List of festivals in Canada


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

Attendance

  1. L'International des Feux Loto-Québec, 3 million
  2. Montreal International Jazz Festival, 2.5 million
  3. Winterlude, 1.6 million
  4. Celebration of Light, 1.6 million
  5. Just For Laughs, 1.5 million
  6. Quebec City Summer Festival, 1.5 million
  7. Nuit Blanche Toronto, 1.2 million
  8. Canadian National Exhibition, 1.3 million
  9. Calgary Stampede, 1.2 million
  10. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, 1.2 million
  11. Pride Toronto, 1.3 million
  12. Montréal En Lumière, 0.9 million
  13. Pacific National Exhibition, 0.9 million
  14. K-Days, 0.8 million
  15. Toronto International Film Festival, 0.5 million
  16. Quebec Winter Carnival, 0.5 million
  17. Folklorama, 0.4 million
  18. Bluesfest, 0.3 million
  19. Carassauga, 0.3 million
  20. Festival du Voyageur, 0.1 million

    Economic impact

  21. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, $470 million
  22. Calgary Stampede, $172.4 million
  23. Winterlude, $151 million
  24. Pacific National Exhibition, $139 million
  25. Pride Toronto, $136 million
  26. Toronto International Film Festival, $135 million
  27. Just For Laughs, $80 million
  28. Canadian National Exhibition, $58.6 million
  29. Celebration of Light, $37 million
  30. Quebec Winter Carnival, $34 million

    Festivals by type

Arts festivals

Children's festivals

Dance festivals

Film festivals

Food festivals