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Line chart of average annual hours worked per Canadian worker from 1870 to 2023, showing a steady long-term decline.

Labour Day traces back to a failed 1872 strike by Toronto printers demanding a nine-hour workday; the walkout did not succeed, but the backlash pushed Parliament to legalize union activity within months. The holiday itself did not become a federal statutory day until 1894. Average annual hours worked have fallen by more than a third since then, driven by decades of gradual bargaining rather than any single reform, echoing the patience that also separates durable financial plans from reactive ones.

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