In Canada, Thanksgiving dinner is tied to a holiday on which October Monday?

In Canada, Thanksgiving is tied to the second Monday in October.

Canadian Thanksgiving is an annual holiday held earlier than the U.S. Thanksgiving because Canada’s harvest season generally ends sooner. The modern date was fixed in 1957, when Parliament established the second Monday of October as Thanksgiving Day.

The holiday’s history is older and less uniform than its current calendar date. Canadian Thanksgiving celebrations were proclaimed on different dates in different periods, and the observance was once connected with harvests, military events, royal anniversaries, and the recovery of the Prince of Wales. In 1879, Thanksgiving became an annual national holiday, though its date still changed for decades.

The holiday is officially Monday-based, but families may gather on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday during the long weekend. Canadian meals often include turkey, ham, stuffing, potatoes, squash, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin or apple pie. The fourth Thursday in November belongs to the U.S. observance, not Canada’s.