![Best Comet of 2025?](https://c.tadst.com/gfx/300x168/2024-g3-sydney-20250118-2053.jpg?1)
Best Comet of 2025?
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has already become very faintly visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere.
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.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada is a time for family and food.
©iStockphoto.com/lisegagne
The best days to take off work in 2025
Thanksgiving Day is a national public holiday in Canada. Many people have the day off work and all schools and post offices are closed. Many stores and other businesses and organizations are also closed. Public transport services may run to a reduced timetable or may not run at all.
In New Brunswick, Thanksgiving Day is a prescribed day of rest, meaning that businesses must be closed. Nova Scotia treats this day as a retail closing day, when some retail businesses are not allowed to open and employees have a legal right to refuse to work. While this is not a public holiday in Prince Edward Island, it is a holiday for federal employees and institutions in the province, and many shops, businesses, and schools are closed.
Many people have a day off work on the second Monday of October. They often use the three-day Thanksgiving weekend to visit family or friends who live far away, or to receive them in their own homes. Many people also prepare a special meal to eat at some point during the long weekend. Traditionally, this included roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and pecan nuts. Now, the meal may consist of other foods, particularly if the family is of non-European descent.
The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in. Other popular activities include outdoor breaks to admire the spectacular colors of the Canadian autumn, hiking, and fishing. Fans of the teams in the Canadian Football League may spend part of the weekend watching the Thanksgiving Day Classic matches.
The native peoples of the Americas held ceremonies and festivals to celebrate the completion and bounty of the harvest long before European explorers and settlers arrived in what is now Canada. Today, some in the Indigenous People´s communities are calling for Canadians to raise their awareness of the toll that European settlement had on native tribes as they hold their Thanksgiving celebrations.
7 holidays with dark histories
Early European thanksgivings were held to give thanks for some special fortune. An early example is the ceremony the explorer Martin Frobisher held in 1578 after he had survived the long journey in his quest to find a northern passage from Europe to Asia.
Many thanksgivings were held following noteworthy events during the 18th century. Refugees fleeing the civil war in the United States brought the custom of an annual thanksgiving festival to Canada. From 1879, Thanksgiving Day was held every year but the date varied and there was a special theme each year. The theme was the "Blessings of an abundant harvest" for many years. However, Queen Victoria's golden and diamond jubilees and King Edward VII's coronation formed the theme in later years.
From the end of the First World War until 1930, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on the Monday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the official end of hostilities in World War I. In 1931, Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving Day was moved to a Monday in October. Since 1957, Thanksgiving Day has always been held on the second Monday in October.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. A common image seen at this time of year is a cornucopia, or horn, filled with seasonal fruit and vegetables. The cornucopia, which means "Horn of Plenty" in Latin, was a symbol of bounty and plenty in ancient Greece. Turkeys, pumpkins, ears of corn and large displays of food are also used to symbolize Thanksgiving Day.
Year | Weekday | Date | Name | Holiday Type | Area |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2020 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2020 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2020 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2021 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2021 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2021 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2021 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2022 | 月曜日 | 10月10日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2022 | 月曜日 | 10月10日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2022 | 月曜日 | 10月10日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2022 | 月曜日 | 10月10日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2023 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2023 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2023 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2023 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2024 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2024 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2024 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2024 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2025 | 月曜日 | 10月13日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2025 | 月曜日 | 10月13日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2025 | 月曜日 | 10月13日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2025 | 月曜日 | 10月13日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2026 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2026 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2026 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2026 | 月曜日 | 10月12日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2027 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2027 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2027 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2027 | 月曜日 | 10月11日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2028 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2028 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2028 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2028 | 月曜日 | 10月9日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2029 | 月曜日 | 10月8日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2029 | 月曜日 | 10月8日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2029 | 月曜日 | 10月8日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2029 | 月曜日 | 10月8日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
2030 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | All except NB, NS, PE |
2030 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Designated Retail Closing Day | Nova Scotia |
2030 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Observance | Prince Edward Island |
2030 | 月曜日 | 10月14日 (月) | Thanksgiving Day | Statutory Holiday | New Brunswick |
While we diligently research and update our holiday dates, some of the information in the table above may be preliminary. If you find an error, please let us know.
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has already become very faintly visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere.
Many Orthodox Christian churches in countries such as Canada celebrate New Year’s Day on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar.
Isra and Mi'raj (Isra Me'raj, Israa and Mi'raaj, Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj, Lailat al Miraj, Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven) marks the night when the Prophet Mohammad traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem, ascended to heaven and returned.
Lunar New Year marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese calendar.