Well, Valentines Day is celebrated on February 14 here in Canada just as it is in the US. Ditto for Ground Hog day on February 2.
Here in Manitoba we had a civic holiday on Monday, February 15th, which is designated as Louis Riel Day. He was a Metis leader that tried to start a rebellion against the Canadian government back in the 1800's and was hung for treason. Now, he's celebrated as a great Metis leader who was eliminated just because he stood in the way of Confederation. Basically, he wanted the Government of Canada to set aside a separate province just for the native people in the new country of Canada that was being contemplated, and the leaders of the time didn't think that was such a good idea. So they hung him to shut him up.
But, as time changed people's minds, in 1971, to mark the 100th Anniversary of Manitoba becoming a part of Canada, the Government of Manitoba commissioned a statue of Louis Riel to be made by two Manitoba artists who happened to be metis themselves. Good thing, cuz the monstrosity they made had everyone thinking: "WTF?"
And, here it is:
They used their "artistic freedom" to depict Loius Riel's "tortured mind" by making is body distorted and contorted, and they made the statue anatomically correct, which also caused a bit of a stir:
And, so, shortly after the statue was unveiled, the Manitoba Government enhanced public enjoyment of the statue by adding a wind screen:
... so that you really can't see it except from a boat on the river.
In 1996 the Manitoba Government commissioned another statue of Louis Riel, but this time they told the artist what it was gonna look like, and we got this:
This time, the artist presumed that Louis Riel wore clothing.