An Act respecting Ukrainian Heritage Month
Bill S-276 in 44-1 was a Senate Private Member's Bill respecting Ukrainian Heritage Month (precursor to 45-1 Bill C-203 establishing September as the month). Approximately 1.36 million Canadians reported Ukrainian origin on the 2021 Statistics Canada census, the world's third-largest Ukrainian diaspora after Russia and Ukraine itself, and the second largest by share of the host country's population. The diaspora concentrates in the Prairies (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) where land-grant settlement began in 1891. Manitoba and Alberta already proclaim a Ukrainian Heritage Month provincially. S-276 of 44-1 did not pass third reading; reintroduced as C-203 of 45-1.
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Would make September Ukrainian Heritage Month nationally. About 1.36 million Canadians report Ukrainian origin, the world's third-largest Ukrainian diaspora, concentrated in the Prairies. A symbolic recognition bill; it did not pass and returns in the 45th Parliament as C-203.
Issues this bill touches
- Arts, Culture & Heritage
Ukrainian Heritage Month (Senate version, became 45-1 C-203).
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
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Second reading in the Senate.
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Third reading in the Senate.
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First reading in the House of Commons.
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