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Festivals of Canada

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By province|

* Festivals of Alberta
* festivals of Manitoba
* festivals of Ontario
* festivals of Quebec
* festivals of Saskatchewan

By city|

* Festivals of Calgary
* festivals of Edmonton
* festivals of Lethbridge
* festivals of Montreal
* festivals of Ottawa
* festivals of Toronto
* festivals of Winnipeg

By type|

* music festivals of Canada
* blues festivals and venues of Canada

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* culture of Canada
* tourism in Canada
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This is an incomplete list of festivals in Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

## Sublists by locale

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### Province or territory

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See also: Category:Lists of festivals in Canada by province or territory

* List of festivals in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge)
* List of festivals in British Columbia (Vancouver)
* List of festivals in Manitoba (Winnipeg)
* List of festivals in Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto)
* List of festivals in Prince Edward Island
* List of festivals in Quebec (Montreal)
* List of festivals in Saskatchewan

#### Atlantic Canada

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Festival  | Location  | Province  | Note

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Animation Festival of Halifax  | Halifax | NS | [1]
Atlantic Book Awards & Festival | varies | All  |
Atlantic Jewish Film Festival  | Halifax  | NS | [2]
Atlantic Theatre Festival | Wolfville | NS |
Bonavista Film Festival  | Bonavista | NL | [3]
Boxwood Festival & Workshop | Lunenburg | NS |
Cape Breton International Drum Festival | Cape Breton | NS |
Cavendish Beach Music Festival | Cavendish | PEI |
Celtic Colours | Cape Breton Island | NS |
Charlottetown Festival | Charlottetown | PEI | musical theatre festival
Charlottetown Film Festival  | Charlottetown  | PEI | [4]
Corner Brook Pride Film Festival  | Corner Brook | NL | LGBT film festival[5]
Devour! The Food Film Fest | Wolfville  | NS | [6]
Dutch Mason Blues Festival  | Truro | NS | in August[7]
Emerging Lens Film Festival  | Halifax  | NS | [8]
Evolve Festival | Jailletville | NB | originally taking place near Antigonish, NS
Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre | Antigonish | NS |
FIN Atlantic Film Festival | Halifax  | NS | [9]
Great Outdoors Comedy Festival | Varies  |  | Outdoor comedy festival produced by Trixstar LIVE
Halifax Black Film Festival  | Halifax  | NS | [10]
Halifax Busker Festival | Halifax  | NS |
Halifax Comedy Festival | Halifax  | NS |
Halifax Fringe Festival | Halifax  | NS |
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival  | Halifax  | NS | [11]
Halifax Jazz Festival | Halifax  | NS |
Halifax Pop Explosion | Halifax  | NS |
Halifax Pride | Halifax  | NS |
Hangashore Folk Festival | Corner Brook  | NL |
Hellifax Horror Film Festival  | Halifax  | NS | [12]
Island Fringe Festival | Charlottetown  | PEI |
Lunenburg Doc Fest  | Lunenburg  | NS | [13]
Nova Scotia Gaelic Mod | Cape Breton Island  | NS |
OUTeast Film Festival | Halifax  | NS | [14]
Stan Rogers Folk Festival | Canso | NS |
Stoked for the Holidays | Sydney | NS |
Virgin Festival | Halifax  | NS |
The Word on the Street | Halifax  | NS |
Exploits Valley Salmon Festival | Grand Falls-Windsor | NL |
Festival 500 | St. John's | NL |
March Hare | Corner Brook  | NL |
MusicNL |  | NL |
Nickel Film Festival |  | NL | [15]
Shakespeare by the Sea, Halifax | Halifax  | NS |
Shakespeare by the Sea, Newfoundland | St. John's  | NL |
Sheelah's Day |  | NL |
St. John's International Women's Film Festival | St. John's  | NL | [16]
Tuckamore Festival | St. John's  | NL |
Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival  | St. John's  | NL | early July
YC Newfoundland  |  | NL |
Acadian World Congress |  | varies |
Blues d'la Baie  | Petit-Rocher | NB | [17]
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie | Moncton | NB | [18]
Foire Brayonne | Edmundston | NB |
Frye Festival | Moncton  | NB |
Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival | Fredericton | NB |
HubCap Comedy Festival | Moncton  | NB |
Indigenous Film Festival  | Fredericton  | NB | [19]
Le Pays de la Sagouine | Bouctouche | NB |
New Brunswick Summer Music Festival | Fredericton  | NB |
Miramichi Folksong Festival | Miramichi | NB |
Saint John Jewish Film Festival  | Saint John | NB | [20]
SappyFest | Sackville | NB |
Silver Wave Film Festival | Fredericton  | NB | [21]

#### Territories

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Festival  | Location  | Territory  | Note

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Dead North Film Festival | Yellowknife | NT | [22]
Folk on the Rocks | Yellowknife  | NT |
Great Northern Arts Festival |  | NT |
Rockin the Rocks |  | NT |
Yellowknife International Film Festival | Yellowknife  | NT | [23]
Nunavut International Film Festival  | Iqaluit | NU | [24]
Quviasukvik |  | NU |
Adäka Cultural Festival | Whitehorse | YT |
Available Light Film Festival | Whitehorse  | YT | [25]
Out North Queer Film Festival | Whitehorse  | YT | [26]
Yukon International Storytelling Festival |  | YT |
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous |  | YT |

### City

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* List of festivals in Calgary
* List of festivals in Edmonton
* List of festivals in Lethbridge
* List of entertainment events in Greater Moncton
* List of festivals and parades in Montreal
* List of festivals in Ottawa
* List of festivals in Toronto
* List of festivals in Vancouver
* List of festivals in Winnipeg

## Sublists by type

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Main page: Category:Lists of festivals in Canada

* List of film festivals in Canada
* List of music festivals in Canada
* List of jazz festivals#Canada
* List of Canadian blues festivals and venues

## Festivals by size

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### Attendance

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As of 2013[update][27]

1. L'International des Feux Loto-Québec (Montreal), 3 million
2. Montreal International Jazz Festival (Montreal), 2.5 million
3. Winterlude (Ottawa), 1.6 million
4. Celebration of Light (Vancouver), 1.6 million
5. Just For Laughs (Montreal), 1.5 million
6. Quebec City Summer Festival (Québec), 1.5 million
7. Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa), 1.4 million
8. Nuit Blanche Toronto, 1.2 million
9. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), 1.3 million
10. Calgary Stampede, 1.2 million
11. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, 1.2 million
12. Pride Toronto, 1.3 million
13. Montréal En Lumière (Montreal), 0.9 million
14. Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), 0.9 million
15. K-Days (Edmonton), 0.8 million
16. Toronto International Film Festival, 0.5 million
17. Quebec Winter Carnival (Quebec City), 0.5 million
18. Folklorama (Winnipeg), 0.4 million[28]
19. Carassauga (Mississauga), 0.3 million
20. Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg), 0.1 million

### Economic impact

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As of 2010[update][27]

1. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, $470 million
2. Calgary Stampede, $172.4 million
3. Winterlude (Ottawa-Gatineau), $151 million
4. Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), $139 million
5. Pride Toronto, $136 million
6. Toronto International Film Festival, $135 million
7. Just For Laughs (Montreal), $80 million
8. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), $58.6 million
9. Celebration of Light (Vancouver), $37 million
10. Quebec Winter Carnival, $34 million

## Festivals by type

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

### Arts festivals

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See also: Category:Arts festivals in Canada

* Alberta Culture Days
* Algoma Fall Festival
* ArtsPeak Arts Festival
* Calgary Animated Objects Society
* Eclipse Festival
* Edgy Women
* Festival Accès Asie
* Great Northern Arts Festival
* Infringement Festival
* Kempenfest
* London Ontario Live Arts Festival
* Luminato
* Mondial des Cultures
* MUTEK
* PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
* Sled Island
* St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
* Up Here Festival
* Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale
* The Works Art & Design Festival
* Westfest
* Woodstock en Beauce
* World Ski and Snowboard Festival
* Yukon International Storytelling Festival

### Children's festivals

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See also: Category:Canadian children's festivals

* Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
* Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival
* Ottawa International Children's Festival
* Winnipeg International Children's Festival

### Comedy festivals

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See also: Category:Comedy festivals in Canada

* HubCap Comedy Festival
* Halifax Comedy Festival
* Just For Laughs, Montreal
* Comedia (film)
* Zoofest, Montreal
* Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
* Winnipeg Comedy Festival
* We're Funny That Way!

### Cultural festivals

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Main page: Category:Cultural festivals in Canada

* Calgary Stampede
* Carnaval de Québec
* Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg
* Festival of Northern Lights, Owen Sound, Ontario
* Festival Western de Saint-Tite, Saint-Tite
* Folklorama, Winnipeg
* Friendship Festival, Fort Erie
* Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario
* MuslimFest, Toronto
* Le Pays de la Sagouine, Bouctouche, New Brunswick
* Pohela Boishakh, Calgary, Alberta.[29][30]
* Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto (Caribana), Toronto
* The Great India Festival, Ottawa, Ontario.[31]
* Vaisakhi
* Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo
* Winterlude, Ottawa

### Dance festivals

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Main page: Category:Dance festivals in Canada

* Canada Dance Festival
* Canadian Ballet Festival
* Festival TransAmériques
* Mondial des Cultures
* Thrill the World
* Vancouver International Dance Festival

### Fairs and exhibitions

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Main page: Category:Fairs in Canada

* Arts County Fair
* Ayer's Cliff Fair
* Brome Fair
* Brampton Fall Fair
* Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (trade fair)
* Calgary Stampede
* Canadian Lakehead Exhibition, Thunder Bay
* Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
* Canadian Western Agribition
* Canada-Wide Science Fair
* Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair
* Drumbo Fall Fair
* Driven To Perform (trade fair)
* Expozine (book fair)
* Expo 67 (world's fair)
* Expo 17 (world's fair)
* Expo 86 (world's fair)
* Floralies Internationales de Montréal (world's fair)
* Grande Prairie Stompede
* Hants County Exhibition
* Harrow Fair
* K-Days, Edmonton
* Lilac Festival (Calgary)
* Markham Fair
* Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show
* Ottawa SuperEX (Central Canada Exhibition)
* Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver
* Queen City Ex, Regina
* Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg
* Rockton World's Fair
* Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
* Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
* Provincial Agricultural Fair of Canada West
* Saskatoon Ex
* Scarboro Fair
* Schomberg Fair
* Salon du livre anarchiste (book fair)
* Sooke Fall Fair
* Spencerville Fair
* Western Fair
* Whoop-Up Days
* World of Commodore (trade fair)

### Film festivals

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Main article: List of film festivals in Canada

### Food festivals

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Main page: Category:Food festivals in Canada

* Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
* Brighton Applefest, Brighton, Ontario
* Canada's Largest Ribfest, Burlington, Ontario
* Eat! Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
* Exploits Valley Salmon Festival, Exploits Valley, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Sun and Salsa Festival, Calgary, Alberta
* Taste of the Danforth, Toronto, Ontario
* A Taste of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta

### Fringe festivals

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See also: Category:Theatre festivals in Canada

* Atlantic Fringe Festival
* Calgary Fringe Festival
* Edmonton International Fringe Festival
* Island Fringe Festival
* Ottawa Fringe Festival
* Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival
* St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
* Vancouver Fringe Festival
* Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

### Literary festivals

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Main page: Category:Literary festivals in Canada

* Banff Mountain Book Festival
* Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
* Eden Mills Writers' Festival, Eden Mills, Ontario
* The Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick
* Vancouver Writers Fest
* Winnipeg International Writers Festival
* The Word on the Street

### Music festivals

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Main page: Category:Music festivals in Canada

## See also

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* Culture of Canada
* Tourism in Canada
* Public holidays in Canada

Portals:

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* Lists
* Holidays

## References

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1. ^ Jordan Parker, "Animation Festival hits cinemas in Halifax". Halifax Today, May 10, 2018.
2. ^ "Wide range of stories at online edition of Atlantic Jewish Film Fest, Nov. 19 to 22". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 10, 2020.
3. ^ Patrick Butler, "Bonavista accueille des cinéphiles au 1er festival du film terre-neuvien en région rurale". Ici Radio-Canada Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, July 5, 2019.
4. ^ Dave Stewart, "Movies hitting the big screen this weekend at the Charlottetown Film Festival". The Guardian, October 22, 2020.
5. ^ Don Bradshaw, "Grenfell professor planning province's first ever pride film festival". CJON-DT, January 22, 2020.
6. ^ "Netflix star Rosenthal to join hybrid version of Wolfville's Devour! film fest in October". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, July 15, 2020.
7. ^ "Dutch Mason". Dutchmason.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
8. ^ "Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival celebrates 10th anniversary online". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 4, 2020.
9. ^ Jordan Parker, "FIN Stream presents a different film festival medium, with same selection pedigree". Halifax Today, August 19, 2020.
10. ^ "Fourth annual Halifax Black Film Festival wraps up African Heritage Month". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 30, 2020.
11. ^ "Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival announces eclectic online lineup Nov. 12-15". Halifax Chronicle-Herald. 2020-10-07. Archived from the original on February 8, 2021. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
12. ^ "Keeping Up With Katie Kelly: Hellifax Horror Fest". CTV News, October 11, 2020.
13. ^ "Lunenburg Doc Fest launches expanded online program for 2020". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 10, 2020.
14. ^ "Strength and authenticity at OUTeast". The Coast, June 14, 2018.
15. ^ Wendy Rose, "The 2020 Nickel Film Festival brings virtual screenings to your living room". The Telegram, July 20, 2020.
16. ^ Collins, Dillon (September 20, 2018). "St. John's International Women's Film Festival Unveils 29th Lineup". Newfoundland Herald. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
17. ^ "Festival Blues d'la Baie | 21 au 23 juillet 2022". Blues d’la Baie (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-17.
18. ^ "Le Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie couronne ses lauréats". Ici Radio-Canada, November 21, 2019.
19. ^ Jordan Gill, "New film festival in Fredericton to highlight Indigenous filmmakers". CBC News New Brunswick, December 22, 2019.
20. ^ Elizabeth MacLeod, "Jewish Film Festival Offers Virtual Screenings". CHSJ-FM, October 15, 2020.
21. ^ Lauren Bird, "Female filmmakers get spotlight at Silver Wave Film Festival". CBC News New Brunswick, October 20, 2018.
22. ^ Brendan Burke, "Dead North: 'Mind-melting' made-in-the-North film festival kicks off tonight". Northern News Services, February 27, 2020.
23. ^ Emelie Peacock, "Films with NWT links dominate Yellowknife Film Festival line-up". Cabin Radio, October 15, 2019.
24. ^ Beth Brown, "Don't forget—there's an Inuktut children's film fest in Iqaluit today". Nunatsiaq News, February 24, 2018.
25. ^ "Available Light festival to shine next week". Whitehorse Star, February 25, 2005.
26. ^ "Movies will explore diverse gender identities". Whitehorse Star, March 22, 2016.
27. ^ a b Buckland, Jason (2009-02-14). "8. Quebec Winter Carnival – Biggest festivals in Canada". Money.ca.msn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
28. ^ FreePress, Winnipeg (2013-08-20). "Folklorama attendance up a tick". Winnipeg Free Press. winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
29. ^ "Naba Barsha in Bengal". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
30. ^ "BHESA - Bengali Event Heritage". Archived from the original on 2015-07-26.
31. ^ "TGIF Ottawa, The Great India Festival".

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Music festivals

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* Bluegrass
* Blues
* Canadian blues
* Celtic
* Hawaiian
* Jazz
* Maritime
* World
* Indian classical
* Reggae

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Classical|

* Early
* Bach festival
* Chamber
* Choral
* Experimental
* Opera

Rock|

* Free
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* Jam band
* K-pop
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* Squat

Religious|

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* Carnatic
* Reggae
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Electronic|

* Algorave
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* Doof
* Electronic dance
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* Teknival
* Trance

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| Africa|

* Nigeria

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Asia|

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Europe|

* Estonia
* Italy
* Netherlands
* United Kingdom

North America|

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* Australia
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South America|

* Brazil

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