Where is the 'Fête Nationale' celebrated?

Discover Canada records this in two direct labels. The guide lists Canadian holidays with: Fête nationale (Quebec) — June 24 (Feast of St. John the Baptist). The guide also includes a photo caption: Celebrating Fête Nationale, Gatineau, Quebec. The province the test wants is therefore Quebec.

Fête nationale is Quebec's provincial holiday. Discover Canada commits the holiday specifically to Quebec — it is not a federal holiday but a Quebec-province holiday. So it is celebrated within the province of Quebec on June 24, the Feast of St. John the Baptist (a French-Canadian tradition tied to the patron saint).

The holiday is rooted in Catholic-French tradition. Discover Canada writes that the beaver, Canada's industrious-rodent symbol, "became an emblem of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, a French-Canadian patriotic association, in 1834." So the figure of St. John the Baptist (St. Jean Baptiste) has long been a focal point for French-Canadian identity in Quebec — predating Confederation. The June 24 feast day connects Quebecers to a centuries-old religious calendar and to the patron-saint tradition that French settlers brought to New France.

Fête nationale sits among Canada's holidays. Discover Canada lists Canadian holidays in order: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day (Monday preceding May 25 — the Sovereign's birthday), Fête nationale (Quebec) on June 24, Canada Day on July 1, Labour Day (first Monday of September), Thanksgiving Day (second Monday of October), Remembrance Day on November 11, Christmas Day (December 25), and Boxing Day. So Fête nationale falls one week before Canada Day, in the cluster of summer holidays. The pairing is significant: Quebec's provincial holiday celebrates French-Canadian identity, and Canada Day a week later celebrates the country's national identity. Together the two June-July holidays capture the dual identity at the heart of Canadian Confederation. The photo caption — "Celebrating Fête Nationale, Gatineau, Quebec" — locates the celebration in the National Capital Region's Quebec side, near Ottawa, where Quebecers mark the day with parades and festivities.

The question is testing whether new citizens know where Fête Nationale is celebrated. Discover Canada commits to one province: Quebec. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different province. Ontario has its own provincial heritage (the Toronto/Ontario region, United Empire Loyalist roots, the largest French-speaking population outside Quebec) but Fête Nationale is not its holiday. British Columbia is the Pacific province with its own identity but Fête Nationale is not its holiday. Nova Scotia has Atlantic identity (shipbuilding, fisheries, shipping) but Fête Nationale is not its holiday. Only Quebec — the province where this feast day has been a French-Canadian patriotic celebration — matches the source.