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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: 30 September

An Orange Shirt Day walk in Edmonton, Alberta, on 30 September 2024.
An Orange Shirt Day walk in Edmonton, Alberta, on 30 September 2024. Orange Shirt Day (2024) walk in Edmonton, Alberta · Joli Rumi · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed each year on 30 September, honouring Residential School Survivors, their families and communities. It became a federal statutory holiday through Bill C-5, which received royal assent on 3 June 2021; Orange Shirt Day, which began in Williams Lake, British Columbia, in 2013, is observed the same day.

Scope & context

The day’s date, purpose and federal status, not provincial or territorial holiday rules or the history of residential schools (see CA-K029).

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