<p>I heard Canada's thanksgiving is before the US. </p>
<p>What holidays can be considered as a time for people to visit home (air travel).
Also, dates and lengths will be helpful</p>
<p>I heard Canada's thanksgiving is before the US and that winter break's insanely short.</p>
<p>THANKS!</p>
<p>Thanksgiving in Canada is before the US, but it's just a long weekend, so while lots of people go home to visit, it wouldn't much sense to travel really long distance. Winter break is 2 weeks, I believe, usually spanning from last week of december to first week of january. March break is one week. Exams for last semester end on April 30 and that's when they kick you out. All the important dates and holidays are in the course calendar in the first couple of pages. Most holidays are just three-day long weekends, so generally they won't be worth travelling that far back to the states. The major holidays are basically winter break and march break.</p>
<p>WOW...my family and friends.....</p>
<p>yeah, I know how you feel. I'm not even sure if I'll go home for my graduation ceremony thing (commencement) in the fall. It's on a Friday so I'll have to leave Thursday and get back on Sunday. But you'll make a lot of new friends, I'm sure, and each visit you do get to make back home will be that much more appreciated.</p>
<p>its not march break- its february break- AKA Reading Week. most kids go somewhere exotic- or stay in Montreal and party in the cold winter. woohoo.
thanksgiving in canada is in october.
though we get memorial day off in the states, their memorial day which is called rememberence day is not given off- but boy oh boy do canadians respect it more than americans- you'll see poppy's on nearly everyone in the streets- something you don't find in the US.</p>
<p>bittersweet u should go back to commencement.. i dunno i really want to see where everyone is at and what they are doing.. its nice to see.. plus its always good to get a bit of money when u come back at commencement :)</p>
<p>Yeah, rememberance day is a big thing in Canada. We're very proud of our contribution in the world wars and all the other wars, but especially the world wars. How many kids actually have the money to go somewhere exotic over February week or whatever? Wouldn't it make more sense to go somewhere over Christmas break? Although Christmas is a fun time to be somewhere where it's snowing. It's got the whole Christmas spirit thing going on. It's not quite the same somewhere like Florida or whatever. </p>
<p>I think I will go back to Commencement..although it will be a pain in the butt. It's not cheap for a trip back to Toronto, especially by train. It will be fun to see where everyone is and to see how much they wish they had gone to McGill =). Can't wait to hear everyone's stories about the first month of university. It's just going to be a bit costly and time-consuming. Have to make sure I can get my homewrk done. Do we even get hmwrk?</p>
<p>going back for commencement won't hurt you. meh. earlier on classes can always be caught up even if you do skip. most classes don't have attendance grades either.</p>
<p>your christmas break depends on your final exam schedule. you can either be very lucky or...not. the schedule is made by a computer to avoid the most clashes and is released in october (?).</p>
<p>three day weekends are perfect for trips to toronto, boston, or new york.....or snowboarding/skiing in the laurentians or monte-sainte-anne by quebec city.</p>
<p>longer breaks are reading week (feb) and ...easter?</p>
<p>bittersweet, there are cheap buses to toronto. or look up the mcgill classifieds (<a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/classified%5B/url%5D">www.mcgill.ca/classified</a>) to see if anyone's headed that way.</p>
<p>oh, and the buy 6 package thing for viarail can save you a lot of money if you live "close by" in ontario.</p>
<p>are you trying to tell me that if you're LUCKY you'll get a three day break during the winter holidays?? Don't we get two weeks off in December or January? Easter's four days right?</p>
<p>i'm saying that it really depends on your exam schedule when it comes to your winter break... i don't know how i could've made it more clear when i said almost exactly that before starting on the next paragraph :-P</p>
<p>this past year's official holiday period was from the 23rd till the 2nd, though classes didn't start again until the 4th if i remember correctly. if your exams ended early (like on the 12th) then you could just leave~ it's all luck of the draw</p>
<p>the three day break thing i mentioned is b/c there just happens to be quite a few three day weekends in the calendar and MISN (mcgill intl students network) will offer trips to places like boston and nyc, though u could always go on your own.</p>
<p>When you say they offer trips, does that mean they pay for transportation?</p>
<p>uh.. no.</p>
<p>they offer as in they plan/offer package deals for really good prices.</p>