Editing Father's Day (section)

==North American traditions==

===Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba and Puerto Rico===
Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

===Canada===
In Canada, Father's Day ({{langx|fr|Fête des Pères}}) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Canada|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/father-day|access-date=1 July 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref> Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life. Small family gatherings and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father's Day.

===Central America (except for Belize)===
In [[Costa Rica]], the [[Social Christian Unity Party]] presented a bill to change the celebration of Father's Day from the third Sunday of June to 19 March, the day of [[Saint Joseph]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Rodolfo Delgado Valverde |title=Proyecto de Ley. Celebración del 19 de Marzo como Día del Padre. Expediente 15911. |url=http://www.asamblea.go.cr/proyecto/15900/15911.doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128061906/http://www.asamblea.go.cr/proyecto/15900/15911.doc |archive-date=28 November 2009 }}</ref> That was to give tribute to this saint, who gave his name to the capital of the country [[San José, Costa Rica]], so family heads will be able to celebrate Father's Day at the same time as the [[Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker]].<ref name="costa_rica_aciprensa"/> The official date is still the third Sunday of June.

===Haiti===
In [[Haiti]], Father's Day (''Fête des pères'') is celebrated on the last Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Haiti|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/haiti/father-day|access-date=1 July 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref> Fathers are recognized and celebrated on this day with cards, gifts, breakfast, lunch, brunch or early Sunday dinner; whether enjoying the day at the beach or mountains, spending family time or doing favorite activities.

Children exclaim "''bonne fête papa''", while everyone wishes all fathers "''bonne Fête des Pères''" (Happy Father's Day).

===Mexico===
In [[Mexico]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Mexico in 2021|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/fathers-day|access-date=1 July 2020|website=Office Holidays}}</ref> Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life. Small family gatherings and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father's Day.

===Trinidad and Tobago===
In [[Trinidad and Tobago]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Trinidad and Tobago|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/trinidad/father-day#:~:text=Father%27s%20Day%20is%20not%20a,hours%20in%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago.|access-date=1 July 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===United States===
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In the US, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.<ref>{{cite news|title=Father's Day 2017: How did it begin and where in the world is it celebrated?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/fatherhood/fathers-day-what-is-it-and-why-we-celebrate-it/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/fatherhood/fathers-day-what-is-it-and-why-we-celebrate-it/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=14 June 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Typically, families gather to celebrate the father figures in their lives. Schools (if in session) and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 June 2020|title=Enjoy Father's Day? Thank the woman who spent 62 years campaigning for it.|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/holidays/reference/fathers-day-campaign-daughter-create-holiday/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617022922/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/holidays/reference/fathers-day-campaign-daughter-create-holiday/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2019|access-date=1 July 2020|website=Culture}}</ref>