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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 ]
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 .
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.
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This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada, comprising important social, economic, political, military, legal, and territorial changes and events in Canada and its predecessor states. Prehistory
This is an incomplete list of festivals in Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals , fairs , food festivals , arts festivals , and recurring festivals on holidays .
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)
The cabin was the residence of an early Upper Canada colonist John Scadding. The cabin is only open to the public during the CNE. [3] The Canadian National Exhibition includes a carnival midway in the center of Exhibition Place. The fair has two midways of rides and carnival games.