Bill C-294

Hungarian Heritage Month Act

An Act to designate the month of October as Hungarian Heritage Month

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 21, 2026

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the month of October as “Hungarian Heritage Month”.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-294s:

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C-294 (2021) An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)

C-294 (2016) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (cessation of refugee protection)

C-294 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)

1^st reading

Hungarian Heritage Month ActRoutine Proceedings

October 21st, 2026 / 3:35 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-294, An Act to designate the month of October as Hungarian Heritage Month.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to introduce legislation to designate October as Hungarian heritage month, with thanks to my seconder, the hon. member for Vancouver East.

As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, this bill would provide an important opportunity to recognize the remarkable contributions of Hungarian Canadians to our nation's social, economic, academic and cultural fabric.

From the first Hungarian immigrants in the late 19th century to the tens of thousands who arrived following the 1956 uprising, their resilience, talents and determination have helped build our country. With some 350,000 Canadians of Hungarian descent, from myself, proudly, to business leaders like Peter Munk, Nobel Prize winner John Polanyi and global music star Alanis Morissette, Hungarian Canadians have made their mark in Canada and on the world stage. Hungarian heritage month would help to celebrate that legacy and ensure that it is passed on to future generations.

I would like to thank His Excellency Miklos Lengyel, Hungary's ambassador to Canada, for his assistance with this initiative.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)