The main basis behind Thanksgiving in Canada has been to celebrate the harvest season. At times, it has also commemorated a special anniversary.
No. Thanksgiving as a national holiday is also celebrated in Canada. There are also harvest festivals and celebrations around the world at various time of year coinciding with the yearly gathering of crops. Most are not called "Thanksgiving" yet they celebrate the same thing.
In Canada, Thanksgiving is always on the second Monday of October.
Yes we do, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. Canada's Parliament in 1957 passed this proclamation " A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October." The day is a national holiday for Canadians.
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Second Monday in October
Thanksgiving is Monday, October 10, 2011 in Canada.
No, Thanksgiving is celebrated at different times in Canada and the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October. In the US, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.
Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada on the second Monday in October every year.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada in 2008 was Monday, October 13
In 2010, Thanksgiving Day was celebrated Monday October 11 in Canada.
Thanksgivign is celebrated in Canada. They may not celebrate it on the 4th Thursday of November, but they have it. Canada's Thanksgiving is on the 2nd Monday of October.
Monday, October 13 was when Canada celebrated Thanksgiving Day in 2008.
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in October on the second Monday.
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. On Thursday, January 31, 1957, the Parliament of Canada announced that Thanksgiving was a holiday to give thanks for the happenings of the previous year.
Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in America because of the help offered to the new settlers by the Indians their first winter here. Other countries do not celebrate Thanksgiving since the historic basis is unique to America, but there may be similar holidays where other countries celebrate what they are thankful for.
Both the United States and Canada celebrate what is called "Thanksgiving Day." However the name similarity, the dates of and meanings behind both country's celebrations are different.