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How many days until Thanksgiving Day in Canada?
The earlier Thanksgiving celebrations in Canada have been attributed to the earlier onset of
winter in the North, thus ending the harvest season earlier. Thanksgiving in Canada did not have a
fixed date until the late 19th century. Prior to Canadian Confederation, many of the individual colonial governors
of the Canadian provinces had declared their own days of Thanksgiving. The first official Canadian Thanksgiving
occurred on April 15, 1872, when the nation was celebrating the Prince of Wales' recovery from a serious illness. By
the end of the 19th century, Thanksgiving Day was normally celebrated on November 6. In the late 1800s, the Militia
staged "sham battles" for public entertainment on Thanksgiving Day. The Militia agitated for an earlier date for a
holiday, so they could use the warmer weather to draw bigger crowds. However, when World War I ended, the Armistice
Day holiday was usually held during the same week. To prevent the two holidays from clashing with one another, in
1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed Thanksgiving to be observed on its present date on the second
Monday of October.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2025 | Oct 13, 2025 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2027 | Oct 11, 2027 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2028 | Oct 09, 2028 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2029 | Oct 08, 2029 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2030 | Oct 14, 2030 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2031 | Oct 13, 2031 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2032 | Oct 11, 2032 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2033 | Oct 10, 2033 |
Thanksgiving Day in Canada 2034 | Oct 09, 2034 |