加拿大节日如下:

新年 ( New Year's Day)，每年1月1日。
爱尔兰节（Saint Patrick's Day），3月17日，
复活节 ( Easter Sunday)，3月21日后月圆以后的第一个星期日
维多利亚日(Victoria Day)，5月24日是英国女王维多利亚的生日
国庆节(Canada Day)，7月1日（国家成立于1867年）
劳动节 （Labor Day)，9月份第一个星期一。
感恩节 (Thanksgiving Day)，10月份第二个星期一。
停战纪念日(Remembrance Day)，11月11日
圣诞节 （Christmas Day)，12月25日
节礼日（Boxing Day），过完圣诞的第二天，也就是12月26日
母亲节（Mother's Day），6月的第三个星期日
喧嚣的万圣节，也称鬼节（Halloween)，10月 31日
郁金香花节（Canadian Tulip Festival）在5月的最后两周.

美国节日一览表
New Years Day
新年，元旦，1月1日
St.Valentine's Day
圣瓦伦丁节（情人节）2月14日
St. Patrick's Day
圣帕特里克节,每年3月17日—是悼念爱尔兰的守护神圣帕特里克的节日
All Fools's Day or April Fools's Day
愚人节4月1日
Good Friday
耶稣受难日（复活节前的星期五）
Holy Saturday
圣星期六（是Easter的前一天）
Easter
复活节（春分月圆后第一个星期日，4月）
Easter Monday
复活节后的星期一
Holy Thursday
耶稣升天节（复活节后的40天的星期四）
Pentecost也称为White Sunday
圣灵降临日（是Easter后的第7个星期天）
May Day or Labour Day
五一劳动节
the Spring Bank Holiday
春假（英国5月最后一个星期一）
Mother's Day
母亲节（5月第二个星期日）
Memorial Day
阵亡将士纪念日（美国，5月26日）
Independence Day
美国独立纪念日（7月4日）
the Summer Bank Holiday
夏季公假（英国，8月最后一个星期一）
Columbus Day
哥伦布日（10月12日）
Halloween
万圣节前夕（10月31日）
Hallowmas
万圣节（11月1日）
Armistice day or Veterans Day
第一，二次世界大战的停战纪念日（11月11日）
Thanksgiving Day
感恩节（在美国是11月的第二个星期一）
Christmas Eve
圣诞节前夜（12月24日）
Christmas Day
圣诞节（12月25日）
Boxing Day
节礼日（圣诞节次日，如遇星期日，推迟一天）

加拿大法定的全国性节日有9天，它们是：
　元旦（New Year＇s Day）1月1日。
　基督受难日（Good Friday）复活节前的星期五。
　复活节后周一（Easter Monday）。
　维多利亚日（Victoria Day）：5月24日是维多利亚女王诞辰纪念日；但一般都是在5月25日以前的第一个星期一放假。
　加拿大日（Canada Day）：7月1日为加拿大国庆节。
　劳动节（Labour Day）： 9月的第一个星期一。
　感恩节（Thanks Giving Day）：10月的第二个星期一。庆祝丰收，感谢上帝。
　阵亡将士纪念日（Remembrance Day）：11月11日。
　圣诞节（Christmas Day）：12月25日。

除了这些法定的节日外，还有一些全国性的节日：
情人节（St Valentine's Day〕，2月14日；
母亲节（Mother＇s Day），5月第二个星期日；
父亲节（Father＇s Day），6月第三个星期日等等
其他节日：
冬季狂欢节(2月上、中旬)
魁北克省居民最盛大的节日。节日活动规模盛大，内容丰富 多采，具有浓郁的法兰西色彩。节前， 要用雪筑成一座五层高的"雪之城堡"； 节日期间，要推选一位"狂欢节之王"， 作为魁北克市的临时"统治者"，他身 穿白衣，头戴白帽，犹如"雪人"一般。 在破冰后的圣劳伦斯河上要举行传统 的"冰河竞舟"。还要在冰、雪上举行 其它各种活动。
郁金香花节(5月的最后两周)
首都渥太华的盛大 节日。节日间举行各种彩车游行。欢 庆的人们还选出一位美丽的"皇后"。人们尾随"皇后"的花车， 以乐队为前导徐徐前行。
淘金节
加拿大阿尔伯达省人每年从8月底起连续10天举行淘金庆祝活动以纪念祖先们的奋斗精神。人们身着淘金时代的服装上街游行，在埃德蒙顿广场举行各项文艺演出，夜晚燃放烟火，热闹非凡。
新年：1月1日
　　渥太华冰上狂欢节：2月初
　　魁北克冬季狂欢节：2月的第一个周末起
　　枫糖节：3月
　　白求恩生卒纪念日：1890.3.3-1939.11.12
　　加勒比游行日：4月
　　全国林业周：5月
　　渥太华“春天的节日”（郁金香花节）：5月第三周
　　空军节：6月11日
　　多伦多旅队节：6月19-27日
　　加拿大国庆日：7月1日(1867)
　　卡尔加里牛仔节：7月，是世界上规模最大的牛仔竞技活动
　　特里·福克斯长跑：9月
　　感恩节：10月第二个星期一(1879)
　　休战纪念日：11月11号
　　圣诞节：12月25号
　　节礼日：12月26号
　　艺术祭雪节：冬季

Festivals & Events
Audiences tap their feet, roar with laughter and applause. Communities gather to celebrate their heritage, participate in tradition. The best in Canadian and international talent come together to share ideas and experiences. Festivals and events bring all sorts of people together for all sorts of reasons. But the basic reason is to have a good time. So come to Canada, and join the party.

Theatre Festivals
When the lights go down, you suspend your disbelief and enter a world, sometimes familiar, sometimes strange, where characters act and react with emotions as visceral as your own. Words carry more weight. When the lights come back up, the "real" world seems slightly changed somehow – or is it you that's changed? Whatever the case may be, you can't wait for the next show.

Theatre Festival Highlights
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
World Stage, Toronto, Ontario
Summerworks Theatre Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario
Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Montréal, Québec (English and French only)
Theatre New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Nova Scotia International Tattoo, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Atlantic Theatre Festival, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Charlottetown Festival, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (English and French only)
Gros Morne Theatre Festival, Newfoundland & Labrador
Caribou Carnival, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Art Festivals
Stories told with passion and wit entrance a mixed audience. Arresting images of beauty, courage and triumph make a lasting impression. Informal discussions about the ideas presented are as engaging as the works themselves. Canada celebrates the world of creativity with stimulating festivals that light sparks of inspiration in all of us.

Art Festival Highlights
ICA FolkFest, Victoria, British Columbia
Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, British Columbia
WordFest, Calgary/Banff, Alberta
Banff Summer Arts Festival, Banff, Alberta
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Contact Toronto Photography Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
ArtsWeek, Toronto, Ontario
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Ontario (English and French only)
Festival Montreal en Arts, Montreal, Quebec (English and French only)
International Festival of Films on Art, Montréal, Québec (English and French only)
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, Montreal, Quebec (English, French and Spanish only)
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Yukon International Storytelling Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Food & Wine Festivals
Rich, creamy chocolates made lovingly by hand. Seductive wines with a smooth, lasting finish. Fresh, juicy lobster caught in the morning, drizzled with butter by early evening. These are but a few of Canada's unique flavours – gastronomic delights well worth celebrating.

Food & Wine Festival Highlights
West Coast Chocolate Festival, Coquitlam, British Columbia (English and French only)
Cornucopia, Whistler, British Columbia
Hopscotch Festival of Scotch, Whisky and Beer, Vancouver, British Columbia
Okanagan Wine Festivals, British Columbia
Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival, Calgary, Alberta
Toronto Taste, Toronto, Ontario
Santé: The Bloor-Yorkville Wine Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Niagara Grape & Wine Festival, Niagara, Ontario
Festival Epicure, Windsor, Ontario
Montreal Passion Vin, Montreal, Quebec (English and French only)
La Fête des vendanges, Magog-Orford, Québec (English and French only)
Shediac Lobster Festival, Shediac, New Brunswick (English and French only)
Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Chocolate Fest, St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Heritage Festivals
Swirling colours and rhythms of distant lands or times past. Aromas and flavours of traditional foods prepared the old-fashioned way. Celebrations that get hearts pumping and raise the spirits of everyone within earshot. In a culture of many cultures, there is a lot to celebrate and just as many ways to do it. Canada's vibrant cultural festivals help us pay homage to the people, places, and relationships that have shaped our nation's history, personality and future.

Heritage Festival Highlights
explorASIAN Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
Klondike Days, Edmonton, Alberta
Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta
Afrikadey, Calgary, Alberta
Back to Batoche Métis Festival, Batoche National Historic Site, Saskatchewan
National Ukrainian Festival, Dauphin, Manitoba
Festival du voyageur, Winnipeg, Manitoba (English and French only)
Folklorama, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Icelandic Festival of Manitoba, Gimli, Manitoba
Caribana, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Aboriginal Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Quebec Winter Carnival, Quebec City, Quebec (English and French only)
Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa, Ontario (English and French only)
Canada Day Celebrations, Ottawa, Ontario (English and French only)
Winterlude, Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario & Québec (English and French only)
Festival acadien de Caraquet, Caraquet, New Brunswick (English and French only)
New Brunswick Highland Games, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Celtic Colours International Festival, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Caribou Carnival, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Sporting Events & Festivals
The speed to whip past opponents. The balance to stay on top. The strength to keep pushing the limits. Fervent applause and adoration for those who excel. And for those who finish second, third, fourth… Witness all the sweat, the strain and the thrill of athletic competition at a Canadian sporting event. Or better yet, test your own skill as a participant and show us what you're made of.

Sporting Festival Highlights
Royal Victoria Marathon, Victoria, British Columbia
Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival, Whistler, British Columbia
Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta
Toronto Marathon, Toronto, Ontario
Ottawa Race Weekend, Ottawa, Ontario (English and French only)
Rogers Cup, Toronto, Ontario & Montréal, Québec (English and French only)
Montreal Grand Prix, Montreal, Quebec (English and French only)
World Pond Hockey Championships, Plaster Rock, New Brunswick
Royal St. John's Regatta, St. John's, Newfoundland
Corner Brook ITU World Cup Triathlon/Trifest, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland & Labrador
Nunavut Midnight Sun Marathon, Arctic Bay, Nunavut
Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, Whitehorse, Yukon

He is really somebody

-- My uncle has 1000 men under him.

-- He is really somebody. What does he do?

-- A maintenance man in a cemetery.

他真是一个大人物

-- 我叔叔下面有1000个人。

-- 他真是一个大人物。干什么的？

-- 墓地守墓人。
Logic Reasoning

A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson on logic.

"Here is the situation," she said. "a man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yellin
g for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows that he can't swim, and runs down to the bank. Why do you think she ran to the bank?"

A girl raised her hand and asked, "to draw out all of his savings?"

逻辑推理

小学四年级的教师正在给学生们上一堂逻辑课。她举了这么一个例子：“有这样一种情况，一个男人在河中心的船上钓鱼，突然失去重心掉进了水里。于是他开始挣扎并喊救命。他的妻子听到了他的喊声，知道他并不会游泳，所以她就急忙跑向河岸。谁能告诉我这是为什么？” 一个女生举手答道，“是不是去取他的存款？”

[注]bank在英语中除了我们平时很熟悉的“银行”之外，还有“河岸”的意思。
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience.

At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."

它们是从美国直接带来的

一位中国老妇人在美国看望女儿回来不久，到一家市银行存女儿送给她的美元。在银行柜台，银行职员认真检查了每一张钞票，看是否有假。

这种做法让老妇人很不耐烦，最后实在忍耐不住说：“相信我，先生，也请你相信这些钞票。这都是真正的美元，它们是从美国直接带来的。”
The preacher was vexed because a certain member of his congregation always fell asleep during the sermon.

As the man was snoring in the front row one Sunday, the preacher determined he would teach him not to sleep during the sermon. So, in a whisper, he asked the congreg
ation. "All who want to go to heaven，please rise." Everyone got up except the snorer. After whispering "Be seated", the minister shouted at the top of his voiced, "All those who want to be with the devil, please rise."

Awaking with a start, the sleepy-head jumped to his feet and saw the preacher standing tall and angry in the pulpit, "Well, sir," he said, "I don't know what we're voting on, but it looks like you and me are the only ones for it."

瞌睡者

牧师非常生气，因为总有一个人在他说教时打瞌睡。一个星期天，正当坐在前排的那个人又在瞌睡时，牧师决定要好好教育他一下，让他不要再在布道时睡觉。于是他低声对信徒们说：“想去天堂的人，都请站起来吧。”所有的人都站了起来——当然，除了那个打瞌睡的人。在低声说过请坐后，牧师高声喊道：“想去下地狱的人请站起来！”打瞌睡的人被这突然的喊叫声惊醒了，他站了起来。看到牧师高站在教坛上，正生气的看着他。这个人说道：“噢，先生，我不知道我们在选什么，但看上去只有你和我是候选人。”
One Engine Left

A 747 was halfway across the Atlantic when the captain got on the loud speaker, "Attention, passengers. We have lost one of our engines, but we can certainly reach London with the three we have left. Unfortunately, we will arrive an hour late as a r
esult."

Shortly thereafter, the passengers heard the captain's voice again, "Guess what, folks. We just lost our third engine, but please be assured we can fly with only one. We will now arrive in London three hours late."

At this point, one passenger became furious. "For Pete's sake," he shouted, "If we lose another engine, we'll be up here all night!"

只剩一个引擎

一架747客机正在跨越大西洋时，喇叭里传来了机长的声音：“旅客们请注意，我们的四个引擎中有一个丢失了。但剩下的三个引擎会把我们带到伦敦的。只是我们要因此晚到一小时 。” 过了一会儿，旅客们又听到机长的声音：“各位，你们猜怎么啦 ？我们刚又掉了第三个引擎。但请你们相信好了。只有一个引擎我们也能飞，但要晚三个小时了。” 正在这时，一位乘客非常气愤地说：“看在上帝的份上，如果我们再掉一个引擎，我们就要整夜都要呆在天上了。”

Canadian Culture

After WWI Canada grew slowly in stature and prosperity, becoming a voluntary member of the Commonwealth in 1931. With the onset of WWII, Canada once again fought alongside Britain against Germany, though this time it also entered into defense agreements with the USA, declaring war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In the years after WWII, Canada experienced a huge wave of European immigration, with a further influx of Asians, Arabs, Indians, Italians, Hispanics and Caribbeans arriving in the 1960s. The postwar era was a period of economic expansion and prosperity. In 1967 Canada celebrated its 100th anniversary with Expo, the World's Fair in Montreal, as one of the highlights. Since 1975, a series of land rights agreements has been signed with Canada's native peoples, giving them some control over vast swathes of the northern portion of the country.

The social upheavals of the 1960s brought to the surface the festering resentments that French-speaking Quebec had with English-speaking Canada. In 1976 the Parti Quebecois (PQ), advocating separatism, won the provincial election in Quebec, though sentiments on the issue have since waxed and waned. In the 1980 sovereignty referendum, the separatists were defeated by 60% of the vote. In October 1995, the vote was extremely close, with Canada coming within a few thousand votes of breaking up. The prime minister, Jean Chrétien, has since attempted to appease the Quebeckers by recognizing the province as a 'distinct society'. In 2000, Chrétien held an early election and secured his third consecutive term. Meanwhile, the passing of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau continues to be mourned, and disappointment over the nation's failed bid to hold the 2008 Olympics (losing to Beijing) is only slowly waning.

Culture
Among the foundations of Canada's cultural identity are the traditions of its native peoples. Arguably the country's most distinctive art is that of the Inuit of the north, particularly their stone and bone sculptures and carvings. Native Indian artists also excel at printmaking, basketry and carving.

In the past Canadians have struggled with their cultural identity, the cultural infusion from their southern neighbor being particularly overwhelming. During the past three decades this sense of unease has produced a torrent of great writers, including Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Michael Ondaatje, Mordecai Richler and Réjean Ducharme, as well as a swag of world-renowned musicians, such as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, k. d. lang and the Cowboy Junkies.

English and French are the country's two official languages, though the province of New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual area in the country. You will, however, notice both languages on maps, tourist brochures and product labels. The French spoken in Canada is not, for the most part, the language of France. In Quebec, where the majority of the population are of French descent, the local tongue is known as Quebecois. Most Quebeckers, however, will understand formal French.

The differences between Quebec and English Canada don't just apply to language. The French influence of Quebec can be seen in architecture, music, food and religion. With little in common culturally, it is not difficult to understand how relations between French Quebec and English Canada have often been problematic at best.

Gastronomy in English Canada was long based on the British 'bland is beautiful' tradition, but while there are no distinctive national dishes or unique culinary delights, good food is certainly plentiful. In most cities it is not difficult to find decent Greek, Italian, East Indian or Chinese restaurants. In Quebec, however, there are some extremely idiosyncratic dishes worth sampling: French pea soup, tourtières (meat pies) and poutine (French fries covered with gravy and cheese curds). In the Atlantic provinces the Acadian French make rapie pie (paté à la rapure) - a type of meat pie (meat, chicken or clam) topped with grated paste-like potato from which all of the starch has been removed. Quebec is also notable as the world's largest producer of maple syrup, produced from the boiled sap of sugar-maple trees. Canada produces some very good cheeses, cheddars in particular. On both coasts, seafood is plentiful, delicious and affordable.

Note that there are a range of laws and regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages in Canada: as a general rule they must be bought at government stores (except in Quebec, where beer and wine can be bought at local convenience stores called dipanneurs), which in some cases are closed at night and on Sunday (except in Ontario) and always during holidays.