Tips make up the majority of a server's salary because most restaurants pay their staff minimum wage. Wait staff must also tip out to the kitchen, bus staff, hostess and others too, meaning they may only take home 8-10% of a given tip. Servers sometimes must pay out of their own pockets if a minimum tip is not given.

Tip: Calculated gratiuties in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and   More...

The lack of any official time structure often caused problems for departure and arrival times for his trains, especially with a country as large as Canada. Flemming's first proposal of 24 time zones worldwide was met with wide opposition and criticism. Eventually, Flemming's idea of standard time was   More...

Satisfying your appetite for all things Canadian goes deeper than anything served on a plate. The CN Tower in Toronto is the world's   More...

Crazy? Probably. But more than likely they have more time then the average traveler. To drive across Canada, and still take in all the sights, takes a minimum two weeks. Some of us just don't have that kind of time. Which is why we opt to   More...

While resident Canadians enjoy free healthcare, visiting patients are charged a fee depending on the type of illness and length of stay. Costs range between $1,000 and $2,000 and are mostly covered by health   More...

The following lists Canada's federal statutory holidays. Government offices, schools, banks and some stores in Canada are closed on these dates:

• New Year's Day - January 1
• Good Friday - Friday preceding Easter
• Easter Monday - Monday immediately after Easter
• The date for Easter is set each year by a formula adopted by Christian churches (the first Sunday after the first fourteenth day of the Paschal Full Moon that is on or after the ecclesiastical vernal equinox).
• Victoria Day - the Monday preceding May 25
• Canada   More...