get_province: Get holidays for a province or territory from the Canada...

In holideh: Working with Canadian Dates

Get holidays for a province or territory from the Canada Holidays API

Description

Get all holidays for a given year, for a province or territory. Best used to obtain holiday information for a specific province or territory.

Usage

get_province(province, year = NULL, optional = NULL)

Arguments

province	The two letter abbreviation for a province/territory (case-sensitive).
year	The year for which holidays should be retrieved, between 2013 and 2038. The default, NULL, is equivalent to the current year.
optional	A boolean indicating whether optional (non-legislated) holidays should be retrieved. The default, NULL, is equivalent to FALSE.

Details

Province and territory codes:

• Alberta: "AB"

• British Columbia: "BC"

• Manitoba: "MB"

• New Brunswick: "NB"

• Newfoundland and Labrador: "NL"

• Nova Scotia: "NS"

• Northwest Territories: "NT"

• Nunavut: "NU"

• Ontario: "ON"

• Prince Edward Island: "PE"

• Quebec: "QC"

• Saskatchewan: "SK"

• Yukon: "YT"

Value

A tibble with columns:

date

⁠<date>⁠ The date when the holiday occurs.

observed_date

⁠<date>⁠ The date when the holiday is observed (celebrated). For example, if Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, it is observed (celebrated) on the proceeding Monday.

name_en

⁠<chr>⁠ The name of the holiday, in English.

name_fr

⁠<chr>⁠ The name of the holiday, in French.

federal

⁠<lgl>⁠ Whether the holiday is a federal holiday.

holiday_id

⁠<int>⁠ The id of the holiday.

province_id

⁠<chr>⁠ The abbreviated province/territory code.

province_name_en

⁠<chr>⁠ The name of the province/territory, in English.

province_name_fr

⁠<chr>⁠ The name of the province/territory, in French.

source_info

⁠<list>⁠ A list containing a link to the information source.

See Also

get_holidays(), Canada Holidays API

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_province(province = "ON")
}

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