In Alberta we have a Holiday Long Weekend every month.
August 2nd is a Long Weekend Celebrating Canada's Heritage.
This Holiday is always the first Monday in August. This is a
Civic Holiday and Optional as weather to take it off or work it.
This Holiday weekend is called The August Long Weekend.
A lot of people go camping go to museums or just sit around
and relax. August is usually our hottest month. A great time
to go to the beach. 
The other provinces call this weekend by other names like Saskatchewan Day, British Columbia Day, Manitoba is Civic Holiday etc. Newfoundland,
Quebec and Nunavut, don't Celebrate this Long Weekend, so they just have a normal working Day. This Long Weekend is the most popular of all Long Weekends.
Have a great Long Weekend to thoes Celebrating it.
Roni
