Canada has a long tradition of hosting festivals and events throughout the year. The industry adds over $33 billion to the country's tourism economy and provides jobs for more than 229,000 people in areas like business events, trade fairs, festivals, and meetings. Popular festivals include the summer's Montreal Jazz Festival and Calgary Stampede, Winterlude in Ottawa-Gatineau during the winter, and nationwide celebrations for Canada Day. Other notable festivals include the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Vancouver Pride Parade and Just For Laughs comedy festival.
The following 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
Province or territory
Atlantic Canada
Territories
City
Sublists by type
Festivals by size
Attendance
- L'International des Feux Loto-Québec (Montreal), 3 million
- Montreal International Jazz Festival (Montreal), 2.5 million
- Winterlude (Ottawa), 1.6 million
- Celebration of Light (Vancouver), 1.6 million
- Just For Laughs (Montreal), 1.5 million
- Festival d'été de Québec (Quebec City), 1.5 million
- Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa), 1.3 million
- Nuit Blanche Toronto, 1.2 million
- Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), 1.3 million
- Calgary Stampede, 1.2 million
- Toronto Caribbean Carnival, 1.2 million
- Pride Toronto, 1.3 million
- Montréal En Lumière (Montreal), 0.9 million
- Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), 0.9 million
- K-Days (Edmonton), 0.8 million
- Toronto International Film Festival, 0.5 million
- Quebec Winter Carnival (Quebec City), 0.5 million
- Folklorama (Winnipeg), 0.4 million
- Carassauga (Mississauga), 0.3 million
- Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg), 0.1 million
Economic impact
- Toronto Caribbean Carnival, $470 million
- Calgary Stampede, $172.4 million
- Winterlude (Ottawa-Gatineau), $151 million
- Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), $139 million
- Pride Toronto, $136 million
- Toronto International Film Festival, $135 million
- Just For Laughs (Montreal), $80 million
- Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), $58.6 million
- Celebration of Light (Vancouver), $37 million
- Quebec Winter Carnival, $34 million
Festivals by type
Arts festivals
Children's festivals
Comedy festivals
Cultural festivals
Dance festivals
Fairs and exhibitions
Film festivals
Food festivals
- 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
Literary festivals
Music festivals
See also
References
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