List of festivals in Canada

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.

Festivals of Canada
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Sublists by locale

Province or territory

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

Festival	Location	Province	Note
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

Festival	Location	Territory	Note
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

See also: Category:Lists of festivals in Canada by city

• 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

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

Attendance

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

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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Arts festivals

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main article: List of film festivals in Canada

Food festivals

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

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

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

Main page: Category:Music festivals in Canada

See also

• Culture of Canada
• Tourism in Canada
• Public holidays in Canada

References

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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.
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7. "NameBright - Coming Soon". Dutchmason.com. 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. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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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.
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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.
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