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Thanksgiving 2026

Thanksgiving 2026 is on Thursday 26 November 2026 in the United States: the fourth Thursday of November, as federal law sets it. Canadian Thanksgiving 2026 was on Monday 12 October 2026, so the next one is Monday 11 October 2027. The box at the top counts the days to Thanksgiving from today’s date on your device. Below it are the US and Canadian dates for every year to 2036, with the day after US Thanksgiving marked as not a federal holiday. Download them as a printable PDF, a spreadsheet (.csv) or a calendar file (.ics), or type any year from 1942 to 2100. Every date is worked out from the two rules and was checked year by year against an independent calculation.

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Everything runs in your browser: nothing you type is uploaded, and only your settings are remembered in this browser. US Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November (5 U.S.C. 6103, read on 16 November 2026) and Canadian Thanksgiving the second Monday of October; both rules are tested for every year (US 1942–2100, Canada 1958–2100) against an independent calculation. The countdown uses today’s date on this device. PDF export uses jsPDF and svg2pdf.js (MIT licence).

How to use the Thanksgiving 2026 dates

  1. Read the countdown in the box at the top. It uses today’s date on this device; the line under it gives the next Canadian Thanksgiving.
  2. Pick a year from 2026 to 2036 to see US Thanksgiving, the day after and Canadian Thanksgiving, with a printable page showing how each date is counted.
  3. Choose colour or black ink and US Letter or A4, then download the PDF: that year’s dates and month grids plus a page of dates for 2026–2036.
  4. Download the .csv for a spreadsheet or the .ics to add the dates to your calendar app: the US, Canada or both, for the chosen year or all eleven years.
  5. To look further ahead or back, type any year from 1942 to 2100 in the Any year box.

What you can use it for

  • Planning family visits and time off around Thanksgiving
  • Counting down with children at home or in class
  • Knowing both dates for family and friends in the US and Canada
  • Putting eleven years of Thanksgiving dates into a shared calendar or a spreadsheet
  • Checking the date for a past or future year

Thanksgiving dates 2026–2036

YearUnited StatesDay after (not a federal holiday)Canada
2026Thursday 26 November27 NovemberMonday 12 October
2027Thursday 25 November26 NovemberMonday 11 October
2028Thursday 23 November24 NovemberMonday 9 October
2029Thursday 22 November23 NovemberMonday 8 October
2030Thursday 28 November29 NovemberMonday 14 October
2031Thursday 27 November28 NovemberMonday 13 October
2032Thursday 25 November26 NovemberMonday 11 October
2033Thursday 24 November25 NovemberMonday 10 October
2034Thursday 23 November24 NovemberMonday 9 October
2035Thursday 22 November23 NovemberMonday 8 October
2036Thursday 27 November28 NovemberMonday 13 October

US Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November; Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October.

Black Friday 2026: the day after Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving 2026 is Friday 27 November 2026. It is not a federal holiday: the list in 5 U.S.C. 6103 names Thanksgiving Day only. The tool lists the day after as its own row, labelled as not a federal holiday, and the calendar file and spreadsheet include it with the US dates.

How the date of Thanksgiving is set

In the United States, 5 U.S.C. 6103 lists Thanksgiving Day as the fourth Thursday in November, so it falls between 22 and 28 November. In Canada, Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October, between 8 and 14 October. This page counts the Thursdays and Mondays itself; the printable page shows the October and November grids with the Mondays and Thursdays numbered, so you can see the count.

More for Thanksgiving

Pictures to color for the table or the classroom: Thanksgiving Coloring Pages. Harvest scenes for a phone, a desktop or a video call: Thanksgiving Background. A card with the date filled in: Thanksgiving Card. Every holiday of 2027 in one list: 2027 Holidays. The months on one page: November 2027 Calendar and December 2026 Calendar.

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  • 2027 Holidays — every 2027 holiday in one list: the 11 US federal holidays with observed days (OPM), observances marked not federal (Easter, Mother’s Day, Halloween…), Jewish, Islamic and Lunar New Year dates, UK bank holidays by region; countdown, .ics calendar file, printable PDF list, CSV
  • Thanksgiving Coloring Pages — Free printable Thanksgiving coloring pages from 14 of our own drawings (a turkey, pumpkin pie, a cornucopia, a harvest table, corn, pumpkins, autumn leaves, a basket of apples): a harvest scene, a dated poster, a thankful page with lines to write on, place cards to color, name pages, class sets, a card and a mandala; PDF on Letter or A4, PNG and SVG
  • Thanksgiving Background Generator — Thanksgiving / autumn background generator: seeded whole scenes (harvest field: noise hills, autumn trees, barn, hay bales, wheat, pumpkins, harvest moon; or a wood harvest table with pumpkins and bokeh) with falling leaves (almond / five-lobed) in 1-4 depth layers and wind; same seed + size = same bytes (tested); Animate leaves (rAF, 720-frame cap, stops when hidden / on change / Stop); phone / desktop / 4K / video-call 16:9 / tablet / square / banner / custom to 4096 px; PNG + JPG + print PDF; 12 presets; artwork, not a photo
  • Thanksgiving Card — A printable Thanksgiving card with our own leaf, pumpkin, wheat and acorn drawings, the date filled in, a family card with a signing box for each name, folded or flat on US Letter or A4
  • November 2027 Calendar — printable November 2027 calendar: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day, the end of daylight saving time, moon phases with times in your zone, your events; late-autumn art or planner design; PDF in Letter, A4 or A3, PNG, SVG and wallpaper

Frequently asked questions

When is Thanksgiving 2026?

Thanksgiving Day 2026 is Thursday 26 November 2026 in the United States. It is a federal holiday, on the fourth Thursday of November.

When is Thanksgiving 2027?

Thursday 25 November 2027 in the United States, and Monday 11 October 2027 in Canada.

When is Canadian Thanksgiving?

On the second Monday of October. In 2026 it was Monday 12 October 2026; the next is Monday 11 October 2027, then Monday 9 October 2028.

Is the day after Thanksgiving a federal holiday?

No. The list of federal holidays in 5 U.S.C. 6103 names Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 26 November, but not the Friday after it, Friday 27 November 2026.

Why does the date of Thanksgiving change every year?

Because it is set by weekday, not by date. The fourth Thursday of November always falls between 22 and 28 November, and the second Monday of October between 8 and 14 October. The next US Thanksgiving on 22 November is in 2029; the next on 28 November is in 2030.

Since when is Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of November?

Since a law of 26 December 1941 (55 Stat. 862), which 5 U.S.C. 6103 lists among its sources; the first Thanksgiving under it was in 1942. That is why the any-year box starts at 1942. Canadian dates are shown from 1958.

How were the dates checked?

Every US date from 1942 to 2100 and every Canadian date from 1958 to 2100 matches a separate calculation with Python’s calendar module. The 2027 date matches our 2027 holidays list, and the 2026 Canadian date matches the Canada Revenue Agency’s list of 2026 public holidays. The US rule is from 5 U.S.C. 6103 (read on 16 November 2026).

Is my information uploaded?

No. Everything is worked out in this browser, and the files you download are made on your device.