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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 ]
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)
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 Victoria Skating Rink was an indoor ice skating rink located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Opened in 1862, it was described at the start of the twentieth century to be "one of the finest covered rinks in the world". [1] The building was used during winter seasons for pleasure skating, ice hockey and skating sports on a natural ice rink.
Winterlude is an annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec (collectively known as the National Capital Region). Winterlude is run by the Department of Canadian Heritage and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ottawa's most important tourist draws, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
The Festival du Voyageur is an annual 10-day winter festival that takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.The event is held each February in Winnipeg's French quarter, Saint-Boniface, and is western Canada's largest winter festival.
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 .
The Bon Soo Winter Carnival is an annual winter carnival in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. The carnival, held every February, began in 1964 ( 1964 ) , and has grown to become one of Ontario's top 50 festivals.