Thanksgiving (Canada)
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held on the second Monday in October. Outside of Canada it is sometimes called Canadian Thanksgiving to distinguish it from Thanksgiving in the United States. Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most of Canada and an optional holiday in the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
About Thanksgiving (Canada) in brief
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held on the second Monday in October. Outside of Canada it is sometimes called Canadian Thanksgiving to distinguish it from Thanksgiving in the United States. Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most of Canada, and an optional holiday in the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Foods traditionally served at Thanksgiving include roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet corn, various autumn vegetables, and pumpkin pie. In Canadian football, the Canadian Football League has usually held a nationally televised doubleheader, the Thanksgiving Day Classic. According to some historians, the first celebration of Thanksgiving in North America occurred during the 1579 voyage of Martin Frobisher from England, in search of the Northwest Passage.
During the American Revolution, American refugees remained loyal to Great Britain and held feasts with First Nations neighbours, at which food was shared. After the Seven Years’ War ended in 1763, the U.S. handed over Thanksgiving to the British, who held a special day of Thanksgiving of the same name in 1799. The first Thanksgiving in Canada was on November 6, 1879, when the Governor General of Canada issued a proclamation stating: \”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 of October. ’’
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