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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
The post office is open on the Friday and Saturday after US Thanksgiving. Mail moves like normal on those days.
From Wiki: "On January 31, 1957, the Governor General of Canada Vincent Massey issued a proclamation stating: "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on the second Monday in October."
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The first official annual Thanksgiving in Canada was on Nov. 6, 1879. The first recorded Thanksgiving in Canada was in 1578 though the indigenous people held fall harvest celebrations well before that. Knowing that you have enough stored food to make it to the next growing season without starving is a good reason for celebration. In 1908, the date was moved to a Monday. The 1957 proclamation was to fix the date on the second Monday in October. By then, for most Canadians, any religious aspects to the day were faded memories.
Takes me back to writing a paper on Thanksgiving celebrations around the world in first year university.