El Usuku lwabasebenzi eCanada ibhiyozelwa ngoMvulo wokuqala kaSeptemba eCanada ukusukela ngo-1880. Imvelaphi yoSuku lwaBasebenzi eCanada inokulandelwa emva ku-Epreli 14, 1872 xa umngcelele waququzelelwa ukuxhasa uqhankqalazo lweToronto Typographic Union ngeyure ezingama-58. iveki yomsebenzi.
Ii-Ofisi zeNdibano zaseToronto (i-TTA) zibize iimanyano zayo ezingama-27 ukuba zibonise zixhasa iManyano yeTypographic eyayikwisitrayikhi ukusukela ngoMatshi 25. UGeorge Brown, wezopolitiko wase-Canada kunye nomhleli we-Toronto Globe wabuyisela abasebenzi bakhe ngokuqhankqalaza ngamapolisa ajongene ne-Typographic Union 'yelenqe. Nangona imithetho yolwaphulo-mthetho eyenziwayo yayiphelelwe lixesha kwaye yayisele iphelisiwe eBritane, yayisezincwadini eCanada kwaye amapolisa abamba iinkokheli ezingama-24 zeTypographic Union.
Iinkokheli zabasebenzi zigqibe kwelokuba babize omnye umboniso ofanayo nge-3 kaSeptemba bekhalazela ukubanjwa. Iimanyano zabasebenzi ezisixhenxe zibonise e-Ottawa, nto leyo ibangele ukuba iNkulumbuso yase-Canada u-Sir John A. Macdonald aphelise "ubuqaba", imithetho echasene nemanyano de iPalamente ipasise umthetho wemanyano nge-14 kaJuni wonyaka. Okulandelayo, kwaye kungekudala zonke iimanyano zazifuna i-54- Umsebenzi weyure-ngeveki.
NgoJulayi 23, 1894, Inkulumbuso yaseCanada uJohn Thompson kunye norhulumente wakhe benza uSuku lwaBasebenzi, ukuba lubonwe ngoSeptemba, iholide esemthethweni. E-United States, umngcelele waseNew York waba sisiganeko sonyaka kulo nyaka, kwaye ngo-1894 samkelwa nguMongameli wase-US u-Grover Cleveland ukukhuphisana noMhla waBasebenzi waMazwe ngaMazwe (ngoMeyi).
Ngelixa usuku lomSebenzi kunye neepiknikki zilungelelaniswe yimibutho yabasebenzi, uninzi lwabantu baseCanada baya kwimiboniso yomlilo, kwimisebenzi yamanzi, nakwiminyhadala yobugcisa boluntu. Ukusukela kunyaka omtsha wesikolo ngokubanzi uqala kwangoko emva koSuku lwaBasebenzi, iintsapho ezinabantwana abakwiminyaka yokuhamba isikolo bayithatha njengethuba lokugqibela lokuhamba ngaphambi kokuphela kwehlobo.
Isiko loSuku lwaBasebenzi eCanada yiLabour Day Classic, umsitho weCanadian Soccer League, apho abachasi abanjengoCalgary Stampers kunye neEdmonton Eskimos, iHamilton Tiger-Cats kunye neToronto Argonauts, kunye neSaskatchewan Roughriders kunye neWinnipeg Blue play. Ibhombu ngeveki yoSuku loMsebenzi.
