Greeting cards for Canada
10 holidays and observances locally associated with Canada.
The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with Canada. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in Canada, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.
Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to Canada. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Canada Day
Canadian national holiday on July 1
July 1 - Religious Holiday Cards
Christmas in Canada
Christmas celebrations and traditions in Canada
December 25 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Holodomor Memorial Day
annual commemoration for victims of the Ukrainian famine of 1932–33
fourth Saturday in November - World Observances
Moving Day
traditional beginning and end of leases in Quebec, Canada
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Aboriginal Day
recognizing Indigenous peoples in Canada
June 21 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Nunavut Day
public holiday in Nunavut, Canada
July 9 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Orange Shirt Day
Canadian holiday - National day of remembrance on September 30th for the victims of the Canadian Indian residential school system
September 30 - Awareness Day Cards
Peace Day
Great Britain formally celebration of the end of World War I on 19 July 1919
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Remembrance Day
holiday in Commonwealth countries remembering armed forces members who have died in the line of duty
November 11 - Religious Holiday Cards
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
Quebecois patriotic holiday based on the feast day of St. John the Baptist, patron saint of Quebec
June 24
Cultural deep-dives for Canada
Beyond the dated calendar above, CardVerse keeps editorially curated cultural-detail pages for the major festivals of Jewish Diaspora. Each one covers origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference links.
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Cultural guide
Hanukkah
The eight-night Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple and the miracle of the oil that lasted eight d…
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Cultural guide
Passover
The eight-day festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt — observed at home around the seder table for two consecutive nights.…
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Cultural guide
Purim
The joyful festival commemorating the deliverance of Persian Jewry from Haman, marked by costume, gift-giving, and the public read…
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Cultural guide
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish new year — two days of synagogue, sweet foods, and the long, sounding call of the shofar.…
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Cultural guide
Sukkot
The seven-day harvest festival of dwelling in temporary shelters, recalling the Israelites' wandering in the desert.…
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Cultural guide
Yom Kippur
The holiest day of the Jewish year — twenty-five hours of fasting and synagogue, closing the ten Days of Awe that began at Rosh Ha…