August 1st Emancipation Day in Canada Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/august-1st-emancipation-day-in-canada.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:04 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Ian Jamison [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20142568?utm_medium=rss It is time all canada knows true history, for indigenous and black people.
Give thanks to the almighty
Power of the trinity one.

]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:46:17 UTC 20142568 Ms Monika Brandon [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18232443?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Dec 2014 09:03:38 UTC 18232443 Mr Anonymous [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15592644?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:25:09 UTC 15592644 Heather Elliott [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13637729?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:55:14 UTC 13637729 Mr Kim Elliott [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13634840?utm_medium=rss Going back to the legislative bedrock of slavery abolition in Canada, of Lieutenant Governor Sir John Graves Simcoe's 1793 and the British Empire's 1833 Slavery Abolition Acts, Emancipation Celebration is as Canadian as hockey. Let's do the right think now in enshrining this aspect of our cultural identity as a National Holiday.

]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:42:19 UTC 13634840 mrs. Akilah Hamilton-charles [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13619108?utm_medium=rss Canada is well known for 'Multicultural population, and our related policies (Multiculturalism Act). With that being said, Emancipation day must be recognized as a formal holiday - as this historical event is significant to Canadian identity.

]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:08:17 UTC 13619108 Ms Elizabeth Gallant [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13586587?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:24:16 UTC 13586587 Ms Nadine Williams [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13544745?utm_medium=rss We African Canadians are deserving of this small gesture as token of partial reparation for all the damages that slavery brought about, not only to our ancestors, but to peoples of African descent on a whole!

]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:31:16 UTC 13544745 Ms Anonymous [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13536367?utm_medium=rss This is an important aspect of our history, and should be acknowledged formally.

]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:35:14 UTC 13536367 Mr Ken Sosa [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13534244?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:41:13 UTC 13534244 Murphy Browne [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13503563?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:35:33 UTC 13503563 Ms Priscilla Hinnewaah [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13498544?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:05:15 UTC 13498544 Eugene BAcchus [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13498238?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:24:45 UTC 13498238 ms, mary czajkowski [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13498204?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:19:21 UTC 13498204 Anonymous [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13495239?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Aug 2012 11:22:28 UTC 13495239 AYINDE WILLIAMS [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13489067?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Aug 2012 06:50:08 UTC 13489067 mrs ginelle skerritt [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13489059?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Aug 2012 06:47:45 UTC 13489059 Anonymous [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13484027?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:00:45 UTC 13484027 Miss Denise Byard [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13480700?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Aug 2012 03:49:20 UTC 13480700 Mr. Louis March [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13479213?utm_medium=rss It is about time that the Canadian government recognizes the significance of Emancipation Day as it had a direct impact on so many Canadians. Keep up the great work OBHS

]]> Sat, 4 Aug 2012 11:13:25 UTC 13479213 NFN Chinosole [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13478329?utm_medium=rss Congratulations to all African Canadians in taking this step.

]]> Sat, 4 Aug 2012 08:29:47 UTC 13478329 Shiemara Hogarth [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13470907?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:59:45 UTC 13470907 Ms Yvonne Welsh [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13467275?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Aug 2012 06:57:28 UTC 13467275 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13464348?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:36:43 UTC 13464348 Jessica Peterkin [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13463713?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Aug 2012 07:17:41 UTC 13463713 Sandy Wright [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13462134?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:51:25 UTC 13462134 Ms. sheila McGann Walker [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13462002?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:00:00 UTC 13462002 Mr Sheldon Walker [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13461695?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:25:12 UTC 13461695 Mrs Claudette Walker [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13461692?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:23:31 UTC 13461692 Ms Jamila Murray [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13461501?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:22:54 UTC 13461501 Mrs Tina Silas [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13461197?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 06:05:28 UTC 13461197 Ms. Rochelle Belasco [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13461038?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 05:36:23 UTC 13461038 Mr Johnie Chase [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460930?utm_medium=rss It's OUR Pride and Our Country's History. Canada's. Making Black History Month in February is a Historical crime and should be corrected because it seems the Politicians at the time were either ill informed or took a very lazy way out.
Did they think no one would notice it's idiocy and just forget about it? I AM CANADIAN PLEASE PLACE HERE. August IS the Real Black History Month IN CANADA and we should be proud it because we did it long before the U S. This Country is my Country and it takes a lot to piss me off but on this point I will rise up and cuss and fight to make this right. Why so angry? It's a lie. Pure and simple and I'll tell any Politician so. I wish they'd take some pride in their own history because right or wrong, injustice or truth, IT"S OURS. August is the real Black History Month.
Long before February was given it's official status, it was celebrated in August on Simcoe Day. How did modern Canadian Politician's one of the miss the biggest events the British Empire at the time, by SIX months? I can only guess their history books were printed somewhere else. So I'll end on that note.

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 05:15:39 UTC 13460930 Mrs. Sherron Grant [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460689?utm_medium=rss ALL of the history of Black Canadians needs to be honoured and acknowledged. We now have Africentric Schools within the largest public school board in Canada. Black History month has become a larger and more educational a awareness raising period every year. How can this most significant day NOT be officially acknowledged by our government. We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day but he was American. This event just as significantly touches the lives of all Canadians. It just doesn't make sense with what we are trying to accomplish in this generation and those to come.

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 04:39:10 UTC 13460689 Deborah Peach [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460381?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:58:54 UTC 13460381 Anonymous [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460155?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:28:40 UTC 13460155 Ms Monique Phillips [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460119?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:22:57 UTC 13460119 Andrea Spooner [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460105?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:19:24 UTC 13460105 ms natasha lewin [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460021?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:02:41 UTC 13460021 Mr Norman Wright [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460019?utm_medium=rss As a Jamaican-Canadian, born in Toronto, and taught the histories of both my national homes, i am often left wondering why so little is done with respect to black culture in Canada. While i recognize the desire of a united Canada, under one flag, why is it so undesirable to remember those who were often forced into subjugation, to help hoist said flag?
Emancipation day is celebrated by all pan-African cultures, not just the British common-wealth. But the fact that Ontario has one of the largest, and most diverse cultural base in North America, Much of which has stems from the British Caribbean, why is it so impractical to honor Emancipation Day? Ontario already has many versions of Carnival celebrations across the province taking place around the same time each and every year, would it be so far fetched as to have these celebrations coincide with them?

Please consider these things in your decision. Thank you

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:02:37 UTC 13460019 Ms Michelle Butcher [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459916?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:45:36 UTC 13459916 mr lennox mason [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459784?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:28:00 UTC 13459784 Anonymous [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459768?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:26:09 UTC 13459768 Tenysha Campbell [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459767?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:26:04 UTC 13459767 Mr Raymond Ingrey [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459709?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:20:50 UTC 13459709 Mr. Keith McCuaig [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459653?utm_medium=rss Get rid of "Civic Holiday" because that is lame. Especially when there is an actual reason to celebrate this day!

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:15:27 UTC 13459653 Ms. Aisha Wickham [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13459500?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 01:56:03 UTC 13459500 Ms. Donna Grayer [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13458222?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:04:32 UTC 13458222 mr basil maclellan [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13458207?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:00:17 UTC 13458207 Ms. Gisele Harrison [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13458180?utm_medium=rss Support changing the name to Emancipation Day. Am disheartened that people have been working on changing the name back since 1997. Shame shame Canada

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:55:36 UTC 13458180 Ms Eleanor Duncan [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13458117?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:44:12 UTC 13458117 Leslie McCurdy [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13457984?utm_medium=rss As a proud Black Canadian whose family was able to come to Canada as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation, I have always been hurt that August 1st is not celebrated the way it should be. I know that many Canadians aren't aware that there was slavery in Canada and don't want to accept that truth, but it was the abolition of slavery in Canada that allowed the territory to become the terminus of the greatest international freedom movement in the history of the world, ie. The Underground Railroad which we do make note of. Although I know it was still very difficult for those who escaped to here, I am proud that Canada offered a place of respite for fugitives from American slavery. It is our history and should be properly commemorated, not just as Caribana, which celebrates the same date as if it occurred only in some far away exotic place, but as an important part of our growth and development as a Country. In closing I'll say Happy Emancipation Day!!

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:23:03 UTC 13457984 Laura Nantau [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13457743?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:50:59 UTC 13457743 miss Jasmine Morgan [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13457545?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:23:43 UTC 13457545 Mr Tony Oliveira [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13457534?utm_medium=rss I fully support this. I also would like recognition in some manner of the work Simcoe did in 1793, which led to 1810 Upper Canada (Ontario) banning slavery. The first British colony to do so. Not necessarily another stat holiday, just officially marked on the calendar.

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:22:47 UTC 13457534 ms Anonymous [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13457377?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:00:39 UTC 13457377 Ms. Shantelle Browning-Morgan [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13457340?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:54:40 UTC 13457340 mr archy beals [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13456841?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 06:03:02 UTC 13456841 Ms JoAnne Abraham [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13456448?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:56:14 UTC 13456448 Ms Cassandra Thompson [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13455581?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:43:40 UTC 13455581 Ms. Kate Milley [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13455440?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:56:08 UTC 13455440 Mr Larry Carriere [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13452896?utm_medium=rss I recommend this petition in recognition of social justice and human rights in Canada.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:18:33 UTC 13452896 Ms Claire-Louise Young [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13452696?utm_medium=rss Depict Canada's history truthfully

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:48:39 UTC 13452696 Mr. Teferi Adem [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13452245?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:41:08 UTC 13452245 Mr. Winston Wreford LA ROSE [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13451104?utm_medium=rss I URGE ALL PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, AND ALL PERSONS OF CONSCIENCE AND GOODWILL TO SIGN THIS PETITION; AND FURTHER TO HAVE THEM ACKNOWLEDGE THE WRONG-FULLNESS OF THE BEHAVIOUR AND CONDUCT OF THOSE PERSONS OF THE 15th 16th, 17th, 18th 19th and 20th centuries WHO WREAKED HAVOC UPON THE LIVES AND CIVILIZATION UPON THE AFRICANS AND TO MAKE RESTITUTION FOR THE HARMS THAT THEY COMMITTED; AND FROM WHICH THEY BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY AND CONTINUE TO REAP SIGNIFICANT PROFITS

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:43:58 UTC 13451104 Ms Charmaine Headley [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13450685?utm_medium=rss The recognition of August 1 as Emancipation Day federally in Canada through Bill 111 should be legislated as a demonstration of the government's national stamp in acknowledging the past. Moreso, proving its progressive-mindedness today and to the future in recognition of the presence and historical contributions of Blacks in Canada and this country's belief in rights and freedom ....

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:21:58 UTC 13450685 Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13450267?utm_medium=rss I would like to make it clear to one and all that the abolition of slavery in the British Empire ought not to be exclusively attributed to the work of White abolitionists of the time. The enslaved Afrikans were the main architects of the path to emancipation. The Emancipation Rebellion of 1831/32 in Jamaica forced the Briitish Parliament to immediately consider the question of abolition.

The Government of Canada should acknowledge this historical mement when a labouring class of enslaved Afrikans defeated chattel slavery through their consistent struggle for liberty.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:53:17 UTC 13450267 Mrs. Georgina Cole [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13445751?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:40:58 UTC 13445751 Nzinga Walker [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13444789?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:00:15 UTC 13444789 Ross Cole [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13444301?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:08:30 UTC 13444301 Ms Anonymous [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13444035?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:38:54 UTC 13444035 Cherlin McColman [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13443689?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:56:20 UTC 13443689 Ms Michelle Parson [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13443277?utm_medium=rss Emancipation Day is a wonderful celebration in commemoration of the abolition of Slavery and should be recognized in every nation where diasporic Africans reside...in other words, worldwide.

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:59:18 UTC 13443277 Mr. Bruce Johnson [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13443042?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:27:35 UTC 13443042 pamela thomas [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13442737?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:55:29 UTC 13442737 Mr paul simon [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13442673?utm_medium=rss This is necessary to maitain the facts of human history and development. To do anything else would be a deliberate attempt todwny future generations the fact relating to human evolution thus setting the possibility of repitition of this unhealthy accurance in human development

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:46:06 UTC 13442673 Zak Kerr [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13439880?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:29:32 UTC 13439880 keith jeffers [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13439798?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:01:01 UTC 13439798 Ms Sally Houston [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13439683?utm_medium=rss August 4, 2012 Owen Sound, Ont. will be celebrating their 150th Emancipation Celebration Picnic or as we lovingly say Homecoming. Please join us.

]]> Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:24:05 UTC 13439683 Mr Anonymous [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13438929?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:30:23 UTC 13438929 Ms Anonymous [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13438668?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:46:59 UTC 13438668 Sabrina Ormsby [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13438339?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:08:51 UTC 13438339 Mr. Michael Grandsoult [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13436658?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:25:28 UTC 13436658 mrs myrna vardy [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13436162?utm_medium=rss Long overdue.

]]> Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:42:19 UTC 13436162 Mr. Tom Jackson [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13433808?utm_medium=rss Come on politicians. Why all the hesitation ?

]]> Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:43:37 UTC 13433808 Ms Linda Robinson [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13433728?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:14:19 UTC 13433728 Mrs L. Marjorie Dunn [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13433510?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:13:29 UTC 13433510 Ms Jacqueline Guishard [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13433199?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:43:21 UTC 13433199 Frances Franciotti [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13432766?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:03:13 UTC 13432766 Sarah Ennals [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13432416?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:00:26 UTC 13432416 Rosemary Sadlier [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13432404?utm_medium=rss Sign this petition and let me know you have done so.
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]]> Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:58:49 UTC 13432404 James Shreve [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8238495?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:48:05 UTC 8238495 Ms. J. Antoinette Hyatt [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8229351?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:25 UTC 8229351 Mr Roger Ferreira [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6405623?utm_medium=rss I believe its about time that governments and institutions own up to their wrongdoing; only then we will be able to stop its recurrance. Canada owned up reluctantly to Native genocide, Japanese internment, Jewish abandonment; now comes their part in African enslavement. To accept emanciption means to accept enslavement occured.

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]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:24:11 UTC 6345250 Rev. Dr. Delta McNeish [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6318582?utm_medium=rss London Paul Lewis Black History Room is a place for education. There are many teachers in our Country who need to become more knowledgable in the are of Black History so that they can help students identify with this area of History; we are here to help to see this realized. Rev. McNeish

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