Since the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a federal statutory holiday, Government of Canada offices and buildings will be closed. This includes services like Canada Post, the Canada Revenue Agency, passport offices and Service Canada.

An indigenous singer performs during a ceremony marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sep 30, 2024. Photo:Xinhua

Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.

Canada marks the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today. The day is a time to honour and remember Indigenous children who died at residential schools, the survivors, their families and communities.

Monday marks National Truth and Reconciliation Day in the country, a statutory holiday observed on September 30 yearly. It was established to honour the survivors of residential schools and to recognize the ongoing impacts of the residential school system on Indigenous communities.

TORONTO — Ontario’s only First Nation representative at Queen’s Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.

Ontario’s only First Nation representative at Queen’s Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.

Ontario's only First Nation MPP plans to soon table proposed legislation to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.