Schools Closed for Louis Riel Day
Mon. Feb. 16, 2026 is Louis Riel Day. All schools are closed. As Manitoba’s honorary First Premier, Louis Riel advocated for the citizens of the Red River Settlement and was the driving force behind MB joining Confederation and becoming Canada’s fifth province.
As the Métis leader of the Red River Resistance of 1869-70, he was instrumental in drafting the List of Rights that formed the basis of the Manitoba Act, passed by the Parliament of Canada in the spring of 1870, which brought the new province of Manitoba into Confederation. Learn more about his journey.
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