Sunday Sabbath Observance in Canada

Hi Alastair, in reply to your question about Sunday store closures, I can confirm that Sabbath closures were the law all across Canada from 1906 to 1985 under the provisions of the federal "Lord's Day Act". The Act prohibited most commerce on Sunday tho' certain services like restaurants and gas stations could stay open. The Act was ultimately declared unconstitutional under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the Supreme Court of Canada. In Saskatchewan where I grew up, stores also closed on Wednesday afternoons to allow for re-stocking, cleaning, etc. but we stayed open late on Saturday nights because that's when the farm families came to town. Pubs and liquor stores also had to close on election days. Very different times!