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This is a list of festivals and carnivals in Canada.
Largest by attendance[edit]
As of 2013[update][1]
- L'International des Feux Loto-Québec (Montreal) 3 million
- Montreal International Jazz Festival (Montreal) 2.5 million
- Winterlude (Ottawa) 1.6 million
- Celebration of Light (Vancouver) 1.6 million
- Just For Laughs (Montreal) 1.5 million
- Quebec City Summer Festival (Québec) 1.5 million
- Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 1.2 million
- Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto) 1.3 million
- Calgary Stampede 1.2 million
- Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival ( Toronto ) 1.2 million
- Pride Toronto 1.3 million
- Montréal En Lumière (Montreal) 0.9 million
- Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver) 0.9 million
- K-Days (Edmonton) 0.8 million
- Toronto International Film Festival 0.5 million
- Quebec Winter Carnival (Quebec City) 0.5 million
- Bluesfest (Ottawa) 0.3 million
- Carassauga (Mississauga) 0.3 million
Largest by economic impact[edit]
As of 2010[update][1]
- Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto ( Formally Caribana ) $470 million
- Calgary Stampede $172.4 million
- Winterlude (Ottawa-Gatineau) $151 million
- Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver) $139 million
- Pride Toronto $136 million
- Toronto International Film Festival $135 million
- Just For Laughs (Montreal) $80 million
- Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto) $58.6 million
- Celebration of Light (Vancouver) $37 million
- Quebec Winter Carnival $34 million
Children's festivals[edit]
Comedy festivals[edit]
Cultural festivals[edit]
- Calgary Stampede
- Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto, Toronto
- Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto (Caribana), Toronto
- Les Escales improbables, Montreal
- Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg
- Festival Western de Saint-Tite, Saint-Tite
- Folklorama, Winnipeg
- Friendship Festival, Fort Erie
- Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario
- Le Pays de la Sagouine, Bouctouche, New Brunswick
- MuslimFest, Toronto
- Festival of Northern Lights, Owen Sound, Ontario
- Carnaval de Québec
- Vaisakhi
- Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo
- Winterlude, Ottawa
Exhibitions[edit]
Film festivals[edit]
- Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, Alberta[2]
- Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, Sudbury, Ontario[3]
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia[4]
- Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
- Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal, Quebec
- Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Manitoba[5]
- Hamilton Film Festival, Hamilton, Ontario[6]
- HotDocs, Toronto, Ontario[7]
- Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Kingston, Ontario[8]
- Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, Calgary, Alberta[9]
- The Ottawa International Film Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
- Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario[10]
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
- Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia[11]
- Vancouver International Film Festival
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia [12]
- Victoria Film Festival, Victoria, British Columbia
- Whistler Film Festival, Whistler, British Columbia[13]
- Windsor International Film Festival, Windsor, Ontario
Music festivals[edit]
- Amnesia Rockfest, Montebello, Quebec
- Beaches International Jazz Festival, Toronto, Ontario
- WEMF, Toronto
- Big Music Fest, Kitchener, ON
- Boots and Hearts Music Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario
- Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary, Alberta
- Calgary International Reggae Festival, Calgary, Alberta
- Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Ontario
- Capital Hoedown, Ottawa, Ontario
- Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
- Celtic Colours, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
- Come Together Music Festival, Durham, Ontario
- Dawson City, Yukon Music Festival
- Edgefest, Toronto and Barrie, Ontario
- Edmonton Folk Music Festival
- Escapade Music FestivalOttawa, Ontario
- Evolve Festival, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
- Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Havelock Country Jamboree
- Heavy MONTRÉAL
- Hillside Festival, Guelph Lake
- Home County Folk Festival
- Jazz Winnipeg Festival
- LIVE at Squamish, Squamish, British Columbia
- Manitoulin Country Fest, Little Current, Ontario
- Mariposa Folk Festival, Orillia, Ontario
- Merritt Mountain Music Festival, Merritt, British Columbia
- Montreal International Jazz Festival/Festival International de jazz de Montréal
- Montreal International Reggae Festival
- Music and Beyond, Ottawa, Ontario
- MusicFest Canada
- Mutek, Montreal, Quebec
- North by Northeast, Toronto, Ontario
- Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Greater Sudbury, Ontario
- Nakusp Music Fest, Nakusp, British Columbia
- Osheaga, Montreal, Quebec
- Ottawa Bluesfest
- Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
- Ottawa Folk Festival
- Ottawa Jazz Festival
- Ottawa Reggae Festival
- Pemberton Music Festival, Pemberton, British Columbia
- Pop Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
- Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City, Quebec
- Regina Folk Festival, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, Salmon Arm, British Columbia
- Sappyfest, Sackville, New Brunswick
- Sarnia Bayfest, Sarnia, Ontario
- Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest
- SCENE Music Festival, St. Catharines, Ontario
- Shambhala, Salmo, British Columbia
- OM Festival, Southern Ontario
- Sled Island, Calgary, Alberta
- Squamish Valley Music Festival, Squamish, British Columbia
- Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Canso, Nova Scotia
- Summerfest, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Sunfest, London, Ontario
- Supercrawl, Hamilton, Ontario
- Toronto Jazz Festival, Toronto, Ontario
- Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver
- Victoria Ska Fest, Victoria, British Columbia
- Virgin Festival, Toronto & Vancouver
- Warped Tour, various cities
- Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg
Fringe festivals[edit]
Literary festivals[edit]
Food festivals[edit]
- A Taste of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta
- 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
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