List of festivals in Canada

Festivals of 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

Province or territory

Atlantic Canada

Festival Location Province Note
Animation Festival of Halifax Halifax NS
Atlantic Book Awards & Festival varies All
Atlantic Jewish Film Festival Halifax NS
Atlantic Theatre Festival Wolfville NS
Bonavista Film Festival Bonavista NL
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
Corner Brook Pride Film Festival Corner Brook NL LGBT film festival
Devour! The Food Film Fest Wolfville NS
Dutch Mason Blues Festival Truro NS in August
Emerging Lens Film Festival Halifax NS
Evolve Festival Jailletville NB originally taking place near Antigonish, NS
Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre Antigonish NS
FIN Atlantic Film Festival Halifax NS
Great Outdoors Comedy Festival Varies Outdoor comedy festival produced by Trixstar LIVE
Halifax Black Film Festival Halifax NS
Halifax Busker Festival Halifax NS
Halifax Comedy Festival Halifax NS
Halifax Fringe Festival Halifax NS
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival Halifax NS
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
Island Fringe Festival Charlottetown PEI
Lunenburg Doc Fest Lunenburg NS
Nova Scotia Gaelic Mod Cape Breton Island NS
OUTeast Film Festival Halifax NS
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
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
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
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie Moncton NB
Foire Brayonne Edmundston NB
Frye Festival Moncton NB
Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Fredericton NB
HubCap Comedy Festival Moncton NB
Indigenous Film Festival Fredericton NB
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
SappyFest Sackville NB
Silver Wave Film Festival Fredericton NB

Territories

Festival Location Territory Note
Dead North Film Festival Yellowknife NT
Folk on the Rocks Yellowknife NT
Great Northern Arts Festival NT
Rockin the Rocks NT
Yellowknife International Film Festival Yellowknife NT
Nunavut International Film Festival Iqaluit NU
Quviasukvik NU
Adäka Cultural Festival Whitehorse YT
Available Light Film Festival Whitehorse YT
Out North Queer Film Festival Whitehorse YT
Yukon International Storytelling Festival YT
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous YT

City

Sublists by type

Festivals by size

Attendance

As of 2013

  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
  19. Carassauga (Mississauga), 0.3 million
  20. Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg), 0.1 million

Economic impact

As of 2010

  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

Arts festivals

Children's festivals

Comedy festivals

Cultural festivals

Dance festivals

Fairs and exhibitions

Film festivals

Food festivals

Fringe festivals

Literary festivals

Music festivals

See also


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