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| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wed. 7/1 | All day | Canada Day |
| All day | Canada Day (Fête du Canada) | |
| Thu. 7/9 | All day | Fast of the 17th of Tammuz |
| All day | Tzom Tammuz | |
| All day | Nunavut Day Nanuvat only | |
| Mon. 7/20 | All day | Isra Me'raj (Isra wa Al-Miraj) Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj ("the night journey and ascension") commemorates the journey of the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Jerusalem, his ascension into the seven heavens, and his return in the same night. These events acknowledge that all the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) have one and the same God as their source. In this night, Muslims believe, the Prophet was instructed to establish the five daily prayers in their current form. On this night, Muslims believe, Muhammad prayed together with Abraham, Moses and Jesus in the area of the Al-Aqsa mosque. The rock from which he is believed to have ascended to heaven to speak with God is the one seen inside the Dome of the Rock. Isra wa Al-Miraj as it is sometimes called is celebrated on the twenty-seventh of Rajab of the Islamic calendar. |
| Wed. 7/22 | All day | Rosh Chodesh Av |
| Thu. 7/23 | All day | Nisfu Sha'ban |
| Sat. 7/25 | All day | Shabbat Hazon |
| Thu. 7/30 | All day | Fast of the 9th of Av |
| All day | Tish'a B'Av | |
| Sat. 8/1 | All day | Shabbat Nachamu |
| Mon. 8/3 | All day | Civic Holiday |
| All day | Alberta Heritage Day | |
| Thu. 8/6 | All day | Transfiguration |
| Sat. 8/15 | All day | Assumption Day |
| Thu. 8/20 | All day | Rosh Chodesh Elul |
| Fri. 8/21 | All day | Rosh Chodesh Elul |
| Sat. 8/22 | All day | Ramadan The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries. |
| Mon. 9/7 | All day | Labour Day |