Thanksgiving 2020 Canada Vs Us. Here s a chart that shows what day of the week thanksgiving is celebrated from 2018 2030. Three weeks after canadians celebrated their thanksgiving holiday the country is seeing a national spike in cases.
Canadians automatically get that monday off in most parts of the country but in atlantic canada prince edward island new brunswick. In canada thanksgiving day is the second monday of october. Thanksgiving in canada originated purely as a harvest festival.
Thanksgiving in canada originated purely as a harvest festival.
English explorer martin frobisher hosted the first canadian thanksgiving. Thanksgiving day in canada has been a holiday on the second monday of october since 1957. As in the us thanksgiving in canada brings with it football marathons a nationally broadcast parade and plenty of family time. Thanksgiving day in canada is linked to the european tradition of harvest festivals.
