{"id":29872,"date":"2026-08-03T15:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thespanishmedia.com\/?p=29872"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:23:17","slug":"por-que-hoy-es-festivo-en-ontario-la-historia-detras-del-civic-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thespanishmedia.com\/fr\/por-que-hoy-es-festivo-en-ontario-la-historia-detras-del-civic-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 hoy es festivo en Ontario? La historia detr\u00e1s del Civic Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Este lunes 3 de agosto, bancos, oficinas de gobierno y buena parte de los negocios en Ontario cierran por el Civic Holiday. Pero a diferencia de lo que muchos reci\u00e9n llegados asumen, no es un d\u00eda libre garantizado por ley para todos los trabajadores. Aqu\u00ed explicamos de d\u00f3nde viene este feriado, qu\u00e9 est\u00e1 abierto y cerrado, y qu\u00e9 significa realmente para quien trabaja en la provincia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00bfDe d\u00f3nde viene este feriado?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El primer lunes de agosto se convirti\u00f3 en feriado c\u00edvico en Toronto en 1875. En 1968, el Concejo Municipal de Toronto le puso nombre propio: Simcoe Day, en honor a John Graves Simcoe, fundador de York, la ciudad que hoy es Toronto y primer teniente gobernador del Alto Canad\u00e1.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00bfSe llama igual en todo Ontario?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. Cada municipio le puso su propio nombre con el tiempo: en Ottawa se conoce como Colonel By Day, y otras ciudades usan nombres distintos, aunque todos caen el mismo lunes y en general se agrupan bajo el nombre \u00abCivic Holiday\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00bfEs un d\u00eda pagado obligatorio para todos?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 el dato que m\u00e1s sorprende: el Civic Holiday no es uno de los nueve feriados p\u00fablicos que reconoce la Ley de Normas de Empleo de Ontario. Eso quiere decir que, a diferencia de Navidad o Acci\u00f3n de Gracias, tu empleador no est\u00e1 obligado por ley a darte el d\u00eda libre ni a pagarte una tarifa especial por trabajar ese lunes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00bfEntonces por qu\u00e9 tanta gente s\u00ed lo tiene libre?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porque muchos empleadores, bancos, gobiernos municipales y provinciales, y buena parte de las oficinas\u2014 deciden darlo por costumbre o por pol\u00edtica interna, no por obligaci\u00f3n legal. Si trabajas en retail, restaurantes o construcci\u00f3n, es muy probable que ma\u00f1ana s\u00ed tengas que ir a trabajar, y sin el pago extra que s\u00ed aplica en los feriados oficiales.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00bfQu\u00e9 va a estar abierto y cerrado ma\u00f1ana?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bancos, oficinas municipales y provinciales, y bibliotecas p\u00fablicas cierran. El TTC opera en horario de feriado, similar al de un domingo, as\u00ed que si dependes del transporte p\u00fablico para algo puntual, calcula tiempo extra. La mayor\u00eda de los centros comerciales y supermercados s\u00ed abren, aunque muchos con horario reducido, conviene confirmar antes de salir si tu plan depende de un lugar espec\u00edfico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si no est\u00e1s seguro de si tu empleo incluye el Civic Holiday como d\u00eda libre pagado, revisa tu contrato o preg\u00fantale directamente a tu empleador, no asumas que es autom\u00e1tico solo porque el banco est\u00e9 cerrado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Redacci\u00f3n de: <\/b>Mauricio Navas Talero LJI Reporter<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Este lunes 3 de agosto, bancos, oficinas de gobierno y buena parte de los negocios en Ontario cierran por el Civic Holiday. 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