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Encyclopedia > Festivals in Canada

Festivals in Canada is a list of established festival or carnival in Canada. A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community. ... Carnival or Carnivale is an annual Christian festival season. ...

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Comedy Festivals

FUNNYFEST Calgary Comedy Festival was founded & produced by Stu Hughes in 2001, FunnyFest was conceived as a way to spread the gift of laughter by showcasing a world of hilarious and very original comedy performers. ... Nickname: Motto: Onward Location of Calgary within census division number 6, Alberta, Canada. ... Just for Laughs (in French Juste pour rire) is a comedy festival held each year in Montreal, Quebec. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (in unity, prosperity) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... Nickname: Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government  - City Mayor Sam Katz  - Governing Body Winnipeg City Council  - MPs List of MPs  - MLAs List...

Cultural Festivals

Rider at the Stampede Rodeo The Calgary Stampede, which bills itself as The Greatest Outdoor show on Earth, is a large festival, exhibition, and rodeo held in Calgary, Alberta for ten days every July. ... Caribana is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ... The Festival du Voyageur (literally translated as Festival of the Traveller) is an annual 10-day winter festival which takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada during February. ... Nickname: Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government  - City Mayor Sam Katz  - Governing Body Winnipeg City Council  - MPs List of MPs  - MLAs List... Folklorama is an event that runs for two weeks each August in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Folkorama, the longest running multi-cultural event in the world, allows guests to sample exquisite cuisine and celebrate the culture and ethnic heritage of people from more than 60 countries who have made Winnipeg their... Nickname: Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government  - City Mayor Sam Katz  - Governing Body Winnipeg City Council  - MPs List of MPs  - MLAs List... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Bonhomme Carnaval is the ambassador of Carnaval de Québec The biggest winter carnival in the world, the Carnaval de Québec (known in English as the Quebec City Winter Carnival) is a celebration held yearly in Quebec City, Canada, with many activities, such as dogsled rides, night parades, snow... Ice sculpture museum carved out of snow at the annual Winterlude Sculptures in Confederation Park are illuminated nightly Winterlude is an annual festival in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec that celebrates winter. ... Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location of the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1850 as Town of Bytown Incorporated 1855 as City of Ottawa Amalgamated January 1, 2001 Government  - Mayor Larry OBrien  - City Council Ottawa City Council  - Representatives 8... The Festival western de Saint-Tite is an annual event held in september, in Saint-Tite, Quebec. ... Saint-Tite is a town in Quebec province, Canada, north of Trois-Rivières; its name is the French name for St. ...

Exhibitions

Early CNE midway sign A pair of CNE Magic Passes Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Pacific National Exhibition is an annual two-week summer fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ...

Film Festivals

Located in coastal Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, The Atlantic Film Festival (AFF) (September 14-23, 2006) is a ten-day celebration of film and video from the Atlantic Provinces, Canada and around the world. ... The Edmonton International Film Festival is an annual competition and showcase of independent films from around the world. ... The New Montreal FilmFest resulted from a yearlong dispute between the funding agencies SODEC and Telefilm Canada and the organizers of the Montreal World Film Festival (WFF) — Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal (FFM) — in 2004. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (in unity, prosperity) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... Poster for the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival Box office at the Manulife Centre The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world and is the premiere film festival in North America from which the Oscars race begins. ...

Music Festivals

The Hillside Festival is an annual three-day, five-stage summer festival occurring in Guelph, Ontario hosting musicians, spoken word artists, workshops and more. ... The Ottawa Folk Festival has been held annually since 1994 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Folk on the Rocks is an outdoor music festival held on the third weekend in July every year on the shores of Long Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada every summer. ... Motto: Multum In Parvo (Much In Little) Coordinates: Country Canada Territory Northwest Territories Region North Slave Region Established 1936/1937 Government  - City Mayor Gordon Van Tighem  - Governing Body Consensus government  - Legislature List of Yellowknife MPs and MLAs Area  - City 105. ... The Celtic Roots Festival is a Celtic festival held annually in the town of Goderich. ... Home County Folk Festival is a folk music festival in London, Ontario. ... Winnipeg Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... A stage at the jazz festival The Montreal International Jazz Festival (also called the Jazz Fest, in French Festival International de Jazz de Montréal) is one of the biggest jazz festivals in the world. ... The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is an annual summer event in Vancouver, Canada. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ... The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a summer music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park which is just 10 kms. ... Nickname: Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government  - City Mayor Sam Katz  - Governing Body Winnipeg City Council  - MPs List of MPs  - MLAs List... Sunfest is an annual Canadian world music music festival that happens in London, Ontario primarily in Victoria Park. ... Nickname: Location of London in relation to Middlesex County and the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 as a village Incorporated 1855 as a city Government  - City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best  - Governing Body London City Council  - MPs Sue Barnes (LPC) Glen Pearson... Mutek is a new art forms festival started in 2000 in Montreal. ...

Theatre Festivals

The Festival Theatre The Stratford Festival of Canada is a summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. ...

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Festivals celebrating things like Canadian music, theatre and film were the fastest growing cultural sub-sector between 1996 and 2002, according to a Statistics Canada report released Thursday.
The Stratford Festival of Canada, one of the country's most renowned theatre festivals, brings in $125 million to the region and creates 3,300 full-time jobs, according to an economic impact study of the region by the Conference Board of Canada.
Toronto's Downtown and other jazz festivals across the country eventually united to form the amalgamated group Jazz Festivals Canada, which subsequently netted TD Canada Trust as a major sponsor for all the jazz festivals.
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