Thanksgiving[a] or Thanksgiving Day, [b] is an annual Canadian holiday held on the second Monday in October. [1] Outside the country, it may be referred to as Canadian Thanksgiving to distinguish it from the American holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions. [2][3][4]
Discover Canadian Thanksgiving 2025: date, history, traditions, and 4 key differences from U.S. Thanksgiving. Celebrate harvest, family, and fun!
Today Canadian Thanksgiving is held on the second Monday of October every year, or at least it has been since Canadian Parliament declared it so on . Before this, Thanksgiving in Canada had been held sporadically, often coinciding with other major events and anniversaries.
In this article I take a brief look at the origins of Thanksgiving and its celebration here in Canada, given that we will all be celebrating on October 14 th. We all learned as children about the American Thanksgiving myth of the first US Thanksgiving but what of the early Canadian celebrations.
Unlike Thanksgiving, which always falls on the fourth Thursday of November, Canada's version occurs on the second Monday in October—which is October 13 in 2025. That's about six weeks before Thanksgiving, although Canadian Thanksgiving coincidentally coincides with Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day here in the States.
Harvest season is the star of Canadian Thanksgiving, whose flavours are influenced by the country’s immigrant and First Nations cultures.
According to one expert, the US had a heavy influence on what Canadians traditionally eat every Thanksgiving. But there are a few interesting differences when it comes to this annual great...
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