Thanksgiving (Canada)

Culture of origin: National · National holiday

Holiday sources: Canada (federal)

Canada has kept Thanksgiving as an annual holiday since November 6, 1879, and a 1957 proclamation fixed it on the second Monday of October as a day of general thanksgiving to God for the blessings Canadians enjoy. Like the British harvest festival, churches are decorated with pumpkins, corn and wheat sheaves. Families gather over the long weekend, most often on the Sunday, for roast turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie.