Even then the date wasn't fixed until the government officially named the second Monday of October as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. While it began as a religious festival, over the years it has become a day to spend with loved ones. View in App. Follow Us. Story highlights The Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October while in America the festival is celebrated on fourth Thursday of November.
The argument stems from the reason for giving thanks; that the holiday can only be associated with the celebration of the harvest. Europeans who brought the tradition to North America did mark the day by giving thanks for a successful harvest. However, the Canadian and American holidays are no longer restricted to harvest activities, and have become a day for gathering family to give thanks for their general well-being.
In that sense, one might observe that the tradition has come full circle. Search The Canadian Encyclopedia. Remember me. I forgot my password. Why sign up? Create Account. Suggest an Edit. Enter your suggested edit s to this article in the form field below. Plus, because the holiday falls on a Monday, the Thanksgiving feast may instead take place on Saturday or Sunday. Although you might expect hockey to take the place of traditional Thanksgiving Day football, football is part of Thanksgiving tradition in Canada, too.
This gives Canadians the chance to focus purely on celebrating the beauty of early October and the harvest! Especially in , with the surge in online shopping, retailers may seize any opportunity to promote consumer activity around the holidays.
My husband just informed me that the Canadian football field is 20 yards longer and it's wider, too. I never knew any other country had a football league! As an American who is not in the least interested in football I may as well be living in Canada But it was interesting to learn about Canada and their Thanksgiving holiday. Very nice. On a side note, I read the comments about 'Indigenous Day' and that makes me sad.
Why couldn't we have kept Columbus Day and made a day just for the Native Americans? It could be a day in which the Native Americans tribes could jointly have picked out; instead, it was our inane and foolish government entity that made that stupid decision.
Sorry, done with the ranting now. I remember living in Maine we always knew when Canadian Thanksgiving was because all the motels around would be full up with Canadians who were here for their Holiday and to shop. It seemed much the same as how our American family celebrates Thanksgiving. We gather our family to celebrate our gratitude for being able to enjoy a bountiful harvest and "break bread" with our loved ones.
One of my favorite things about Canadian Thanksgiving is that it is in October and not the end of November! As a homeschooling, American mother, this was fun to read and share with my kids.
We were fascinated that Canadian Thanksgiving falls on Indigenous Peoples' day. I know that many Americans are big on football, but in our house we are far more family and food focused. I would be very much interested in "traditional dishes" that you can't live without at your Thanksgiving table. Great question. When Canadian Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in , November 6 was actually its official date. But in , lobbyists somewhat unofficially moved it to a Monday in order to extend the weekend preceding it.
Whenever it was held slightly earlier in the month, the holiday would conflict with the newly created week of Remembrance Day November 11 in Canada. So, on January 31, , nearly 70 years after it was first introduced to the Canadian calendar, the Parliament of Canada announced that they would officially begin marking Thanksgiving annually on the second Monday in October. Well, for starters, Canada is a completely different country with its own customs, holidays, and traditions.
And while modern-day Thanksgiving celebrations in both the U. In fact, the story of the first Thanksgiving that Americans know by heart might not mean very much at all to a Canadian. Their holiday's origin story involves explorer Martin Frobisher's own "thanks-giving" adventures, and it's believed to have taken place nearly 50 years earlier than the tale we were taught in grade school.
Traditionally, the second Monday in October is viewed as a family-centric day during which a delicious meal is shared. Sound familiar? For the most part, Canadians treat their Thanksgiving celebrations in much the same way as we treat our own There's also no Black Friday sale held the next day, and there's not quite as much interest in football though the Canadian Football League does host a "Thanksgiving Day Classic" national TV special.
That doesn't mean Canadians don't commemorate the day at all though.
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