Source-backedVariable CustomHeightened editorial care

Discovery Day

Government of Yukon statutory-holiday calendar

Date / ruleAugust; Yukon statutory-holiday date varies by year
ScopeYukon, Canada — statutory holiday
VerificationGovernment Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-06
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Discovery Day?

Government of Yukon statutory-holiday calendar

Date and recurrence

August; Yukon statutory-holiday date varies by year

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Yukon, Canada — statutory holiday. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Civic, Remembrance & History →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Government of Yukon — statutory holidaysTerritorial Statutory Holiday
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Discovery Day?

August; Yukon statutory-holiday date varies by year The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve from the authoritative target-year/local calendar or organizer source; stored rule/context: August; Yukon statutory-holiday date varies by year.

Does Discovery Day fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Discovery Day an official public holiday?

Within the verified scope, the authority record identifies it as Yukon, Canada — statutory holiday. That status is not automatically extended to other countries or jurisdictions.

Who established or recognizes Discovery Day?

The stored designation basis is: Government of Yukon statutory-holiday calendar. Supporting provenance includes Government of Yukon — statutory holidays. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Discovery Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Yukon, Canada — statutory holiday. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-06.

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