Why is Canada's and America's Thanksgiving Day on different days and not on the same day like other holidays?

Answer 1

Wow... Its not really "two different countries, two different histories"...

Thanksgiving is the celebration of the harvest, no?... People need to use their critical thinking skills...

The growing season is a month shorter in Canada; we harvest our crops earlier, so our thanksgiving is just about a month earlier...

Answer 2

Because they are two uniquely separate events. The holidays that we share in common are usually routed in religion (Christmas, Easter, St Patrick's Day, etc) or in military observences (Veteran's Day).

Thanksgiving in the US didn't get put on the 4th Thursday of November until the 1940's, and prior to that it was first declared a holiday in the mid-1800's by Abraham Lincoln. Unlike what they teach in many an elementary school, Thanksgiving as we celebrate it didn't happen until during WWI (West Point served turkey to all cadets, which was a typical northern tradition. Following that, is the famous paining by Norman Rockwell that sealed turkey as the star of Thanksgiving).

Answer 3

easy two different countries ...two different histories


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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving, and the first Thanksgiving to have taken place in North America. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay now known as Iqaluit.

At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their First Nations neighbours.

After the Seven Years' War ended in 1763 handing over New France to the British, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving days were observed beginning in 1799 but did not occur every year. After the American Revolution, American refugees who remained loyal to Great Britain moved from the United States and came to Canada. They brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. The first Thanksgiving Day in Canada after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872 to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness.

Starting in 1879 Thanksgiving Day was observed every year but the date was proclaimed annually and changed year to year. The theme of the Thanksgiving holiday also changed year to year to reflect an important event to be thankful for. In the early years it was for an abundant harvest and occasionally for a special anniversary.

After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11 occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays, and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.

On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:

“ A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.[2]

Answer 4

Because, Thanksgiving day, like Independence Day, is a uniquely American holiday. It's ours, so we chose the day for it. I'm not up on Canadian history, so I have no idea why they have one, or why it's on a different day.
If I were to guess, I'd say they heard about ours, thought it sounded like a good idea, and adopted one for themselves!

Answer 5

No. Canada is lots greater white than the united states of a. the united states of a has a extensive black minority and a extensive Latino minority. Canada has a extensive French minority with multiple political potential, a small yet starting to be Black inhabitants and a tiny yet starting to be Latino inhabitants. Canada is a regulation and order place. the united states of a has 2 million human beings in penitentiary and an extremely enormous crime difficulty. I wager Chicago has greater murders than all of Canada.

Answer 6

This is just my guess,... Because we are two different country's, why do we share any holidays on the same date as the Canadians is beyond me.

Answer 7

So that if you live near the border you can cross over and celebrate both days.

Answer 8

Canadians have more sense? Think how great it would be to have Thanksgiving a bit farther from Christmas.

Answer 9

When the American and Canadian forefathers went hunting, it took the gun happy Americans that much longer to actually shoot a turkey.