A Guide To Gift Baskets For Canadian Holidays

Canada gift basket delivery service Clare’s Gift Baskets of Canada has long experience helping people in Europe, the US, the UK and beyond send gift baskets such as food hampers and gourmet cookie bouquets to friends and relatives in Canada. Since many people outside of Canada aren’t familiar with occasions they can use to send gift baskets (and other presents) to Canada, the company tracks Canadian holidays to help their customers select a basket for the right occasion, and to find an occasion that serves as a good excuse to send one, too. According to the company, the following Canadian holidays are ideal times to send gift baskets.

Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas and Easter Gift Baskets to Canada

These holidays are standards for gift basket deliver across the Western world, including Canada. The traditional gifts people give in the US and UK suit many Canadians as well. As a multicultural society Canadians celebrate other holidays from non—European cultures as well, though these aren’t as widely recognized by the majority of Canadians. The important thing is to consider the background of the people you’ll be sending a gift basket to.

Victoria Day Weekend Gift Baskets to Canada

The Victoria Day Weekend is one of Canada’s major holidays, but this generally isn’t well known outside of the country. It marks the formal birthday of the monarch in Canada, based on Victoria’s birthday on May 24th. In modern times, the holiday falls on the last Monday before May 24th, creating a long weekend. For most Canadians it marks the start of the summer: a time to visit the cottage, relax outdoors and generally enjoy themselves. Since it’s liked to May 24th, many Canadians call the holiday “May 2-4” – “2-4” being Canadian slang for a case of 24 beer bottles. This is a great time to send a gift basket to Canada, particularly a food hamper, as many Canadians would rather not bother running out for party provisions in the middle of the weekend.

Canada Day Gift Baskets

Canada Day is the country’s annual patriotic celebration, originally called Dominion Day from the time when Canada was a British possession instead of the independent Commonwealth member it is today. It is the anniversary of the July 1st, 1867 signing of the British North America Act, which unified Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec) with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, into a single country. Like Victoria Day, this is another great time for a gift basket, as all Canadians have the day off as a federal statutory holiday. It’s another time when gift recipients will appreciate someone sending snacks and treats to tide him over during celebrations. Canada Day tends to be a family-oriented day too, so gift baskets with cookies and other items that have “kid appeal” are often appreciated.

Labour Day Weekend Gift Baskets to Canada

Just as Victoria Day marks the start of Canada’s summer, the Labour Day weekend marks its end. Canadians celebrate Labour Day on the first Monday of September, creating another long weekend. In most of the country, this is the last ideal time to go to the countryside because it’s still warm, but too late in the year for mosquitoes. Once again, it’s the perfect time to send a gift basket as party provisions for the lash hurrah, before colder weather comes once again.