Simcoe Day in 2022

Happy Simcoe Day from #lakesimcoe Wherever you are, we hope you enjoy the holiday! #brightpics https://t.co/zhlABmPS4Z

— brightpics (@BrightpicsInc) August 1, 2022

Wishing all Ontarians an enjoyable Civic Holiday weekend! #DYK in Toronto, the 1st Monday in August is known as Simcoe Day, in honour of John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor. Next time you are at Queen's Park, look out for his statue on the grounds. https://t.co/KbfSDYkKWo

— Elizabeth Dowdeswell (@LGLizDowdeswell) August 1, 2022

City Hall is closed for Simcoe Day, but Geoffrey is there taking your questions about Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, and about mice. https://t.co/1BXV1kRzgT

— Bert Xanadu (@MovieMayor) August 1, 2022

Emancipation Day in Canada and Simcoe Day in Toronto both fall on August 1st this year. It's a fitting alignment. In 1793, John Graves Simcoe, Ontario's 1st Lt. Gov., oversaw passage of the first Anti-Slavery bill in the entire British Empire. https://t.co/a7vFOZ7npj

— JLDundas (@jldundas) August 1, 2022

The August Civic Holiday takes on various names and honours different individuals or groups, depending on where you live. In Toronto, we celebrate Simcoe Day. Wherever you’re celebrating, we wish you and your family a happy and healthy long weekend! https://t.co/lTeeXmDNm4

— Scarborough Health Network (SHN) (@SHNcares) August 1, 2022

Today is Simcoe Day in Toronto. First lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe subsequently led British troops that reimposed slavery in Saint Domingue as part of an effort to seize the lucrative colony & suppress the Haitian revolution #CFPhistory

— Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (@ForeignPoli_C) August 1, 2022

Happy Simcoe Day! Proud to say I was born in the town of Simcoe in Norfolk County, Ontario - named after Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe who visited in 1795. https://t.co/MrBOwPhrJN

— Michael A. Moore ♿️ VPwithBMD (@JohnRossVP) August 1, 2022