When is Thanksgiving Day observed in Canada?

Discover Canada records this in its public-holidays table. The guide pairs Thanksgiving Day with the rule Second Monday of October, alongside other Canadian public holidays such as Canada Day (July 1), Labour Day (first Monday of September), and Remembrance Day (November 11). The date the test wants is therefore the second Monday of October.

The Canadian date is in early autumn. The second-Monday-of-October rule places Thanksgiving in the early-autumn harvest season, when crops are gathered across the country. The date sits about six weeks before the United States holiday of the same name, which falls in late November — meaning the two North American countries observe the same holiday on different dates.

The Monday rule fits into a wider holiday-calendar pattern. Discover Canada lists several public holidays, each with its own rule: Canada Day falls on the fixed date of July 1; Labour Day on the first Monday of September; Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday of October; Remembrance Day on November 11; Victoria Day on the Monday preceding May 25; and Vimy Day on April 9. Three of these — Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Victoria Day — use a Monday rule rather than a fixed date, producing reliable three-day long weekends each year.

The Monday timing creates a long weekend. Like Labour Day in September and Victoria Day in May, the second-Monday-of-October rule for Thanksgiving creates a Saturday-to-Monday three-day weekend each year. The federal observance falls reliably on this Monday — meaning every year, Canadian families and federally regulated workplaces use the same Monday as the official Thanksgiving holiday, regardless of when the calendar's exact mid-October dates fall. The second-Monday rule is what fixes the date and gives Canadians a predictable autumn long weekend year after year.

The question is testing whether new citizens know when Thanksgiving Day is observed in Canada. Discover Canada commits to one rule: the second Monday of October. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each match a different Canadian holiday or a non-Canadian one. The first Monday of September is Labour Day, not Thanksgiving. A first-Friday-of-November holiday is not in Discover Canada. A last-Monday-of-October rule is not what the guide names. Only the second Monday of October matches.