Democracy Day (Canada)

Democracy Day is a project initiated by Fair Vote Canada "to celebrate and reflect upon Canadian democracy."

On August 2, 2011, Fair Vote Canada launched Democracy Day and Democracy Week in Canada^[1] annual events encouraging participation, education, and celebration of Canadian democracy. In its first year events were held by different groups^[2] in cities across Canada.^[3] Fair Vote Canada designated Democracy Day to be Canada's celebration of the United Nations International Day of Democracy^[4] and Democracy Week to be the seven-day calendar week in which Democracy Day falls^[5] (September 15 each year). A number of Canadian non-profit and governmental organizations participate in and promote the events, including Elections Canada.^[6]

See also

• Democracy Day in other countries
• UK Parliament Week