Canadian Thanksgiving is always the Second Monday in October
Thanksgiving is Canada is always the Second Monday in October and it has been a National Holiday in Canada since 1957. The Lore of the Meal on Thanksgiving dates to The English explorer Martin Frobisher was so grateful that he returned safely from a search for the Northwest Passage through Canada's Arctic to Asia that he held a formal ceremony in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador in 1578, giving thanks for surviving the journey. That was 43 years before the Pilgrims marked their appreciation for a bountiful harvest by sharing a dinner with their native neighbours down the coast from where modern-day Boston would sprout.
Preparing a Meal Safely