Canadian Thanksgiving Day October 13, 2025
In Canada, it’s Canadian Thanksgiving Day
It’s Greg Asimakoupoulos with today’s edition of My Rhymes and Reasons for this Monday, October 13th. In Canada, it’s Canadian Thanksgiving Day. Did you know that? The second Monday every year, Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
Unlike what we celebrate on the fourth Thursday in November, Canadian Thanksgiving is more about a gathering of harvest. It’s harvest home. Not quite the same traditions that we enjoy in November,
To my Canadian relatives, special in its own way. Today, even though I am not Canadian, I gave this sweatshirt to my father-in-law, my wife’s beloved father, a number of years ago. As you know earlier this week, Hugh Steven entered into his heavenly reward. Just a few days after Easter Sunday, my beloved father-in-law took his last breath on earth and took his first breath in heaven.
So on this Canadian Thanksgiving Day, I want to honor my Canadian-born father-in-law, Hugh Everett Steven. Proud of his Canadian ancestry. You can continue to listen at spot 1:22 on the video above, or start from the beginning if you so choose.
