Gifts for Canadian Holidays

If you're considering sending a gift hamper to your favorite Canadian, why not pick a Canadian holiday? While Canada shares many holidays with the UK, Europe and Australia, it has a few celebrations that are all its own. Your Canadian friends and relatives will be charmed by the unexpected gesture when your gift basket arrives just before or after one of these special days.

Canada Day

Celebrated on July 1, Canada Day celebrates the unification of Upper Canada (now Ontario) and Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1867 -- the act that created the modern nation of Canada. It used to be called Dominion Day, and older Canadians often still refer to it by that name.

Family Day

Family Day is a holiday celebrated across several Canadian provinces as a time to spend with family members. Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan observe the holiday on the third Monday in February.

Labour Day

As in the US, Canada's Labour Day takes place on the first Monday in September.

Thanksgiving

Canada's Thanksgiving holiday has a different date and meaning than the US version. Held on the second Monday in October, Canadian Thanksgiving marks a general day of thanks for the harvest, though it has precedent in the historic voyages of Martin Frobisher and Samuel de Champlain.

		Canada Gifts and Hampers Articles If you're considering sending a gift hamper to your favorite Canadian, why not pick a Canadian holiday? While Canada shares many holidays with the UK, Europe and Australia, it has a few celebrations that are all its own. Your Canadian friends and relatives will be charmed by the unexpected gesture when your gift basket arrives just before or after one of these special days. Canada Day Celebrated on July 1, Canada Day celebrates the unification of Upper Canada (now Ontario) and Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1867 -- the act that created the modern nation of Canada. It used to be called Dominion Day, and older Canadians often still refer to it by that name. Family Day Family Day is a holiday celebrated across several Canadian provinces as a time to spend with family members. Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan observe the holiday on the third Monday in February. Labour Day As in the US, Canada's Labour Day takes place on the first Monday in September. Thanksgiving Canada's Thanksgiving holiday has a different date and meaning than the US version. Held on the second Monday in October, Canadian Thanksgiving marks a general day of thanks for the harvest, though it has precedent in the historic voyages of Martin Frobisher and Samuel de Champlain.