The Apple Store in Canada has reportedly marked the weekend of April 24th as a "Black Out Period" for staff, according to an iPad in Canada report.
We were contacted by a source with close ties to the Apple Store that the weekend of April 24th has been marked as a black out period for staff. This means no employees are allowed to book this day off. If thats the case, then it would make sense that this indeed would be the launch date for the iPad in Canada. Anytime theres a black out period you know its for something big.
The site suggests that since US customers were given about three weeks to pre-order before the April 3rd launch, Canadians may be able to pre-order the iPad on Friday April 2nd - the day before the US launch.