. Source: pinterest.com Today Canadian Thanksgiving is held on the second Monday of October every year or at least it has been since Canadian Parliament declared it so on January 00 0000. While American Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year in Canada they celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. In the territories that now make up Canada and the US the idea of Thanksgiving Feasts as religious festivals to celebrate successful harvests or other momentous events was inherited from the old world. Many Canadian provinces also receive Remembrance day November 00th as a holiday. What I found both did and didnt surprise me. Source: pinterest.com In the territories that now make up Canada and the US the idea of Thanksgiving Feasts as religious festivals to celebrate successful harvests or other momentous events was inherited from the old world. In 0000 Thanksgiving was officially declared a national. To start with Canadian Thanksgiving is held earlier in. Basically Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks and is not based on a historical date like Christmas. In Canada Thanksgiving is still a time of year where Canadians visit their families and say what they are thankful for as well as eating lots of delicious food. 