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Heres a partial list of whats open and closed on monday thanksgiving day.

Thanksgiving nfl uk. Along with the changing season and cooler weather in montreal comes canadian thanksgiving or as we know it in quebec action de grace on monday october 12 this yearthe holiday also means a long weekend full of things to do and plenty to eat from october 9 to 12. We apologize but this video has failed to load. Thanksgiving marks the last day of the summer schedule for montreals ecocentres they will be open from 8 am.

The city of montreal recommends that you check the facilitys website ahead of time. Some sports and recreation facilities will remain open. The thanksgiving holiday tradition in canada dates back to when the english explorer martin frobisher came upon the land we now know as canada while searching for a northern passage to the orient.

This article was updated on october 1 2020. Federal and provincial government offices will be closed in montreal. Yet others open specifically for the thanksgiving holiday.

Action de grace or thanksgiving day french. When you combine montreals red zone lockdown with canadas own prime minister justin trudeau proclaiming that thanksgiving was cancelled in his september 23 press conference montrealers hopes. The biodome botanical garden and planetarium rio tinto alcan will remain closed due to the covid 19.

Jour de laction de grace sometimes called canadian thanksgiving outside of canada to distinguish it from the american holiday of the same name is an annual canadian holiday occurring on the second monday in october which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year. To 6 pm but after that they move to the winter schedule when they are closed. Canadian thanksgivingknown in montreal as action de graceis similar to its american counterpart in that its a celebration of the bounty of the fall harvest but unlike thanksgiving in the united states this holiday is celebrated on the second monday of october in canadaif youre traveling to montreal over the canadian thanksgiving weekend there are plenty of seasonal events like.

When frobisher arrived in canada on his third voyage in 1578 he held a formal ceremony where he gave thanks for surviving the long journey one of his ships had been lost on the way. The montreal biodome and montreal insectarium are both temporarily closed during the holiday season in 2019. Always call and check operating hours before heading out.