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The Quebec Winter Carnival (French: Carnaval de Québec), commonly known in both English and French as Carnaval, is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. After being held intermittently since 1894, the Carnaval de Québec has been celebrated annually since 1955. [ 1 ]
The Montreal Winter Carnivals were week-long social and recreational festivals held during the 1880s in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Organized largely by the city's sporting clubs, the Winter Carnivals were centered on winter sports and other activities such as tobogganing and snowshoeing.
A winter festival, winter carnival, snow festival, or frost fair is an outdoor cold weather celebration that occurs in wintertime. Winter festivals are popular in D climates (see Köppen climate classification ) where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Siberia , Scandinavia , Canada and the northern United States .
1955 – Quebec Winter Carnival established. 1968 – Quebec City Summer Festival established. 1969 – École nationale d'administration publique and Institut national de la recherche scientifique established. 1971 – Grand Théâtre de Québec opened, features l'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec and concertmaster Hidetaro Suzuki.
Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
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Toronto Ribfest (July Canada Day Weekend - Centennial Park, Etobicoke) Wallaceburg Antique Motor Boat Outing (Wallaceburg) Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema ; WayHome Music & Arts Festival (Oro-Medonte) Windsor–Detroit International Freedom Festival (Windsor) Winter Festival of Lights (Niagara Falls) Winterlude (February - Ottawa)
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