A mafi yawan ƙasashen duniya Ranar aiki 1 ga Mayu, duk da haka a Kanada ana bikin ranar Litinin ta farko a watan Satumba na kowace shekara.
Asalin Ranar Aiki a Kanada ya faro ne daga Disamba 1872, lokacin da aka shirya zanga-zangar nuna goyon baya ga yajin aikin masana'antu na Toronto don ma'aikaci wanda ke da awanni 58 na aiki a cikin mako.
Ta wannan hanyar, theungiyar Mawallafa, wacce ta fara yajin aiki tun a ranar 25 ga Maris, ta shirya gurguntar da ta sa ’yan sanda suka kame shugabannin 24 na ofungiyar Masu Rubuta Mallaka. Sannan wasu kungiyoyin kwadagon bakwai sun yi zanga-zanga a Ottawa, abinda ya sa Firayim Ministan Kanada Sir John A. Macdonald wa'adin soke dokokin "dabbanci" masu adawa da kungiyar.
Har sai Majalisar ta zartar da dokar game da kungiyoyin kwadago a ranar 14 ga Yunin shekara mai zuwa, kuma ba da daɗewa ba dukkan ƙungiyoyin sun nemi awanni 54 a mako aiki. A ranar 23 ga Yuli, 1894, Firayim Ministan Kanada John Thompson da gwamnatinsa suka amince da Ranar Ma'aikata da za a kiyaye a watan Satumba, hutu a hukumance.
Yayinda ƙungiyoyin kwadagon ke shirya fareti da kuma wasan motsa jiki, yawancin mutanen Kanada suna da wasan motsa jiki, wasan wuta, ayyukan ruwa, da kuma abubuwan fasaha na jama'a. Tunda sabuwar shekarar makaranta gabaɗaya tana farawa bayan Ranar Aiki, iyalai da yara masu zuwa makaranta suna ɗaukarta a matsayin dama ta ƙarshe don tafiya kafin ƙarshen bazara.
Ya kamata a lura cewa akwai faretin Ranar Ma'aikata a Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, wanda ya fara a 1910 kuma ya ci gaba a yau, inda ake ci gaba da shagulgulan har tsawon kwanaki uku tare da faretin Ranar Ma'aikata a ranar Litinin.