An Act to designate the month of November as Lebanese Heritage Month
Bill C-268 designates November as Lebanese Heritage Month nationally. Approximately 209,940 Canadians reported Lebanese origin on the 2021 Statistics Canada census, making Lebanese Canadians the second-largest Arab-origin group in Canada (after Egyptian). Concentrated in Montreal (Park Extension, Cote-des-Neiges), Ottawa, Toronto, and Halifax. Lebanese immigration to Canada began in the 1880s with merchants from Greater Syria, accelerated during the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war, and continued through the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war and the 2020 Beirut port explosion humanitarian-permit programs. Quebec formally established Lebanese Heritage Month in 2018. Did not pass third reading in 44-1.
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Designates November each year as Lebanese Heritage Month at the federal level. Heritage-month bills create an official observance but do not impose any new program, spending, or legal obligation. Lebanese Canadians are the second-largest Arab-origin community in Canada (about 209,940 people per the 2021 census), concentrated in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Halifax. Quebec has had a provincial Lebanese Heritage Month since 2018. Did not pass third reading in 44-1.
Issues this bill touches
- Arts, Culture & Heritage
Designates November as Lebanese Heritage Month.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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