern Ontario, it’s risky to take tropical plants outside for the summer before mid-May. Some years, southern Ontario can be under a frost warning into the first week of May.
The annual explosion of leaves and flowers (and pollen for those allergic to it) that starts in mid-May is largely complete by early June. The bleak and bare branches of winter burst into flowers for a brief week or so before the summer leaves suddenly appear seemingly overnight. Then Canadians revel in the 16 to 20 weeks of warm weather that our northern latitude allows. It can be as hot and humid as anywhere in the tropics during the late spring and through much of the summer in Canada. Conversely, it can quite literally be as cold as Siberia during the winter. But that’s for another blog.
These precious mid-spring weeks when nature returns to life, and the birds and animals return to breed and renew nature are a big part of what gives Canadians the reason to celebrate life and nature. The lineups at the garden centres stretch around the building, this year social-distanced and masked. But hey, we’re Canadians. We’re polite about it. In the nursery business in Canada, Victoria Day is like Christmas to traditional retailers. Have a pleasant long Victoria Day weekend. Talk to you all after the holiday weekend.
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