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=== Canada ===
{{main|Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day}}
In [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], St. John's Day is observed on the Monday nearest 24 June and commemorates [[John Cabot]]'s discovery of Newfoundland in 1497. In [[Quebec]], the celebration of 24 June was brought to [[New France]] by the first French colonists. Great fires were lit at night. According to the ''[[Jesuit Relations]]'', the first celebrations of St John's Day in New France took place around 1638. In 1834, [[Ludger Duvernay]], printer and editor of ''[[La Minerve]]'' took the leadership of an effort to make 24 June the national holiday of the ''Canadiens'' ([[French Canadians]]). In 1908, Pope [[Pius X]] designated [[John the Baptist]] as the patron saint of the French-Canadians. In 1925, 24 June became a legal holiday in Quebec and in 1977, it became the secular [[Fête nationale du Québec|National Holiday of Quebec]]. It is still the tradition to light great fires on the night of 24 June.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fontaine |first1=Myriam|display-authors=etal|title=Fête nationale du Québec (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-fete-nationale-du-quebec-saint-jean-baptiste-day |orig-date=July 12, 2009 |date=November 22, 2016 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>