Overview
Every day, lineworkers across Canada work to keep electricity flowing into our homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses. They are the highly trained men and women who work on installing and maintaining the complex electricity grid across cities, provinces, and territories.
Lineworkers are trained to work efficiently, collaboratively and most importantly, safely. During freezing rain, snowstorms, and heat waves, lineworkers are on the job, often exposed to the elements as they repair essential infrastructure.
In appreciation for their commitment to serve fellow Canadians and protecting our electricity grid, Electricity Canada and its membership continues to recognize and support these men and women by celebrating National Lineworker Appreciation Day on July 10th of every year.
History of National Lineworker Appreciation Day
- Electricity Canada’s National Lineworker Appreciation Day campaign launched on October 2, 2018, with events celebrating lineworkers taking place all across Canada. Electricity Canada dedicated this day to launch a petition calling on the government to formally recognize July 10 as National Lineworker Appreciation Day.
- The petition was tabled in the House of Commons by Member of Parliament, Daniel Blaikie on May 31, 2019.
- National Lineworker Appreciation Day is also observed on July 10 in the U.S. by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and their members.
- July 10 marks the anniversary of the death of Henry Miller, the founder and first president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, in 1896.
