Discovery Day Celebrations
Dawson City's centrepiece annual holiday, held since 1911 on the third Monday of August, commemorates the 1896 Klondike gold discovery with a costumed parade, pipe band on the Midnight Dome, gold-panning championships, can-can dancers and a literary walking tour.
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"The inaugural Yukon Fringe Festival brings theatre, dance, comedy, storytelling, circus and puppetry to downtown Whitehorse in October 2026, expanding the Canadian Fringe circuit to the country's far north for the first time."
Yukon Fringe Festival
"The Yukon's longest-running music festival, held since 1979 under the midnight sun in Dawson City's storied Klondike townsite, draws Canadian artists across genres to one of the world's most intimate and atmospheric festival settings."
Dawson City Music Festival
"Founded in 1902 and held every Labour Day weekend in a tiny francophone Acadian village, this festival is PEI's most authentic celebration of Acadian culture, featuring local cuisine, music, crafts, and a beloved community talent competition."
Fete de l'Acadie (Abram-Village Acadian Festival)
"Held at the tip of the Viking Trail each June when icebergs drift past the Great Northern Peninsula, this 10-day coastal community festival unites St. Anthony and neighbouring outport villages for boat tours, local seafood, and traditional Newfoundland music amid breathtaking Arctic scenery."
NL Iceberg Festival
"Canada's largest wooden boat show transforms the picturesque three-church waterfront of Mahone Bay each August with a spectacular parade of heritage vessels, shipbuilding demonstrations, boat races, and traditional Maritime craftsmanship."
Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival
"A rain-or-shine living-history event in the tiny village of Mallaig where visitors walk the grounds and experience what farm life looked like in the 1930s, complete with kids' games and village tours."
Mallaig Haying in the 30s
"Held since 1965 at Selo Ukraina beneath the slopes of Riding Mountain National Park, this three-day festival is Canada's flagship celebration of Ukrainian-Canadian heritage, with grandstand dance extravaganzas, pysanky workshops, folk craft exhibitions, and traditional food."
Canada's National Ukrainian Festival
"A deeply rooted community gathering at the historic Gardenton Ukrainian Museum grounds, celebrating the heritage of one of Manitoba's earliest Ukrainian pioneer settlements with homemade food, traditional dancing, and pierogi."
Gardenton Ukrainian Festival