Canadian Thanksgiving Monday

Monday is the Canadian Thanksgiving. Different that our Thanksgiving in America. We celebrate our Thanksgiving in November. There was an explorer from England looking for the northern pass that found Canada. So he decided since he was from the old country which they celebrated Thanksgiving on a certain date that the new land he had discovered they should continue the same in the new world.

            Indigenous peoples in North America have a history of holding communal feasts in celebration of the fall harvest that predates the arrival of European settlers. The Smithsonian Institute has noted that some First Nations “sought to insure a good harvest with dances and rituals.” The European settlers brought with them a similar tradition of harvest celebrations (for which the symbol was the cornucopia, or horn of plenty), which dates back to European peasant societies.

            The very first Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in 1578 in Canada when Martin Frobisher, an explorer from England. in search of the Northwest Passage. He wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival to the New World. That means the first Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated 43 years before the rebellion.

 The In 1838, Lower Canada used Thanksgiving to celebrate the end of the Lower Canada Rebellion. The Lower Canada Rebellion, commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Québécois, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province. Together with the simultaneous rebellion in the neighboring colony of Upper Canada, it formed the two Canadas were merged into a united Province of Canada, which observed Thanksgiving six times from 1850 to 1865. During this period, Thanksgiving was a solemn, mid-week celebration.

So if you didn’t know the history of the Canadian Thanksgiving now you do. I hope this has been informative. Remember to be thankful for what you have and the blessing in which you have had the pass year. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you Canadians.

MAY GOD BLESS!