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Five things to know about Quebec’s unique, two-week-long construction holiday
MONTREAL — It’s one of Quebec’s many idiosyncrasies that in the dog days of summer, when everyone wishes they were on holiday, virtually the entire construction industry and a good chunk of the rest of the province close up shop for two weeks.
On Sunday, Quebec’s annual construction holiday will officially begin. It’s a 50-year-old tradition unique to the province that has a major effect on the region’s tourism industry — and on its roads.
Here are five things to know about the construction holiday.
It started more than half a century ago