Thanksgiving 2025

Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year.

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Is Thanksgiving Day a Public Holiday?

Thanksgiving Day is a national public holiday in Canada.

Many people have the day off work and all schools and post offices are closed. Many stores and other businesses and organizations are also closed.

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Public transport services may run to a reduced timetable or may not run at all.

In New Brunswick, Thanksgiving Day is a prescribed day of rest, meaning that businesses must be closed. Nova Scotia treats this day as a retail closing day, when some retail businesses are not allowed to open and employees have a legal right to refuse to work.

While this is not a public holiday in Prince Edward Island, it is a holiday for federal employees and institutions in the province, and many shops, businesses, and schools are closed.

What Do People Do?

Many people have a day off work on the sec

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