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- Vancouver Celebration of Light, Vancouver. The largest fireworks competition in the world is held over several nights every summer in Vancouver. More than just a pyrotechnical extravaganza, the Honda Celebration of Light comprises concerts, food stalls, and the Seawall Challenge, a popular urban adventure race.The festival makes for a great way to get to know the city from a local perspective.
- The Calgary Stampede, Calgary. Don your cowboy hat and spurs and head on over to The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. Each year, more than one million people visit Calgary to partake in this 10-day Calgary Stampede party held every July.
- Edmonton Folk Festival, Edmonton. From its humble beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Festival has grown to be one of the world's premier folk festivals.
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto. The Toronto International Film Festivals is one of the leading film festivals in the world, ranking closely with Cannes and Sundance.
- Montreal Jazz Festival 2024. Dates: 27 June - 6 July 2024. Location: Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Festival 2024 is perhaps the biggest Canadian music week that the city of Montreal stands witness to every month.
- Celebration of Light. Dates: 20 July - 27 July 2024. Location: Vancouver, Canada. The Celebration of Light is a sensory overload of rhythmic music, bright lights, and surreal fireworks, all working in tandem to create a core memory.
- Canadian Tulip Festival. Dates: 15 May - 21 May 2024. Location: Ottawa and Quebec. One of the prettiest Canadian festivals, the Canadian Tulip Festival is annually hosted at the Commissioners Park in Ottawa.
- Winterlude. Dates: 2 Feb 2024 - 19 Feb 2024. Location: Ottawa. The fact that Canada’s national sport is Ice Hockey, it is not surprising that the country of Canada values all ice-related activities.
- Winterlude. When: February. Where: Ottawa and Quebec. Often referred to as the ‘festival of ice’, Winterlude is a three-week-long festival that typically runs through February each year.
- Snowbombing. When: April. Where: Sun Peaks Ski Resort, BC. As the sun starts to rise earlier and set later, Snowbombing is one of Canada’s most loved spring events.
- Toronto Pride. When: June. Where: Toronto. Pride events have recently made a bang across most big cities in the world, the iconic Amsterdam Pride and San Francisco’s Pride being a couple of the most well-known.
- Montreal Fireworks Festival (L’International des Feux Loto-Québec) When: June / July. Where: Montreal. Let’s be honest: who doesn’t love a good fireworks show?
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As nature was tamed and European civilization took root, Canadians began to look back and started celebrating the events that formed the country. St John's Day celebrations in Newfoundland commemorate the day (24 June 1497) when John Cabot first sailed into the quiet water off the coast of Newfoundland. Loyalist Days in Saint John, NB, commemorates...
Another mark of Canadian development is multiculturalism, which has fostered the growth of many ethnic and multicultural festivals celebrating heritage and ancestry. Appropriately, Canada's original peoples celebrate with various Indian Days festivities held across Canada. In Ontario, the Brantford Six Nations Indian Pageant in August features craf...
Other aspects of culture (art, music, theatre and film) have come to be celebrated in Canada as well. Festivals such as the Guelph Spring Festival in Ontario focus on music; the Banff Festival of the Arts in Alberta encompasses music, theatre and art. Individual styles of music are also celebrated: Toronto's Mariposa Folk Festival, the Winnipeg Fol...
Sep 27, 2023 · Great Canadian Beer Festival September festival in Victoria, Canada. The Great Canadian Beer Festival is an outstanding event that pays homage to craft beer. Showcasing a vast and diverse collection of artisan brews from breweries all over Canada, the festival offers attendees the chance to sample numerous unique and imaginative beers.
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May 26, 2015 · Last Edited June 21, 2022. The Canadian Tulip Festival takes place in and around Ottawa every spring. It is one of the world’s largest tulip displays. During the festival, over a million tulips in over 100 varieties are in bloom in the National Capital Region. The festival’s origins lie in Canada’s role in both liberating the Netherlands ...
