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Thanksgiving has been officially celebrated as an annual holiday in Canada since November 6, 1879. [5] While the date varied by year and was not fixed, it was commonly the second Monday in October. [ 5 ]
1. Canadian Thanksgiving is in October—and on a Monday. That’s right! Canadian Thanksgiving happens a full month and a half before American Thanksgiving, on the second Monday in October (Monday, October 14, 2024).
Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year.
What's the difference between Thanksgiving in America and Thanksgiving in Canada? In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November but in Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October (which is Columbus Day in the U.S.).
Though the US version takes place on the fourth Thursday of November, Canada celebrates on the second Monday of October, which this year falls on October 14. For more insights into this...
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 14th. We all learned as children about the American Thanksgiving myth of the first US Thanksgiving but what of the early Canadian celebrations.
The first official Thanksgiving was celebrated on Nov. 6, 1879. In 1957, Canadian Thanksgiving was declared a holiday that would be celebrated on the second Monday in October. Now, Canadians celebrate the holiday every October in ways that are similar to their American counterparts. But there are some differences.